The current state of the green interactive space is like that of the Internet before Google. New green apps, like websites in those latter days, are emerging all the time—there’s the Green Map mobile phone app for finding local green resources and businesses, not to mention apps like GoodGuide that help you evaluate the eco-cred of a particular [...]

There are few things more irksome than needless waste—in design (over-packaging) or elsewhere (cable modems with no “off” button). I have a particular obsession with reducing electricity usage—I use surge suppressors to avoid phantom power loads and I’m doing my best to resist using the AC this summer. Electricity usage equals carbon dioxide emissions and consumption [...]