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Green It

‘Green’ Information Technology (IT) Strategies & Practices

Introduction

In the last thirty-five years the message has been clear, but ignored. The world is being held over a barrel - an oil barrel - when it comes to energy. It's time to diversify our sources of energy. The public and private sectors need to take the initiative to lead the way into our diversified energy future where the centerpiece of our world's long-range strategy ought to be conservation and increased usage of solar, wind, water power coupled with other sources of energy currently used by all sectors of the economy.

Imagine a future where we have millions of businesses and homes are constructed and equipped with 'hybrid solar, wind and traditional energy systems. One where people are able to sell excess energy they generate back to the national power grid. The role of energy utility companies in the 21st century ought to change from a centralized approach toward energy production to a more decentralized approach where citizens begin to 'partner' with their utility companies.

Many of today’s business leaders now recognize that a corporate program in sustainability or 'green' technology often yields profits, and managers around the world are beginning to capitalize on this. Some more far seeing companies are proactively adopting and promoting practices that will benefit our environment in every aspect of their business.

|Sustainability - that stage of economic and technical development where the use of material and energy is at a steady state. By |
|1999, humans were using 120% of the natural resources the Earth was able to regenerate. In other words, it would require 1.2 |
|'Earths' to regenerate what humanity used in 1999 (Wackernakel et al 2002), and the situations has only gotten worse since then.|
|See http://www.kirj.ee/public/trames/trames-2006-1-2.pdf |
|Sustainable development requires that...