Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple!

About Me

We love Apple. Apple knows more about "clean" design than anybody, right? So why do Macs, iPods, iBooks and the rest of their product range contain hazardous substances that other companies have agreed to abandon? A cutting edge company shouldn't be cutting lives short by exposing children in China and India to dangerous chemicals. That's why we Apple fans need to demand a new, cool product: a greener Apple.
Right now, poison Apples full of chemicals (like toxic flame retardants, and polyvinyl chloride) are being sold worldwide. When they're tossed, they usually end up at the fingertips of children in China, India and other developing-world countries. They dismantle them for parts, and are exposed to a dangerous toxic cocktail that threatens their health and the environment.
If Apple doesn't drop the toxics from its products, it doesn't matter how good a recycling program they have. Because toxics make recycling more hazardous. And eventually, the toxic chemicals will be released. Dropping toxics makes reuse and recycling of products simplier, safer and cheaper.
Recycling - Apple finally came around to a limited recycling program in the US, but they can do better. We want them to offer a comprehensive take-back and recycling program worldwide. Not just in the US or where Apple is legally compelled to.
It's time for Apple to use clean ingredients in all of its products, and to provide a free take-back program to reuse and recycle its products wherever they are sold. That means: 1) Remove the worst toxic chemicals from all their products and production lines. 2) Offer and promote free "take-back" for all their products everywhere they are sold.
We're not asking for just "good enough." We want Apple to do that "amaze us" thing that Steve does at MacWorld: go beyond the minimum and make Apple a green leader.
Enough talk - let's get going. Ready to take a bite of Green Apple? Join thousands of other cool Green Apple activists and take action today.
See our website at greenmyapple.org and join the Greenpeace Student Network at the Greenpeace Student Network site.
We're looking for college students across the country to step up and be Campus Coordinators for the Green My Apple campaign on YOUR campus!
For more information on becoming a campus coordinator, message me or leave a comment!
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Green My Apple Campaign ,

Kleercut Campaign ,

Greenpeace Organizing Term ,

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

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Green My Apple week of action!

check out pictures at http://www.flickr.com/groups/greenmyapple/
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:47:00 PST

Electronics Green Guide rankings!

Lenovo Tops the Latest "Green Ranking" of the Technology Industry Apple still at the bottom of the barrel .. Lenovo, once ranked last in our 'Green Ra...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:16:00 PST

Week of Action April 16-20, 2007!!

Join students across the nation and ask Apple to score a "10" for the environment!The ugly side of our high-tech society is that many of our old, discarded computers are shipped to other countries whe...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:49:00 PST

Week of action!!!!!!!!

Visit here to join the student network, and download activists kits and campaign materials for the Green My Apple Campaign's week of action!!!...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:12:00 PST

Make a difference on your campus!

Here's a link to the Green My Apple campus activist tool kit! Check it out!and don't forget to join the Greenpeace Student Network!...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:14:00 PST

Express your love!!

I wish it came in green To visualise support for the campaign we want you to download the campaign desktop picture to your Mac. Then show it a little affection to demonstrate how much you love you...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:56:00 PST

you know what i'm talking about...

check it out!get people talking!
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST

Green Electronics Guide

This Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they ...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:13:00 PST

Call Steve Jobs! read this!

Give Steve Jobs a call now and tell him to make a resolution to create a green Apple. It's easy -- just pick up the phone and call him today. We've provided you with a phone number and a sample scrip...
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:16:00 PST

Steve Jobs 2007 Keynote

The keynote we wish Steve had made.www.greenmyapple.orgalso, read up about our Mac World Expo experience....
Posted by Hey STUDENTS! Green Your Apple! on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:55:00 PST