Phones and the Planet
Explore the hidden environmental and social costs of smartphones, from mining to e-waste, and discover how to reduce your device’s footprint in 2025
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8 articles
TECHi reporting and analysis covering sustainability. 8 articles, newest first.
$1B Sale of Divvy Homes Leaves Some Shareholders Empty-Handed: What Went Wrong?
Are Divvy Homes making homeownership more accessible? Yes, a San Francisco-based startup, founded in 2016 started with the aim of: Help renters become...
Call it a comeback: Groupon posts profit, share prices surge
Stocks shot up 18% after a report that Groupon had slayed expectations from The Street to post its first quarterly profit. Better decisions on marketing...
Prefab high-rises may soon dominate city skylines
Prefab housing isn’t what it used to be. While we typically think of cheap, low-quality mobile homes when think of prefabricated construction, the...
How To Save The Earth? With Cows on Treadmills
That headline up there may sound like Monty Python-esque absurdity, but it's quite real. Or at least half of it is. At a farm in Northern Ireland, farmer...
Solution To Transportation Woes? A Grown Up TrikE
Cycling: good for you, good for the environment - and good for making your butt look toned and hot. Right? Yes - until it rains. Or gets cold. Or gets...
A Robot to Light Up Your Life (or at least your home)
You thought the way the Solar Pebble slapped the sun around was pretty cool, right? Right? Here’s another great way we mancreatures are bringing the sun...
'Gas-powered' Alarm Clock Beats the System
I really, really hope I never get audited like this. Surely you know of EnergyStar - if you’re a PC user, you probably see their logo every time you...