I've heard a lot about smart power strips. There has been some good discussion over at Treehugger about many of the different ones out there. It seems like they can definitely save you money over the long run. Everyone's situation is different, but for me, it's not a problem to turn off multiple pow...

If the equipment is still good, making sure it gets reused is a great idea. You can donate it through the National Cristina Foundation ( http://www.cristina.org/ ) who will find a good home for it. You can also try places such as Craigslist ( http://www.craigslist.org/ ) or Freecycle ( http://www.fr...

People are often surprised when I tell them that many devices aren't off, just in standby. The simplest way I've found to manage it is to plug all of your devices into power strips, and just turn the power strips off when you're done using the equipment.

I run Verdant Computing, which was mentioned by Palindroman a few comments back. We exchanged emails a little while ago, and he mentioned this site and this thread to me. It's really great to see this discussion. A few thoughts and comments about what has been said here: EPEAT seems to be a good gui...