A greener cellphone

Samsung’s new Reclaim is touted as the first eco-friendly cell phone for the US market. Its hardware casing is made from corn-derived bio plastics. Its innovative charger consumes twelve times less power than Energystar recommendations and its packaging is 70% recyclable. Also,the user manual is virtual with no bulky paper version included in the package.

The phone itself as a full QWERTY keyboard, 2 Megapixel camera/camcorder, one-touch access to social networks and calendars and email.

Available in Earth Green and Ocean Blue, the phone is available August 16 for under $50 (with rebates) and Sprint is donating two dollars to the Nature Conservancy for each purchase.

Green Your Printing for St. Pat’s

GreenPrint is a software that analyzes what you print and helps you save money and paper by not printing pages with “junk” like a last page with just a URL, legal-ese or banner ads.

It will also track how many pages you have saved and what that means in money. The program also includes a PDF writer so you save documents rather than print them.

They have home and business versions. The basic World edition is FREE for PC and just $29 for MAC. The Home Premium version is faster, has an ad free preview and includes product upgrades and support.  The business Enterprise version can run on multiple computers and track paper savings across a network as well as other features.

According to Green Print:

“If all US households with a computer used GreenPrint over $6 billion would be saved a year.

If all new computers used GreenPrint greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced by over 117 million tons. That’s the equivalent of removing 23 million cars from the road for an entire year.

If all new computers sold in 2006 used green print over 36 million trees would be saved every year.”

One Sunny Day

In the tech world we’re not always that fashion savvy, but we may end up saving the world.

Our newest fashion misstep seems to be solar powered shades or “Self Energy Converting Sunglasses” .  Pack an ipod and then charge on the go while protecting ever precious eyes.  Just plug the cord into whatever small electronic device and, with the look of a headphone cord, you’ve got power on the go.  It’s a nice concept, but with only one style it’s hard to appeal to everyone.  But hey, Myvu glasses have taken off, why not these? As soon as (or if) they go into production there’s always a chance for them as well.

Organizing Power

Another new way has appeared to organize all the wires that continue to multiply in the deepest corners of every room.

ezGear’s new power extender is like a buffet for electronics.  You can power six different devices from one corner, and you don’t even have to braid any of the cords.  Extend another hard to reach corner with Swivel Sockets, again with room for six power hungry devices.

With so many options when it comes to power strips now a days it no longer makes sense to have a mess or run out of room.  Here’s to electric overloads, and to the hope that we go green very soon.

Flipswap

Flipswap is a new option for getting rid of your old cell phone or Apple iPod. Trade in hundreds of models for Amazon gift cards or recycle models that are outdated or unable to be fixed.

The average cell phone user gets a new device every 18 months. Meanwhile, tons of electronic waste are building up in landfills.  Recycling for reuse or destruction in environmentally sustainable ways are the only responsible options when it comes to getting rid of your old device.

Flipswap makes it easy by paying for shipping on your device and giving you a gift card for a trade-in value if you qualify or planting a tree through its reLeaf project.

It only take a few minutes to search for your model and see what your trade-in value might be. Turn that trash into treasure!

found via imommies.com