Hi,
"Old" hardware could also be of use to UK-based charities working in the
cultural heritage sector! In a personal capacity, I'm a member of a
community "swapshop" where everyone swaps stuff for free or a nominal
charge. It works very well and items such as cars and computers are
frequently exchanged.
Regards,
James
P.S., if anyone here has an old server blade they're thinking of chucking
out during the great Microsoft Vista landfill upgrade, please email us as
it'll probably do us nicely as a web server! :-)
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, J DAVIS wrote:
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:16:38 +0000
> From: J DAVIS <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] A greener internet?
>
> Interesting question!
> An issue that could be considered when purchasing new hardware is
> whether it is recyclable. Old hardware could be of use to a charity
> that refurbishes computers for use in the Third World etc.
>
> Janet Davis
>
> --- Matthew Cock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was thinking about how a museum might make its activities more
>> sustainable, in terms of reducing its carbon footprint, etc. And
>> then I
>> got to thinking about the museum's website (as is my job) and the
>> internet in general. On a large scale, how much energy does the
>> internet
>> use up? Is anyone aware of any figures? On a local scale, we could
>> evaluate the energy used up by the servers hosting our site, and
>> the PCs
>> and infrastructure inside our Museum. But how far could we decrease
>> these (I'm not going to even mention 'off-setting' as an option),
>> even
>> as we aim to increase our site visits, and ensure good bandwidth
>> and
>> zero downtime? We increasingly demand that our websites are
>> accessible,
>> and require of 3rd parties that they help us to achieve that - is
>> there
>> a place for requirements that our ISPs use renewable sources of
>> energy?
>> Just one thought. Anyway - if anyone else has any thoughts on this,
>> I'd
>> be really interested, and perhaps we can start a discussion. I have
>> done
>> a few searches on Google, but nothing has jumped out at me as a
>> major
>> movement to a greener internet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh, and a happy Valentine's Day to all MCG members.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> Head of Web | Department of Learning and Information | The British
>> Museum | www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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