^{Al Gore speaks at Harvard Square's First Parish Church}

Standing before a sea of green-leaning Cambridge liberals (who would later scoff heartily at the suggestion that the average person watches roughly 5 hours of TV per day), Al Gore announced: "My own personal journey on the issue of the climate crisis began here in Cambridge 42 years ago, when I walked into the classroom of Roger Revelle

Technology writers would argue, there are no green gadgets, just green-er gadgets. Making gadgets of any kind actually takes quite a bit of energy to make, let alone use. But electronic developers are getting more of a conscience lately it seems and helping us all become a bit more environmentally friendly. Here are my top 10 picks for green-er gadgets to buy this year.

Overwhelming local support for a nonbinding ballot initiative indicates that a push for a greener future may have legs.

The “Secure Green Future” initiative appeared on ballots in 11 Massachusetts Districts, and proposes legislation that would phase out tax incentives for projects that use a lot of energy (like the Big Dig, for example), reward small businesses that practice energy conservation, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts by 80%, by the year 2020.