2.3+E-waste

=** STRAND 2: Environment > ** E-waste =



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'Only the Best' Links
Strand 3: hardware || materials, manufacture, transportation, reading, disposal. ||  ||
 * **Link** || **Description** || **Links to Other Strands** ||
 * [|Smuggling Europe’s Waste to Poorer Countries] || Exporting waste illegally to poor countries has become a vast and growing international business, as companies try to minimize the costs of new environmental laws, like those ..., that tax waste or require that it be recycled or otherwise disposed of in an environmentally responsible way. || Strand 1: globallization, policies
 * [|Dirty Data: where does Apple's energy come from?] || Raises the issue of the amount of electricity used to store our data. ||  ||
 * [|Power, Pollution and the Internet] || Extensive discussion of how data centers use energy. ||  ||
 * [|How Green is My iPad?] || Which is more environmentally friendly: an e-reader or an old fashioned book? Describes and analyzes five steps:
 * Dumped computers exploited in overseas fraud || CRIMINAL networks are feeding off Australians' lust for new technology by skimming data from computers dumped in Africa and Asia - and using it for blackmail, fraud and identity theft.

Read more: [|http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/dumped-computers-exploited-in-overseas-fraud-20111001-1l2rj.html#ixzz1iPxX61Us] ||   ||

**'Only the Best' Videos and Podcasts**
 Very classy video done by Basel Action Network.  Lots of specifics and good visuals || media type="youtube" key="_1dfy_DmJP0" height="344" width="425" || [|Poisoning the Poor] [|Global Graveyard for Dead Computer in Ghana] || Narrated slideshows. Very powerful images of the pollution being caused. It also shows individual e-waste workers, giving a more personal insight than some other articles. || With over 12 million on-line views, //**The Story of Stuff ** // is one of the most widely viewed environmental-themed short films of all time. Since its release in December 2007, The Story of Stuff has been shown in thousands of schools, houses of worship, community events and businesses around the world.
 *  E-Stewardship PART 1
 * [|Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground] || This is a Frontline presentation on digital waste. It includes links to an interactive map of the global trade in electronic waste, FAQ-the good recycling guide, an interview,and a slideshow. Great site. Video (20 minutes) can be watched online. Needs checking. It was made in 2009. ||
 * [|Scraplife - E-Waste in Pakistan]
 * [|The Chemicals in my Computer] || media type="custom" key="23231252" ||
 * [|The Story of Stuff Project]

The website includes downloadable films, annotated scripts, glossary,FAQs and fact sheet. There is also a second film called "The Story of Electronics" with similar materials. [| http://storyofstuff.org/electronics/] || media type="custom" key="8794196" ||

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