Christmas cards are a long standing tradition, and a nice gesture for sure – but what about the huge environmental cost? Conscientious Innovation, a Vancouver based sustainability marketing consultancy has tackled this issue by creating an interesting alternative. Called “Another Black Christmas” their holiday greeting takes the form of a desktop background designed by artist Meghan Hildebrand. The image is primarily black, so it uses less of your computer’s energy and comes in four different configurations appropriate for Macs, PCs and different screen sizes. Download here.
Another Black Christmas
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December 16, 2008
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By Dan Gould
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This is just like the idea behind http://www.blackle.com (a black version of google), sadly tests have found that a black screen does not always save energy, and on some monitors actually uses more power.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Merry Christmas to you all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBUqJzgvBo
:)
December 17th, 2008 at 2:45 pm