Ecology begins at home is an excellent free ebook full of tips on living in a way that has a less harmfull impact on the world. It’s easy to read and has tips which everyone can use in their daily life in order to do their bit for the environment.

He talks about saving energy, using less, reducing, re-using, recycling, keeping our food miles down by eating food produced locally and closer to home, taking personal responsibility for doing our bit in the world.

Ecology begins at home (PDF) via Small revolutions

Risign Phoenix Design has a good article about the energy use of monitors depending on what colours they are displaying on the screen.

White and bright colours (especially in background) can use up to 20% more power then black or dark colours.

The site also encourages people to switch to using LCD computer monitors if they are still using CRT monitors as they use a lot less power.

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