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A "Green" New Year’s Resolution for IT Staff

12/17/2003

So, what do you say to once a month thinking creatively about these questions? Can we create new products that are not poisonous? Can new software models prolong the life of hardware? Will we move back to upgradeable machines instead of the "consume it and throw it away" model currently in place? Can we do a better job of creatively re-using technology to address the digital divide?

Think and/or read about these things once a month. Use your technology right now to make sure that you do. Take out your PDA and give yourself a monthly reminder, for the first Thursday in each month to "Think about the manufacture, use, and waste cycle of computing products." You only have to enter it once and tell the software to repeat it every month, now that's a sustainable software feature!

Note: Here are two really excellent, entertaining and thought-provoking, articles to read for background and vision on that big question:

Information Technology and Sustainability: Enabling the Future
http://www.corporate-env-strategy.com/pdf/samplecontent/02-10.4bs_A2_Waage.pdf

Sustainable Information Technology for Global Sustainability
http://www.ia.hiof.no/~gunnarmi/omd/dig_earth_03/


About the author: Terry Calhoun is Director of Communications and Publications for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). You can contact him through CT's IT Trends forum by clicking here. View more articles by Terry Calhoun.

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Terry Calhoun, "A "Green" New Year’s Resolution for IT Staff," Campus Technology, 12/17/2003, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=39639

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