Tag: Mexico
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House for artist is built into Mexico City billboard
It takes time to paint a billboard by hand; why not provide a house for the artist while they work?
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Man Builds Family Home Under Huge Desert Rock (Video)
This man and his family have been happily living under a rock for the last thirty years.
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The Unexpected Beauty of Car-Free City Streets (Video)
Colombia (where ciclovías originated) and some other cities, including Guadalajara, Mexico, give big-city citizens a weekly car-free break. Norteamericanos have more cities celebrating ciclovías, but with more infrequent events.
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Guns to Drums: An Orchestra Made of Old Weapons
The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.
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The Classic Acapulco Chair Takes on a New Life
We love this chair from the 50's, and it's back in a new, improved, and recycled form.
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Mexican Town Enlists Donkeys to Haul Kids to School
Where no schoolbus will venture, some animals are right at home.
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Mexico City's Bike Share Program will Quadruple in Size to 4,000 Bikes!
Mexico City's bike sharing program is set to get bigger. Much bigger! The plan is to increase the number of bikes from about 1,000 to around 4,000 over the next few weeks.
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The Old Bookmobile Never Looked Like This
This stunning mobile library in Mexico is really a moving stage.
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Mexico City Shoppers Swap Trash for Fresh Food
Popular monthly barter market reduces waste while supporting local farmers.
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Waste Receptacle Offers Wi-Fi in Exchange for Dog Poo
Bullmastiff owners in Mexico City are about to become extremely popular among laptop-wielding parkgoers, methinks
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Mexico Unanimously Passes New Climate & Energy Law
Somehow this one passed us by, a pretty glaring omission: Mexico has passed a serious climate change and renewable energy law. It's just the second time that a nation has put long-term climate targets into national law.
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Make Food for Struggling Monarch Butterflies With 3 Recipes Using Your Leftovers
The annual spring migration is a potentially treacherous one this year: Help the monarchs along with these recipes for butterfly food.
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Modern Mayans More Concerned About Environmental Problems Than Calendar Ending
And you probably should be too...
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Flatpack Laser Cut lamp Assembles in Minutes With No Tools
But I do wonder how long it would last without real hinges
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Mexico Closes Giant Landfill, Aims to Make Waste Management System Green
The Mexico City government is looking to build both a biogas plant and a recycling plant to salvage some of the waste from the landfill.
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Simple But Luxurious: Ceramics Molded From Real Avocados by C4
Re-defining 'luxury' means turning to the rich expression of natural materials and forms for these designers.
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Reusa, Reduce, Recicla: YoReciclo Brings Recycling to Mexico
At first, YoReciclo collected just two materials for recycling, and managed about 10 tons a month. Now, the Mexico-based company is up to 25 materials, including types of plastic not recyclable in most of the U.S., and
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Tainted Mexican Papayas Prompt FDA Border Alert
The FDA has responded to over 100 cases of Salmonella linked to papayas exported from Mexico by increasing food security at the border. The culprit, a bacterial strain called Salmonella Agona, spread to 23 states. Mexico currently
