The latest way to save the planet isn't to install solar panels on your house or drive a Toyota Prius - it's to save your computer files differently.I just downloaded it and it works!
The conservation organisation WWF has launched its own file type. So now as well as saving documents as .docs or PDFs, you can also save your work as a WWF file. It's just like the humble PDF, with one key difference: it can't be printed. It's a simple way to try to curb the amount of waste paper created in offices around the world.
Users can decide which of their documents don't require printing, and then save them using the new format. When these files are distributed to colleagues or friends, they won't be able to hit "File, Print", so reams of paper will be spared. That might annoy some, but it could also save hundreds of trees from the clutches of the paper mill.
With the quest to become environmentally friendly so complicated, a simple step like this towards the utopia of the paperless office can only be a good thing.
To use the file type, you need to download a small piece of software. WWFs are currently available only on Mac OS X, but a Windows version is due for release soon.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Save as WWF, Save a Tree :�Home
The New Scientist in an article titled as File, save - the planet: Hello green Computing says,
Save as WWF, Save a Tree :�Home
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