We also had a giveaway of one copy of the audiobook. We asked you to tell us in which reality show you would like to be on and we got some great answers. And we have a winner! Our winner is Lisa, who wrote:
"I'd be on Top Chef, not because I can cook I just want to try everyone else's food." Congrats, Lisa! You have won a copy of Skinnydipping and we hope you'll enjoy it! Next week we'll continue in our summer series of audiobook recommendations with another great audiobook - Mercury.
After a short break we're back with our 7-part series in which we explore the carbon footprint and environmental impacts of the new iPad, compare it to those of the iPad 2 and try to figure out if Apple has made any progress from environmental perspective with its new iPad and what's the new breakeven point between books and ebooks on the iPad.
Comparison between the carbon footprint of the new iPad and the iPad 2:
new iPad
iPad 2
Change
Production
120.6
85.8
40.6%
Customer use
45
29.9
50.5%
Transport
10.8
11.7
-7.7%
Recycling
3.6
2.6
38.5%
Total
180
130
38.5%
Our take: The picture is very clear - the new iPad has a significantly higher carbon footprint comparing to the iPad 2. Other than transportation, where we see some decline in emissions, all the other parts of the life cycle of the iPad have became more carbon intensive.
Bottom line: Apple is doing a poor job when it comes the carbon emissions of the iPad, not ensuring that a newer version will also be a greener one from a carbon footprint standpoint.
Next part on our series: Breakeven point for ebooks vs. books
Here are the parts of the series that were released so far:
Founded in 2007, Eco-Libris is a green company working to green up the book industry in the digital age by promoting the adoption of green practices in the book industry, balancing out books by planting trees, and helping to make e-reading greener.
To achieve these goals Eco-Libris is working with book readers, publishers, authors, bookstores and others in the book industry worldwide. So far Eco-Libris balanced out over 179,500 books, which results in more than 200,000 new trees planted with its planting partners in developing countries.
