TEDxCreativeCoast - Murray Wilson - eWaste and the Social Landfill

Murray Wilson - "eWaste and the Social Landfill"
President of tps Consulting
Editing generously underwritten by Georgia Tech Savannah: http://www.gtsav.gatech.edu
Full biography: http://tedxcreativecoast.com/Murray_Wilson

Murray's concern with the problems presented by unwanted but usable old computers being discarded in landfills led him to an unexpected solution. He talks to TEDxCreativeCoast 2010 about the problems of e-waste, the digital divide, and how a local youth organization is tackling a small part of the problem by giving back to those most in need.

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• Murray Wilson
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• youth
• technology
• e-waste
• recycling
• Ubuntu
• linux

[Invalid173]

Great presentation! I like the idea of keeping kids out of "social landfill". Could we do the same thing with old VHS machines?

[kevinfishburne]

Awesome video. Recycling, power consumption/waste in crappy PCs due to crappy software, and how to stop modern computers from leaving a bad taste in your mouth in general. Install Linux on all PCs, especially really fast and really slow PCs, and get your work done.