Articles tagged “Cell Phone Safety”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Should You Use a Landline or a Cell Phone? By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport Dec 2 2008 Cell phones are certainly popular. They are convenient and great for getting you out of jams. No more looking for a farmhouse in the middle of the night while broke down on the lonely, open road. The cell phone is a modern marvel. But is it green? Should you keep a cell phone for emergencies but make most of your calls on a landline? Is a landline greener? Are cell phones bad for the environment? Let's find out. + READ MORE

5 Ways to Ditch Extra Gadgets, Simplify Life and Save Money By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Nov 3 2008 Gadgets are great for our fast-paced world and they have their place. But these days it can feel like everything is electronic, has a thick instruction manual, and needs to be charged at the end of the day. While the exact statistic varies, the average American has between 25 and 45 gadgets that need batteries or charging to function. + READ MORE

NOW CASTING new episodes of Renovation Nation By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Sep 17 2008 Steve Thomas, host of Planet Green's Renovation Nation, wants to lend a hand on YOUR green build project! If you're currently planning (or already working on) a unique and exciting green home renovation or construction project, your story could... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Cell Phone Radiation By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 8 2008 If you know how cell phones work, you'll know that it involves radio waves "made up of electromagnetic radiation propagated by the antenna." Quite logically, the presence of such radiation has raised some serious questions about potential health risks to cell phone users. Like most every new development?from cigarettes to nuclear power to genetically modified food?these questions have resulted in both vehement denials and hysterical claims. Somewhere in the middle, you'll find the World Health Organization and the US Food and Drug Administration. + READ MORE

Drop Your Cell Phone Use By Lynda Fassa IN Work & Connect Aug 11 2008 It's a beautiful summer day, the sky is clear and the laundry is done, so I'd like to be the bearer of good news. But not today. Please don't kill the messenger, because this is downright bone chilling. Hold on, don't click the page away--if you've got kids, or if you use a cell phone (let alone both) you'll want to listen up... + READ MORE

Cell Phone Recycling By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Aug 5 2008 Ah, recycling?a pillar of the green movement, and one way that millions of people show their support for eco-friendly action. + READ MORE

Let?s Go Solar By Natalie Cook IN Tech & Transport Jul 28 2008 Tommy Lee and Ludacris are certainly accustomed to life in the spotlight, so it?s no surprise that they step-up the challenge of using the sunlight in a solar showdown on Battleground Earth. Solar power is one of the most promising sectors of green technology. It is the only source that is 100 percent renewable with 0... + READ MORE

The Lean, Green, Flea-Zapping Machine By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 20 2008 To Ed's delight, Richard Mayer shows up at the house with more green products for him to try. Many flea collars even warn against use in conjunction with other toxic products because of the risk of poisoning. Cats are even more susceptible than dogs to the dangers of toxic flea-control products because they continually... + READ MORE

Solar Power in Strange Places By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Jun 13 2008 The sustainable building practices shown in Greensburg are undoubtedly innovative, but what you see on the show is just the tip of the green technology iceberg. Take solar power, for example - we can now use it in our everyday lives in some pretty extraordinary and surprising ways. These five solar powered products are fine examples of the ever-expanding frontier of green technology: + READ MORE

Score Your Electronics with Greenpeace's Updated Scorecard By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Jun 11 2008 It's great that it's getting easier to recycle old electronics and that you can even earn rebates when you recycle, but how do you know which companies are producing greener electronics to begin with? To help navigate the large (and growing) field of electronics companies, and their claims of relative green-ness, Greenpeace has updated its Electronics Scorecard. + READ MORE

Taxi Cabs are Yellow, but not Green By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 7 2008 80% of New York City residents do not own personal vehicles. No other city in the USA even comes close to being this green when it comes to car-free living. But even a non-car owner living in NYC can still make bad transportation choices as demonstrated in Wa$ted. + READ MORE

Recycle Your Electronics Easily at Big Retailers By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Apr 29 2008 In 2005, used or unwanted electronics amounted to approximately 1.9 to 2.2 million tons.Staples No matter the brand or where the equipment was purchased, Staples' recycling program covers everything from desktops, laptops and printers to peripherals like keyboards, mice and speakers; each piece of large equipment (e.g.... + READ MORE

Send Directions to Your Phone, Save Paper By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 24 2008 Both HopStop and MapQuest allow you to send travel directions directly to your cell phone or PDA, so you don't have to print a thing.For an annual price of $49.99, Mapquest even allows you to turn your GPS-enabled wireless smartphone into a voice-guided navigation system, with built-in real-time traffic updates, to boot. + READ MORE

Guest Post: Find a Greener Alternative to Sticky Notes By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 17 2008 In this guest post, Erin Doland, editor-in-chief of the home and office organization blog Unclutterer.com, shows us how we can use Post-it-style reminders, without creating unnecessary waste. If you use a back door to your house as your main entrance and it has a storm door on it, keep a dry erase marker nearby to put... + READ MORE

Reduce Your Risks From Cellphones, Microwaves, Wi-Fi By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Feb 4 2008 Cycling while talking on the phone already has risks; perhaps the exposure to the electronic non-ionizing radiation from the cellphone is harmful, too. Move your alarm clock radio at least 3 feet from your head or use battery power-6 feet is the recommended distance from all electronic devices during sleep. + READ MORE

Earn Rebates When You Recycle Electronics, Gadgets By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Jan 29 2008 If laptops, computers, cell phones, PDAs, and flat-panel monitors are piling up on you at home, MyBoneYard can help you recycle them, and even put some cash back in your pocket, in some cases. If you're a frequent upgrader, this site might be just thing you've been waiting for to clean out that drawer full of cell... + READ MORE

Make a Difference, One Call at a Time By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Jan 3 2008 Cellular-toting chatterboxes finally have an excuse for talking it all out on the streets: Saving the planet. Plans start at 9.95 for 450 anytime minutes, plus unlimited night and weekend calling, voice mail, call forwarding, three-way calling, and call waiting. + READ MORE

Best of 2007: Do It On A Bike By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Dec 28 2007 We are big on bikes, all year round; it is quick, easy, healthy and low on carbon. I thought from personal experience that a few suggestions were missing in our earlier post, so I've added them in a whole other post.If you are not going to take our advice and use your bike outside all winter, at least put it to use by... + READ MORE

Recycle Your Cell Phone for Fun, Profit By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Features Dec 26 2007 Got a shiny new wireless phone or PDA from Saint Nick's loot sack this holiday?Help out a soldier serving abroad: Thirteen-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother, Robbie, launched Cell Phones for Soldiers in 2004 to provide as many overseas soldiers as possible with prepaid calling cards, which the... + READ MORE

Shop Consciously, Save the World By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Dec 18 2007 Every time we crack open our wallets, says author and food activist Anna Lappé, we're casting a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. As a consumer, you wield the purchasing power to shake up whole industries, simply by choosing what to buy-or more important, not buy. Using a 0-to-100-point scale, along with... + READ MORE