Hello iD Nation!
Our summer computer camps begin in less than 50 days. Most people know us as the nation’s #1 tech camp, but you may not know that we also have a cool hybrid summer surf camp at UC Santa Cruz. You also might not know that we do more than just […]

Being “green” has been of utmost importance to iD Tech Camps even before it was trendy. Besides figuring out ways to be friendlier to our environment in regards to technology, as a team we are all doing what we can to be more conscientious as a whole. The leaders of the team, Pete and Alexa, […]

No matter what your tradition, this time of the year usually means more travel, more waste and more debt! Here are some tips on how to make it through the season without the guilt.
Greener travel

Use electronic tickets if flying.
Make sure your tires are properly inflated for better gas mileage.
Put a hold on mail […]

Our Hearts go out the the Families Affected by the Southern California Wildfires.
Although I currently live in Portland, OR, I grew up in Encinitas, California, in San Diego County. I was visiting my parents this weekend when the fires started. We sat, glued to the television, making up checklists of things we needed to get […]

Congratulations UVA!  You have one the guest blogger entry for this week’s theme “iD Greening.” 
Click here to see the comic book hero in action!  Comic Book Hero

Comic Book Hero
Also, look at the other AWESOME iD Greening Guest Blogger entries from UC Santa Cruz, MIT, Fordham, Wake Forest and University of Central Florida.  These additional […]

MIT Guest Blog! Week 3, July 9th!
Hello Pete and all the hundreds of staff that are working at various camps around the country this summer! We here at MIT (the best camp in the country) want to share our “iD Green” stories with you to show you how we’re saving the world, one day […]

You know you are at iD Tech Camps when kids are getting excited about “protein folding”.
As a product of the Quaker education model, the act of incorporating service into the work/school day is a very familiar habit for me. At the Quaker school I attended, there was actually a five hour block built into […]

At iD Tech Camps UCF, we take various measures to stay green. Whenever we leave our labs, whether it be for lunch or an activity, we power down all the computers, including the monitors and speakers. Also, we always turn off the lights.
We’ve minimized the number of garbage bags we use to one a […]

The staff and campers at iD Tech Wake Forest have embraced iD’s green philosophy.  She also explains the importance of conserving energy by habitually turning off computers, monitors, printers and lights that are not in use. We have found that campers are committed to protecting the environment in all areas of their life.

 In our […]

UCSC the Greenest of them all
Lab:
Motion Sensing Lights minimizes on time.
Nathan Green aka Acquired has written a script that controls all start up and shutdown of computers in the lab. This minimizes power draw.
Dorm:
All rooms have compact fluorescent bulbs (Maximum light and minimum energy use.)
All instructors have switched to Biodegradable Dr. Bronner’s Pure Castile […]