[General]The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) currently houses a computer training lab that boasts both cost effectiveness and environmental responsibility.
The SPREP Green Lab uses technology called desktop virtualisation, which is an infrastructure that shares the resources of one computer over several workstations through a local network connection.
Desktop virtualisation is an alternative to setting up one computer per user, and cuts overheads by needing to purchase and maintain only one computer’s hardware and software. The lack of moving parts also helps to keep the cost of maintenance down.
Using only one computer significantly lowers the amount of energy needed to run the lab. On average, one personal computer is rated at app ...(to be continued)
[Pollution Prevention]The Clean Pacific 2012 campaign will be launched in partnership with the World Wetlands Day celebrations in Apia, Samoa on 2 February. The relationship between proper waste disposal practices, management and pollution prevention and healthy wetlands is a critical one. The Clean Pacific campaign will aim to promote a clean and healthy environment for our Pacific peoples through improved waste management practices.
The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is “Wetlands and Tourism” and with tourism being a major income earner for the Pacific Islands, this industry is set to grow over the coming years. While there are many examples of environmentally sustainable tourism, there are also a number of unsustainable examples of tourism, which generate waste and pollution and cause damage to our ...(to be continued)