THE GREEN PRACTICES OF OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE IN SUSTAINING THE GREEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

The Green Information Technology (IT) refers to the use of information technology in ways that help to reduce environmental impacts, including the use of energy more efficiently and reducing waste. Information Technology waste is one of the alarming problems of the environment. The increasing energy demands of IT today needs a solution that will address the problems caused by IT through knowing its social responsibility. With the use of crafted questionnaire from the Green ICT guidelines of National Computer Board, the assessment of Green IT practices in the two campuses of Occidental Mindoro State College particularly in the computer laboratories and IT department were conducted. This was done in the month of November 2018. Results revealed that the practices of Green IT in acquiring and using the equipment or computer devices were frequently implemented and the recycling process was occasionally practiced. The institution needs to do the initiatives by conducting awareness among the OMSC campuses who are engaged with technology to change their process to be able to meet the environmental demands of the society. Hence, there is a need to formulate Green IT e-waste and recycling programs and initiatives to address and help sustainable Information Technology (IT) and the environment.