|
Hooking Up in NYC: Greener Gadgets |
|
|
|
Dr. Samuel Says -
Bidness
|
|
Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
|
|
Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
If you're planning to be in NYC this weekend, and looking for a date, I'll be attending the first annual Greener Gadgets conference on Saturday at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center in Manhattan. In keeping with the spirit of the event, I'll be camping on the shores of the Turtle Pond in nearby Central Park. No-impact camping, of course. Stop by if you can. Just ask around in the park -- the locals know me.
The Greener Gadgets conference, organized by the stalwart and resolute
fellows over at Inhabitat.com, is dedicated to the collective greening
of the $160 billion consumer electronics industry. Representatives from
hundreds of manufacturers, designers, retailers, press outfits, and
think tank sorts will be in attendance. Topics to be addressed include:
-
design for sustainability
-
product life cycle management
-
take-back and recycling programs
-
energy efficiency
-
greener materials
-
green product marketing.
 Really, you could have a conference on each of these topics
individually. There will be some fun exhibits, too, including a "model
green office space," several displays from the burgeoning field of
renewable energy start-ups, and even a space for the long-rumored
technological triumph that is the solar-powered flashlight.
You can also recycle your cell phones on site, if you're interested. I
have the urge to "recycle" my cell phone about 100 times a day, so this
should come in handy.
It really is heartening to see the green movement expanding so
powerfully of late, particularly here in the U.S. Of course, we may
already be out of time. Did you know that scientists are considering
declaring a new geological epoch due to modern humanities profound
impact on the geological record? Goodbye Holocene Era; hello
Anthropocene Era. I'm not kidding.
Trackback(0)
 |
TrackBack URI for this entry
Show/Hide comments
Show/Hide comment form
