Greenpeace says “Nintendo ‘least green tech firm’”

My alerts brought this BBC article to my attention so I thought I would share…

Nintendo ‘least green tech firm’

By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News

Games firm Nintendo has come bottom of a ranking of the world’s most eco-friendly electronics firms.

The quarterly Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics ranks 18 electronics firms by how green their production processes and products are.

In the latest guide most firms have seen their ranking plummet as the charity introduced new, stricter guidelines for evaluating companies.

Nintendo said its scored low because it had not provided data for the survey.

“Greenpeace chose to conduct a survey and produce a report, which graded companies upon the voluntary submission of information,” the firm said in a statement.

“Nintendo decided not to take part in the survey and were therefore ‘ungraded’ in the resulting report..[more]

I think it’s great that they are crack down on companies to follow stricter environmental guidelines but let’s be honest… I love the Wii and I will continue to play it…. and I don’t think that hypocritical.

Thoughts?

It’s (not) easy being green…

Kermit zee frog might have had trouble being green, but I have found little ways to be eco-friendly, even being a college student in an urban setting such as Boston.

I hope to share some of my green tips and tricks and get some of yours as well. I have enough on my mind with college coming to a close and worrying about entering the really world, but if I can find easy ways to save money and help the environment along the way I am all for that!

I have found that being green can actually save money, which is something every broke student cares about. After returning from a semester in London and moving back to Boston with rent and bills to pay, earning and saving money were on my priority lists.

So, most of my post will offer tips on saving money and being green! In addition, being a PR major, i will probably throw in some of that junk too because it has become habit and I think Green PR and Marketing are really interesting.