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greenlagirl.com - 2/12/2009
Will Kindle save the rain forests?
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Will Kindle save the rain forests? Now that Amazon’s debuted its new $359 Kindle , an e-reader available Feb. 24, e-reader and e-book marketers alike are busy big upping the eco-creds of digital reading. After all, reading an e-book on an e-reader like Kindle can save many many trees from ...
Is the Kindle a green read?
supereco.com - 2/12/2009
Is the Kindle a green read?
— supereco.com — The other day our friends over at Obessable took a look at the new Kindle from Amazon... , and were very impressed. A Kindle is an electronic book reader that doesn't use back lighting and many say feels quite a bit like a book. (For those—like me—who live outside the US, ... (more) Is the Kindle a green read?

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tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: - 2/9/2009
NEW KINDLE: Amazon Kindle 2.0 Available February 24
— tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: — Paperless media keeps getting better -- the second version of the Amazon Kindle is being shown off... today, and will be available to consumers on February 24. The new version is sleeker, holds more memory and has a longer battery life. It's also able to sync to old Kindles (and future Kindles) and can use your old data. Among the touted features: New 2 GB Memory Holds Over 1,500 Books With 2 GB of memory, Kindle 2 can hold more than 1,500 books, compared with 200 with the original ... (more) NEW KINDLE: Amazon Kindle 2.0 Available February 24

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First look - Amazon Kindle 2.0
1greenproduct.com - 2/13/2009
First look - Amazon Kindle 2.0
— 1greenproduct.com — In case you haven't heard, Amazon.com recently announced the upcoming February 24 release of its second-generation e-book... reader: Kindle 2.What makes the Kindle 2 such an eco-friendly product? After all, isn't this just another electronic gadget that place additional demands on the electrical ... (more) First look - Amazon Kindle 2.0

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Is the Kindle a green read?
Super Eco News Feed — ... What do they think of e-readers in general? I took a look around but unfortunately couldn't find any hard data. Of course the obvious savings is in paper—which doesn't just mean trees, but also the toxic chemicals to produce the paper, the ink and the binding. Add to that the transport (at least four trips by my count just to get it to the store) and the shredding that happens to unsold books and you're looking a pretty large carbon footprint per book (which the US Book Industry calculates at 8.85 pounds of carbon per book). Back when the first ...

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