Google the online search engine and multimillion dollar company is helping to build a greener future. Google has covered the rooftops of eight building at the Googleplex CA headquarters with solar panels. This solution relieves stress off of the power infrastructure while reducing pollution by a fraction. Google has recently launched a new program called Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal, or RE Less-than C for short. Google is also working on more affordable and more efficient technologies in geothermal, wind, and solar powers.
FedEx is an international shipping company. The planes and trucks used to ship packages add harmful emissions to our environment. FedEx is making efforts into reducing and offsetting some of those emissions. They are progressively working to get better gas mileage in trucks. Recently FedEx has installed a massive amount of solar panels to their facility at Oakland International airport.
MSNgreen is a website hosted by Microsoft’s MSN. There is a section where you can browse articles related to various matters of green living and shopping, environmental news, and recycling. You can view photos of wildlife and green architecture. If you are interested in an environmentally friendly vehicle or sustainable furniture and fashion MSNgreen can provide you with the information. There is a powerful tool that allows you to calculate your impact on the earth, and provides suggestions you can do to lessen that impact without disturbing your quality of life. This is a comprehensive website that directly rivals Treehugger.
“Give one get one” is part of a humanitarian program. The program is called one laptop per child. They believe that all children should have access to a computer to facilitate education. Through this program you can buy a laptop that is geared towards kids for your own child, and one will be donated to a community in an underdeveloped nation.