Our friends at Netcorps have posted an excellent article regarding maintaining environmentally responsible technology systems at your home and workplace. The article hits on many different aspects of this issue, including conserving energy, reusing and recycling, making smart purchases, and finding out about the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)--which helps consumers and companies compare the environmental attributes of different products.

The article also includes some helpful tips for the average at-home user:

• Shut down your computer on weekends, overnight, and for extended periods of time to save a lot of energy;

• Donate old computers that can still be used;

• Keep printers, scanners, copiers and other peripherals turned off unless you're using them; and
  

• Consider using an web and/or email host that uses renewable energy.