Validating our never-ending quest to shrink our carbon footprint here at Sprint, we have successfully moved up the “green power” ladder, jumping several rungs over the past year, among the largest American companies.

This year, Sprint came in at number 13, half a dozen spots higher than in 2011, on the EPA’s Fortune 500 Green Power Partner rankings. Thanks to our emphasis on purchasing renewable power, coupled with a drive to maximize energy efficiency, we are one of the greenest of the big corporations, and proud of it. You can check our recent announcement here. More...

If you like the environment – and who doesn’t, really? – you’ll be pleased to know that there was a single wireless service provider that is considered one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s top 50 “Green Power Partners” for its eco-friendly power practices. More...

Regardless whether you believe SUVs are the ecological equivalent of serial killers or, on the other hand, you think the whole global warming thing is a crock, one thing you can’t dispute is that cleaner air and reduced energy use are good, for lots of reasons. More...

Forty years ago the world celebrated the first Earth Day as a grassroots movement and event spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson. After percolating several years, the idea for Earth Day finally came to life in September 1969,   when Sen. Nelson announced he was going to stage a nationwide “teach-in” demonstration for the environment the following spring.More...

As you might expect, colleges and universities are among the leaders in the adoption and implementation of green technologies. They have always been more inclined to experimentation than their enterprise counterparts. So when it comes to reducing their environmental impact, through commitments such as the climate-neutral campus, Leeds building construction, and renewable energy, they are leading the way through research, development, and implementation. More...

Sprint’s trademark color is yellow, but perhaps green would be more appropriate. Especially in light of our top 20 ranking in the first Newsweek magazine “Green Ranking” of America’s 500 largest corporations. More...

As an IT guy, I’m surrounded by electronics: computers, servers, mobile devices, phones, and monitors, printers and more. And at home I have even more electronics: PCs, TVs, radios, MP3 players, DVD players, DVRs, and too many other gadgets to mention.More...

We’ve written before about the internal savings and efficiencies that Sprint has achieved since implementing Unified Communications and SIP trunking. But there’s one interesting statistic, in our latest news announcement, that’s worth some particular attention. More...

Information technology is considered a “clean” industry. True, its contribution to global environmental issues pails in comparison to automobiles or heavy industry. But IT does contribute to the problem, and it’s growing. More...

I still remember the first time I heard the phrase “Green IT”.  It was a few years ago before folks like IBM started running high dollar ad campaigns touting the concept. More...