LONDON, England – Yesterday we caught up with Joeske Schellen, designer of the soon-to-be-launched N78 and she told us a pretty interesting story about how sustainability impacts her design decisions, and in some cases, even drives them to be changed.

What if we all changed our chargers?

Ok. So I am a bit loony, but I’ve been excited for a long time by the Nokia High Efficiency Charger. From what I’ve been told, normal Nokia chargers draw about 150mA power when just plugged in and not charging a device (when the charger is on standby). The High Efficiency Charger only draws 15mA when plugged in and idle (I might have to be corrected here, but I do know it’s a 1:10 ratio).

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NOKIA DESIGN EVENT: Charging without waste

LONDON, England – Research shows that the majority of mobile users
charge their phone whilst they’re asleep. Given that a typical phone
charges in under an hour, and most people sleep between six and eight
hours, means that’s a lot of wasted energy.

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Nokia supports Connect2Earth

GLAND, Switzerland – Global warming is certainly something of a hot potato right now. With the IUCN World Conservervation Congress happening in Barcelona this October, the WWF, IUCN and Nokia have teamed up to launch a new site aimed at helping people from all over the world to get involved.

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Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics

LONDON, England – Nokia has scored third place in Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics, narrowly missing out on the top spot. Greenpeace decided to dock points off of Nokia’s environmental rating for “failings the organisation found in its take-back efforts”.