Hi Matt
Once you've reduced your power consumption I'd also suggest encouraging
whoever decides such things to switch to a power supplier that supplies
renewable power. We use http://www.good-energy.co.uk/ at home, details
of others are at http://www.greenelectricity.org/.
Institutions could also consider microgeneration on site...
And finally - for all those low-carbon visitors, do you have details of
how to get to your venue by bicycle on your website?
Jane
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Matthew Cock
Sent: 15 February 2007 08:36
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A greener internet?
Well, well, thank you everyone for some really thought-provoking
responses to my thoughts. It seems like we should heed the wartime maxim
- is your blog or avatar really necessary?
While of course the tech companies can make the hardware more
efficient, we have to reduce the amount of energy we consume, and make
sure it comes from renewable sources. Not easy.
Any more thoughts or links, do keep mailing! I was thinking of a paper
at the next museums and the web, but of course I,m now going to have to
think of the environmental impact of that...
M
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From: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed Feb 14 21:45:59 2007
Subject: Re: A greener internet?
And so a thread is born...
Should we delete the flotsam of decades of vision and revision from
Local Authorities, QUANGOs, dead companies, bankrupt startups and pilot
projects?
Absolutely we should. Unfortunately, though, it's far, far easier to
publish than it is to unpublish and at least there's a chance that those
still-functioning organisations may self-regulate at some point and
actually delete some of this stuff.
The Internet is full of ghosts and, what is worse, it is very often
impossible to tell them from the real, active, going concerns. Once the
novelty of vanity publishing wears off and people realise that the
blogosphere is spread so thin that the average audience is vanishingly
small, which is more likely - that people will go back to that Wordpress
blog and hit 'delete' or simply wander away and leave it undeleted until
some admin does it for them?
Who decides what's necessary or not on the Internet? In any other
medium, it's the market. On the Internet, sometimes unfortunately,
everyone decides for themselves.
Nick
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Tehmina Goskar
Sent: 14 February 2007 17:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A greener internet?
>If we are talking about the environmental impact specifically of
digital publishing by
>museums, then I would argue that this is offset by several orders of
magnitude by the mostly
>tedious and tangential blogosphere. If we're talking about personal
choices, preventing
>unnecessary blogging would probably be up there at number one on my
list.
Come, come. Should we not first get rid of the millions of antiquated,
impenetrable static pages containing, lines and lines of thoroughly
boring 'information' on obselete standards, policies and guidelines,
particularly from local government and central government quangos?
Anyway, who's judging what's necessary or not on the internet?
Let's not fall foul of continually debating the principles and
big-issues without doing the little thngs that do make a difference,
many of which have already been mentioned.
Better go and feed the horse, long journey tomorrow.
Tehmina
On 14/02/07, Kostas Arvanitis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But, please spare our lives: http://digitalheritage.wordpress.com/
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Kostas.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Ottevanger, Jeremy
> Sent: 14 February 2007 15:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A greener internet?
>
> And kill bloggers
>
>
>
> Jeremy Ottevanger
> Web Developer, Museum Systems Team
> Museum of London Group
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> London. N1 7ED
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> making
at the Museum of London -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Ray Shah
> Sent: 14 February 2007 15:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] A greener internet?
>
> And cycle home or take the bus.
>
> --
> - Ray
>
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>
> On Feb 14, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Tony Gill wrote:
>
> > Turn your computer and monitor off when you go home at night, if you
> > don't already.
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