One of the trends of the Web 2.0 era is crowdsourcing, enabling the development of new technologies, to pool knowledge (e.g. Wikipedia) or to solve issues with the power of the public (for example when BP was crowdsourcing ideas from … Continue reading
Author Archives: Agnes Stephens
Gamble Green!
While a Scottish couple has just won Europe’s largest ever jackpot of GBP 161 million at the Euromillions, a lesser known lottery scheme has been emerging alongside: The Carbon Lottery. What is the Carbon Lottery and how does it work? … Continue reading
Can Clouds Save Energy?
Cloud computing is latest buzzword in the IT industry and also more and more mass-market companies are introducing their so-called ‘cloud services’, including Google, Microsoft and now Apple. What is cloud computing? Cloud computing enables both businesses and individuals to … Continue reading
How can individuals and businesses lower their carbon footprint through the voluntary carbon market
Carbon offsetting is a controversial topic with many supporters and opponents, but the basic system is much more complex than it sounds. Criticism mainly originates in this complexity, as it is rather a bazaar with the various ‘mechanisms’, ‘standards’ and … Continue reading
