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GREEN GLOAT/GREEN GUILT: Duncan

He's got a meteorology degree! He re-uses bags! He switches stuff off! But can you guess where Tech Digest's Duncan Geere will fall down on the eco living front? Watch the video to find out.

Related: GG/GG #1: Isabelle | GG/GG #2: Zara | GG/GG #3: Susi

Posted by AbiSilvester on November 28, 2008 10:36 AM in Videos
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We've got our hands on an Asus bamboo laptop!

I've been banging on about Asus's trend-setting bamboo laptop for ages now, but it wasn't until this week that Shiny Towers finally got to play host to this long-awaited PC.

Tech Digest's Duncan had a play, and gives his views in the video below.

Posted by AbiSilvester on November 27, 2008 11:24 AM in Green News| Green gadgets| Videos
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FRIDAY FUN: Gary Cutlack's Energy & Efficiency - lightbulbs

Tech Digest's Gary Cutlack is talking lightbulbs today, and yes, we're talking the modern, energy saving sort as opposed to the old-fashioned, coal-powered ones, of course. Sit back for another installment of unique insights into the greener life!

Posted by AbiSilvester on November 14, 2008 10:09 AM in Friday fun| Videos
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GREEN TECH PREVIEW: Asus Bamboo Notebook

In the video above, Lucy takes us through Asus's all-new, very green, energy-saving Bamboo laptop. It's made almost entirely of recycled materials, and everything in it can be recycled after the laptop becomes obsolete. [Via Shiny Shiny]

Related: Asus' bamboo laptop hits the shop shelves

Posted by AbiSilvester on November 11, 2008 10:01 AM in Green gadgets| Videos
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Viropop has 5 Green Barack Obama Dreams

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Viropop is a site that should interest anyone of a green persuasion. Billing itself as "a green video network", it collects environment-related video content from a range of angles, from sustainability projects to how-to guides for getting more mileage out of your wardrobe.

I'm unsure how many of the videos on the site are produced by the Viropop folk themselves, but they're definitely behind the site's flagship show, Zaproot. Zaproot is a regular digest of environment-related news, and as its zingy name suggests, it's a rather self-consciously funky affair. But once you get used to the zippy editing it is very watchable, with easy-on-the-eye host Jessica Williamson providing an irreverent and engaging look at "the fast changing world of the modern Green Revolution".

Click over to check out the latest edition, which includes what Zaproot would like to see new U.S. President Barack Obama tackle over the next few years.

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on November 11, 2008 10:00 AM in Green News| Videos
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GREEN GLOAT/GREEN GUILT: Susi Weaser

As editor of Shiny Shiny, Susi's carbon footprint is legendary. But word has it she has a greener side that is getting stronger every day. Watch the video to find out what a gadget-loving girl's gotta do to go green.

Related: Green gloat/green guilt: Zara confesses | Green gloat/green guilt: Is Isabelle as green as we thought?

Posted by AbiSilvester on October 13, 2008 10:32 AM in Green Challenges| Videos
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GREEN GLOAT/GREEN GUILT: Zara confesses

Here I am again, prying into my colleagues' lives to find out who is the greenest of them all. When I asked beauty editor Zara to take part, she warned me that she most certainly would not be claiming that title any time soon. But is her lifestyle as bad as she thinks? Watch the video to find out...

Posted by AbiSilvester on October 6, 2008 10:00 AM in Green Challenges| Videos
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