Earth Day And Lifecycle Environmental Costs

MountainLogic writes: "With Earth Day April 22 now is a good time to Ask SlashDot reader what are you doing to keep mother earth alive and well. Sure, every cube prisoner has a recycling box under their desk, but the decisions that technical people make can have wide reaching effects on a company and the environment. How often are the environmental effects of a technical decision discussed? How can environmental consequences be brought onto the table? Do formal procedure such as ISO14000 help or are they just full employment acts for consultants? Is there a better way to evaluate the full lifecycle environmental cost of a product? Is it as simple as each of us putting in the extra effort to find greener solutions?"