..on or around Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:20:59AM +1200, Luke Duncalfe said: > > happy to see environmentalism on the list .. > > art is toxic, often. as guilty as any industry for leaving its waste > behind. i shudder still at the memory of a large skip being filled with > student art come the end of each semester at elam, what a waste. > > i like to think that digital art has a healthier ecology of production > and distribution. > > part of the problem of environmental toxicity for digital artist comes > with the components we used and the speed at which we often replace our > machines. > > greenpeace staged a campaign against apple which it saw as disregarding > the environmental impact of its electronics: > > http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/ > > and apple responded to the message and have made improvements. there's > now a section of their site with much info about environmentalism and > computer manufacturing: >
yes, Apple have scored terribly in this area for many years, the worst at one point in the portable market where toxic components are concered. let's hope the bad press they received last year encourages them to keep their promises. last i heard, the most environmental choise was a Dell computer - unfashionable as that is! julian > > > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:22:35 +0100, "Julian Priest" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 05:10:11PM +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote: > > > > > > There is increasingly something in this. In the last few months, > > > even weeks, a lot has been done to the Linux kernel and various > > > parts of the X desktop to save power. For example, this page shows > > > a few patches giving a 25% power saving: > > > > > > http://www.linuxpowertop.org/results.php > > > > Apart from tweaking software or screen colours, it looks like much > > greater energy savings can be made by using more efficient hardware in > > the first place. (here's some hazy links) > > > > * sub 10W - claims a new desktop box from koolu > > http://www.koolu.com/content/blogsection/6/11/ > > > > * 250W - powersupply shipped with a Dell desktop (Inspiron 531S). > > http://tinyurl.com/ytke7j > > > > * 110W - load of an average office desktop http://tinyurl.com/2ucub5 > > > > * 200W - load of an average games machine http://tinyurl.com/35kl54 > > > > * 70W - 20" LCD Viewsonic VP201m > > http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd101_faq.htm > > > > * 120W - 21" CRT http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd101_faq.htm > > > > cheers > > > > /julian > > > > Julian Priest http://informal.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ada_list mailing list [email protected] > > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net emails containing HTML will not be read. _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
