Getting to Real Change

Apropos of the aforementioned apparent exemption of considering real world climate crisis consequences of computers, the nonprofit group Climate Counts found that Silicon Valley computer firms are lagging in their efforts to address the Climate Crisis. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, The valley's passion for green tech notwithstanding, many businesses in older industries such as clothing and food have done more.

Apple got the worst score: on a scale of 100, the Ipod People got 2. However, several of the firms surveyed are just establishing new programs, so Climate Counts will be back to rate them often.

Though Google's ranking wasn't great, David Lazarus outlines its substantial new efforts which indicate it is committed to a "green future."

On a larger scale, to make meaningful changes requires the power to do so--for instance, by controlling where your (electrical) power comes from. California law enables municipalities to do that, and an article in our North Coast Journal suggests how our local committment to alternative renewable energy sources can become more reality than rhetoric.