Sierra Club Green Home

Here are some tricks from Sierra Club Green Home to made the appliances you already have use less energy. First off, don’t use the timed setting on your clothes dryer. The automatic setting uses moisture sensors to tell when clothes are dry. Not only does this use less energy, it saves wear and tear on your clothes. (Photo )

Electronics go out of style faster than clothes these days. Americans throw out more than 350,000 cell phones and 130,000 computers every day, according to Time Magazine. E-waste piles up and often gets shipped to poor countries where it causes serious environmental and health problems. Fortunately, there are companies like 2nd Solutions which use smelting to extract recyclable elements from electronics. In this video, Michael Pittman from 2nd Solutions shows Sierra Club Green Home how it works. (Photo by JohnMuk, Flickr)

From cameras and cell phones to watches and eggbeaters, we use batteries every day in all sorts of household products. It’s hard to imagine life without them, but can the environment live with them? (Photo by EvelynGiggles, Flickr)

Utilities and energy providers across the nation are turning to personalized home electricity reports to help customers save money on their utility bills and reduce their carbon emissions. These easy-to-understand reports provide customers with information about their energy use compared to people with homes of similar square footage in similar climates. See how they work. (Photo by Jannoon028, Freedigitalphotos.net)

Ever wondered where your used electronic appliances go? Or maybe you just think, “I paid my recycling fee, so they must have been recycled in a proper way.” As a matter of fact, most e-waste from all over the world is shipped to third-world countries such as China. Here’s how to reduce e-waste’s harm. (Photo by Blogpaedia, Flickr)

PHILIPPINES — Millions of people in the Philippines live in relative darkness. With the cost of electricity beyond the means of many, residents of poorer communities resort to using candles or kerosene lamps, which pose serious health and fire hazards. But, there is an incredibly simple solution that is both greener and safer. (Photo courtesy of ALiterofLight.org)

Apple products come in black, white—and green. The products’ efficient, sleek design helps reduce carbon emissions and thereby the company’s total carbon footprint. (Photo courtesy of Apple, Inc.)

OSAKA, JAPAN — Sierra Club Green Home sits down with Peter Fannon, Panasonic’s US vice president of technology policy, to talk about Panasonic’s goal to be the leading eco innovation company in the global electronics industry. Fannon also tells SCGH what all the exciting technology being developed in Panasonic’s Japanese facilities means for US consumers and homeowners.

Steve Jobs left a legacy that began with the launch of the Apple Lisa in 1983 and the Apple Macintosh a year later. In light of the enormity of these changes and their impact on our lives, it might be a good idea to check Apple’s green legacy. (Photo courtesy of Apple, Inc.)

OSAKA, JAPAN — Panasonic Corporation wants to take over the world, or at least the electronics world. And the global consumer-electronics giant, based in Osaka, has a vision for what that world looks like. The company seeks to provide all the technology for home electronics, appliances, and even electrical vehicles (EVs).