The good folks at TechSoup have posted on their website a primer of Ten Tips for Donating A Computer to a school or non-profit. The article offers some basic reasons for donating your old computer to a school or non-profit and then some sound advice on how to go about doing it, and whether your computer is a good candidate for donation.
In our bedroom closet the Duck and I have an old anchor of a computer which now serves as a platform to hold a shoebox containing my good, dress shoes, brought out only for weddings. When my mom was in town recently she asked me if her computer could be upgraded or if she should start from scratch with a new machine. Moore's Law has been a fantastic development for software developers, web geeks and computer users in general, but its cost is just beginning to show up in landfills ill-designed for hazardous waste disposal, where the hard metals integral to the hardware components of the computer leech into groundwater and pollute environments downstream.
As loyal Up in Ontario readers may have noticed in the past few weeks from posts like What We'll be Remembered For, I've been thinking more and more about our impact on the planet, and further, about my individual choices and their impact on the planet. I know that practical guides to making sustainable and responsible choices exist, I just haven't yet had the courage to pick one up and invest myself in following its advice. Is it time? What do you do to make good choices? Or, do you make good choices?
Posted by James Sherrett at March 1, 2005 05:16 PM