Updates from the Americas (ex-US). Click here for regional Green ICT updates from around the globe. Click on 'Americas' tag above for all news about the region.

The Quest for Canada's Smartest IT contest includes a "Greenest IT Award". Award applicants need to make a compelling case in three areas: "Maturity, Green IT & Business, and the WOW! factor." 2010 winners: "Earth Rangers is a non-profit organization that won the Greenest IT award. They used virtualization in their carbon neutral Earth Rangers Centre, a living demonstration site for green products and services. Professional Engineers Ontario won second prize for Greenest IT, for the sustainability initiatives within their association. The PEO governs over 80,000 licensed engineers in Ontario." The Smartest IT site offers webcasts about these organizations' winning initiatives, but the webcasts appear to work only with Windows. We'll let Vertatique readers decide if the site's media implementation is really the "smartest IT" as Internet access quickly moves to mobile operating systems.

The Sustainable Scribe, the blog of planetforward.ca, is publishing occasional posts on sustainable media production under the heading Green Screen. We encourage Green Screen to publish regularly, particularly to update the global ICT community on green media in Canada.

Canadian precious metals company Teck is supplying the Royal Canadian Mint with gold, silver, and bronze that includes recycled e-waste for the Olympic and Paraolympic medals. Bloomberg reports that Sony and Zenith TVs are included. The details begin about 2:15 into Teck's video.

Canadian Green Tech describers itself as "your comprehensive source of information for Canada’s green technology space. The website provides timely news and information as well as in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving green sector in Canada."

Brazilian and Mexican companies' workspace and data centers represent the biggest focus points in terms of green IT investment.

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