New Blog, New Year, New Members

by Pat Tiernan, Executive Director
Climate Savers Computing Initiative

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll notice that we’ve expanded our blog to provide more insights, voices and discussions about sustainable IT, efficient computing and smart practices like power management. If you’re new, welcome and I hope you’ll continue to engage with us on this forum. By enhancing the dialogue about the role of greener IT in addressing emissions and energy waste, I wanted this space to include conversations from the industry, environmental groups, students, policymakers and green media. This blog will, and should be, about getting our message out there, while providing different perspectives and ideas to our readers.

It should not go without saying that we just crossed our two year milestone. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative was founded in June of 2007, meaning we’re now two years old! As our president, Lorie Wigle, said here last year on our one year anniversary, the relevance of our mission has never been higher. The need for greater energy efficiency around the world continues to accelerate. I’m pleased that as this mission has become more widely recognized, we’ve grown Climate Savers Computing to nearly 500 member companies and organizations. I hope that this next year we’ll continue see that number grow.

In addition to the launch of this new blog, we’re also officially entering the world of 2.0 communications with the launch of our Twitter feed. News, tips, events and other “tweets” about our efforts can be followed at @CSCI_Tweets. Add us to your list and share this with your networks.

I hope that you’ll continue to read and engage with us here. We’re interested in hearing from you on topics and trends that you’re watching. Stay tuned – there’s more to come.

Pat