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Blog Action Day 2007 – Environment

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Today is Blog Action Day I ran into this website by accident about a week ago and I’ve decided to participate and write an environmental post…

Last year October I went to MacExpo here in London and ran into a girl near the entrance of Olympia, Kensington, who kindly gave me a leaflet and a green apple. I had no idea she was representing Greenpeace back then but after my visit to MacExpo I read the leaflet and decided to write a post about Greenpeace and their ‘Green My Apple’ campaign which was launched in September 2006. Ever since I read about the campaign I have had my Green My Apple logo published in my sidebar to make more people and especially Mac users, aware of this problem.

On the second of May this year Steve Jobs decided to publish his message on the front page of Apple’s website saying ‘Today we’re changing our policy’:

Snippet:

Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. Upon investigating Apple’s current practices and progress towards these goals, I was surprised to learn that in many cases Apple is ahead of, or will soon be ahead of, most of its competitors in these areas. Whatever other improvements we need to make, it is certainly clear that we have failed to communicate the things that we are doing well.

Read more here –>

Today Greenpeace published another story about one of my favourite gadgets which made me think twice about whether to buy it or not. Scientific tests done at Greenpeace’s Research Laboratories in the UK revealed that the iPhone contains two types of hazardous substances: toxic brominated compounds and hazardous PVC. An independent scientific laboratory tested and confirmed the presence of these substances in half the samples including the phone’s antenna. Next month the iPhone will be released in Europe, but I don’t think I will be buying one unless I would be offered a much greener version…

Sources:

Watch the iPhone slideshow

Read the Greenpeace Amsterdam article about scientific findings

Read article about the Green My Apple campaign

What’s Going On?

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Just when I’m getting ready to jump into the pool of job wonders, I -all of a sudden- get assignments in. One after the other. Today I have been busy designing an html email [which is a true pain in the ‘A’] for MvdM. .. While I was working on the files, we kept in touch [in case we had to answer the odd question] through MSN, which is quicker than email or cellphone [I find phone calls annoyingly intrusive at times, especially when I’m trying to solve work-related problems which take intensive brain power].
MvdM. told me to stop working around 22.45 and finish things tomorrow morning instead. A few minutes later, out of the blue, he sends me another message telling me that his business partner in NY got a lead to a company that needs to have three websites designed and build for three different countries, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. Then he added that his partner thought “I” might be interested in the job… Is he kidding? Of course I am… I guess the stuff that I did for them so far must have left an impression some how, which is cool, because the word seems to spread and I’m not complaining. Hell no…
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ps, something I forgot to post a while ago [I hope my apple picture has contributed to this as well, along with those who where nicked computers/link.png from this website]:
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc., responding to criticism from environmental groups, unveiled plans on Wednesday that Chief Executive Steve Jobs claimed would make the company greener than most of its competitors. Read More –>


In “A Greener Apple,” Steve Jobs provides an update on the state of Apple’s environmental record, identifying “how far along Apple actually is in removing toxic chemicals from its products and recycling its older products.” Jobs notes that “upon investigating Apple’s current practices and progress towards these goals, I was surprised to learn that in many cases Apple is ahead of, or will soon be ahead of, most of its competitors in these areas. Whatever other improvements we need to make, it is certainly clear that we have failed to communicate the things that we are doing well.” [May 02, 2007 A Greener Apple]
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