Just found this site today…
OpenEco.org
It describes itself as: …free, easy-to-use tools to help participants assess, track, and compare energy performance, share proven best practices to reduce greenhousegas (GHG) emissions, and encourage sustainable innovation.

Both of these URLs lead you to the Microsoft Environment web site…
http://www.microsoft.com/environment/
http://www.microsoft.com/green/
I wonder how green the site itself is? It would be interesting to learn if Microsoft took any special effort to green the hardware and other aspects of this particular site.

Just read this at PC World…Get Paid to Return Your E-WasteYou don’t actually get cash. But, you do get credit from the partnered retailer.  The two recycling firms are mentioned but not linked in the article. This is the only website I could find for EcoNow. But, it doesn’t look like the right one. I found [...]

Just listened to a TechNet Radio interview with David Ohara titled…
Building a Green Data Center
That led me to find his blog… Green Data Center Blog and an article in TechNet… Build a Green Data Center.

Interesting Google Maps mashup with data for highest carbon dioxide emitting power plants in the world.
CARMA: Carbon Monitoring for Action

FYI: CNET has a…
CNET Green Tech Blog
It’s big picture type of news (trends, directions, etc.) vs. this blog which is more of a little picture (personal tech)

I just learned about Lewis Curtis’…
Thoughts from the Raise Floor
…blog today although it has been around since February 2005. Lewis’ position with Microsoft is strategic infrastructure architect and evironmental evangelist (say that 3 time fast!) and essentially focuses on green data center issues. He is not a high volume blogger with an monthly blog [...]

In addition to the MSN small business green focused site, MSN now has a general purpose…
MSN Green
…site focused on all things green (not a pure techie focused site).

The U.S. Government’s Energy Star site has a…
Energy Star Home Advisor
…site up.  It asks for your ZIP code, how you cool your home, how you heat your home, and what type of water heater you have. Then, it provides some advice to optimize. However, it does NOT take into account that some homes have may [...]

Consumer Reports has a relatively new web site named…
GreenerChoices.org
…whose catch phrase is Products for a Better Planet. It contains a small section for electronics products that I hope will grow over time for we tech geeks.