e-readerCurrently the top selling electronic devices are e-readers like the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony Reader, and also the Apple iPad, which runs the iBooks application, a free e-book reader program and gateway to Apple's iBookstore. The question is: are e-readers greener than books?

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Minister Roban tourOne Bermuda house isn’t just a home — it is also laboratory for sustainable energy technologies now available on the island.

Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban this week toured PureNERGY’s renewable energy model cottage in a bid to familiarise himself further with some of the renewable energy options available on the island.

Golden_Hind_siteEnvironmentalist Dr David Wingate expressed concern about the safety of a South Shore construction project.

While site developers have maintained that the Grand Atlantic development is safe, the project has come under fire from the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST), who believe erosion on a nearby cliff could threaten the buildings.

In a statement released by BEST, Dr Wingate said: “I know of no other location on Bermuda that is more prone to rapid erosion than this particular site.”

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SDU-school-presentations‘Your Decisions Our Future’ is the name of an education initiative from the Sustainable Development Unit [SDU] launched last week to raise awareness of the unit among school children.

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