The Atom

"The Atom is a lightweight, highly efficient bicycle generator and rechargeable battery pack designed to power virtually any of your electronic or mobile devices via USB."
If your teen rides a bike, what could be a more perfect gift?

Image from sivacycle.com/blog

Geekware

Computer parts recycled into jewelry, cuff links, key chains, notebooks, trinket boxes, clocks, etc

Image from Geekware

Computers - compare some major companies

 Dell - Environment  -has a 'choose greener products' link

 Apple and the Environment -includes product reports

Acer Environmental Information 

Cisco Systems Environment - company also addresses ethics and social issues 

  HP Environment - includes link to HP Environmental Solutions Store

IBM Energy and Environment

Philips Sustainability  -has links to green products

Toshiba Environment

Lenovo



By the way, when it comes time to part with a computer, Goodwill will accept computers as donations. They are one of the few places, in my area anyway, which doesn't charge to accept computers for recycling.

Toughbook

Thinking of a computer as a gift? "Toughbook laptops are manufactured with the environment in mind and are compliant with some of the strictest environmental standards in the world. "

Image from Panasonic USA

Resources for Green Computer searches

Green PC ~This blog is a GREAT resource for shopping for an environmentally-friendly computer
http://green-pc.blogspot.com/2008/02/eco-button-for-green-pc-users.html

Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool ~ This is a site that will give you information about the performance and environmental attributes of various computers.
http://www.epeat.net/

see also my computer category