Research 1 - Reducing your carbon footprint

computer related tips for reducing your carbon foot print:
1. Go to the website http://www.blackle.co.za/ and make this your home page.
Blackle is a search engine website powered by Google Custom Search. It was developed with the idea in mind that the display of different colours on a screen consumes different amounts of energy. Further research showed that black screens consume far less energy than white screens and it was therefore estimated that a 'black Google' could save up to 750 megawatt-hours a year - A megawatt-hour is the equivalent of ten thousand 100 watt light bulbs burning continuously for 1 hour. The Blackle homepage provides a count of the number of watt-hours that they have estimated the users of Blackle have collectively saved.

2. According to The Big Green Switch, 8-10% of electricity used in the home is due to household appliances left on standby; where some appliances use up to 25% of their power when left in this mode and may produce up to 4m tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. By leaving your computer's monitor on overnight, you waste as much energy as it would take to make 800 A4 photocopies. Turn off your PC monitor at the end of the day and if you can, turn off the PC as well (http://www.indaloyethu.co.za)

Source: The Amazing Green Race Roots and Shoots (gogreenproject@gmail.com). 13 September 2008. Go Green Day 1. e-Mail to sjcrichton@worldonline.co.za The Amazing Green Race Roots and Shoots (gogreenproject@gmail.com). 14 September 2008. Go Green Day 2. e-Mail to sjcrichton@worldonline.co.za