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Week Two - KS

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WEEK TWO!

a) I chose The Arts Center in St. Petersburg as my non-profit organization.

http://www.theartscenter.org/

b) I interviewed a man named John Gibbs about his take on green computing and here's how this went:

KS (me) : Hi I'm Kristin from USF St. Petersburg, I would like to ask you a few questions for an assignment..

JG: Alright, that sounds great. What would you like to know?

KS: What do you think about green computing (then describing to him what it was) and how does it pertain with The Arts Center?

JG: Green computing, eh? Here at the art's center a majority of things we do there don't involve using the computers.. so right there I think is one thing that we help green computing with. But I do think that it's important and being power efficient with green computing might help us get more donations.

KS: Hah, that's true. Well thank you!

c) Green Computing! I think that green computing can be used in many different situations, for example; laptops, video games, laser printers, and large data centers (a room full of many computers). On my site there definitely is a little bit of green info on it.. (check my other assignments?), Do not print any of this so you won't be wasting paper and do not take too much time up on this site because that would be wasting energy! Haha.. Here's a good list I found on this website that gives you examples on how you can be green with computing!

Power-down the CPU and all peripherals during extended periods of inactivity.
Try to do computer-related tasks during contiguous, intensive blocks of time, leaving hardware off at other times.
Power-up and power-down energy-intensive peripherals such as laser printers according to need.
Use liquid-crystal-display (LCD) monitors rather than cathode-ray-tube (CRT) monitors.
Use notebook computers rather than desktop computers whenever possible.
Use the power-management features to turn off hard drives and displays after several minutes of inactivity.
Minimize the use of paper and properly recycle waste paper.
Dispose of e-waste according to federal, state and local regulations.
Employ alternative energy sources for computing workstations, servers, networks and data centers.