Comments on: Rackspace embraces an environmental mission – or not http://ecohostreviews.com/2009/12/24/rackspace-embraces-an-environmental-mission-or-not/ Greening the Web - The Best Green Web Hosts Fri, 04 May 2012 14:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom http://ecohostreviews.com/2009/12/24/rackspace-embraces-an-environmental-mission-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Tom Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:45:38 +0000 http://www.ecohostreviews.com/?p=538#comment-5633 Which host did you end up using? Let us know if you have any comments or reviews of them. Which host did you end up using? Let us know if you have any comments or reviews of them.

]]> By: Tom@environmental consulting http://ecohostreviews.com/2009/12/24/rackspace-embraces-an-environmental-mission-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-5503 Tom@environmental consulting Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:34:39 +0000 http://www.ecohostreviews.com/?p=538#comment-5503 Hi Tom. I've seen this 'green intiative' from a number of web hosting companies who all make use of 'green energy' to power their servers. Fantastic news eh?! I'm led to believe that the energy comes from wind farms and other renewable sources. One host I can think of off the top of my head is hostpapa.ca - they popped up when I was looking for a new hosting company, whether they are any good or not is unknown by me (I didn't choose them in the end!) Hi Tom. I’ve seen this ‘green intiative’ from a number of web hosting companies who all make use of ‘green energy’ to power their servers. Fantastic news eh?! I’m led to believe that the energy comes from wind farms and other renewable sources. One host I can think of off the top of my head is hostpapa.ca – they popped up when I was looking for a new hosting company, whether they are any good or not is unknown by me (I didn’t choose them in the end!)

]]> By: John@Mobile Broadband Deals http://ecohostreviews.com/2009/12/24/rackspace-embraces-an-environmental-mission-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 John@Mobile Broadband Deals Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:36:02 +0000 http://www.ecohostreviews.com/?p=538#comment-2161 Noble effort Tom, but you can’t tell me you really expected any sort of decent answers from a guy who’s probably just working off a script in a Ukrainian call center did you? What would be interesting are the answers to your questions from the PR rep. Looking forward to that article. Noble effort Tom, but you can’t tell me you really expected any sort of decent answers from a guy who’s probably just working off a script in a Ukrainian call center did you? What would be interesting are the answers to your questions from the PR rep. Looking forward to that article.

]]> By: Maarten Wolzak http://ecohostreviews.com/2009/12/24/rackspace-embraces-an-environmental-mission-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Maarten Wolzak Fri, 14 May 2010 10:08:12 +0000 http://www.ecohostreviews.com/?p=538#comment-459 Hi Tom, I've been asking them the same thing and was advised to contact Decoa Parker. When asked, I received the response below. To me this seems like they DO offset their emission. As they are one of the big guys, I think this is somewhat important. What's your take on this? Hi Maarten, --- Excerpt from email aug 18, 2009 --- Oscar, from our Online Chat Team, informed me that he had a conversation with you this weekend. He forwarded me your question pertaining to whether or not Rackspace offset’s its emissions. To answer your question, yes, we do offset our emissions. We also work with a company named Native Energy to offer our customers tools to help offset their carbon emissions and reduce their impact on global warming. If you’re curious about your own emissions, we’ve worked with Native Energy to co-develop a calculator that you can find by going here: http://www.rackspace.com/information/events/green/nativeenergy.php In addition, you’ll find more information about our efforts by visiting the following pages: http://www.rackspace.com/information/events/green/index.php http://www.nativeenergy.com/Rackspace If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know. Decoa Parker --- Hi Tom,
I’ve been asking them the same thing and was advised to contact Decoa Parker. When asked, I received the response below. To me this seems like they DO offset their emission. As they are one of the big guys, I think this is somewhat important. What’s your take on this?

Hi Maarten,

— Excerpt from email aug 18, 2009 —

Oscar, from our Online Chat Team, informed me that he had a conversation with you this weekend. He forwarded me your question pertaining to whether or not Rackspace offset’s its emissions. To answer your question, yes, we do offset our emissions. We also work with a company named Native Energy to offer our customers tools to help offset their carbon emissions and reduce their impact on global warming. If you’re curious about your own emissions, we’ve worked with Native Energy to co-develop a calculator that you can find by going here: http://www.rackspace.com/information/events/green/nativeenergy.php

In addition, you’ll find more information about our efforts by visiting the following pages:

http://www.rackspace.com/information/events/green/index.php
http://www.nativeenergy.com/Rackspace

If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know.

Decoa Parker

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