Tag: Reusability - Page 11
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Starscape Enterprise: DIY Planetarium of Reused Objects
Beyond an unmarked doorway, only distinguishable by a Land Shark Ale advertisement splashed across on its curved glass walls, lies Environmentaland. Set in a Hollywood mega-mall, home
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California Hosts Gigantic Garage Sale to Raise State Funds
Can't balance your state's budget? Is a lack of funds causing hard working employees to take pay cuts and unwanted days off? Tired of sending out IOUs to cover your debts? There's only one thing to do: garage sale! Yes, as
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Bag Pools: Couldn't We All Just Share?
I went to the co-op the other day, and once again forgot my reusable bags. It's one of my bad eco-habits - along with dragging my feet over putting up a clothes line. But as I filled my plastic bag in shame (I REALLY don't need
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Big Ben is Re-Built of Straw
Big Ben, the famous clock at Britain's Houses of Parliament, has shown up in a cornfield. Rre-created from more than 500 bales of straw, the 70 ft. sculpture weighs over 20 tons and has a working clock . And it can be recycled
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Patagonia Footwear Take Up The Zero Impact Challenge (Updated)
For four years now we've been following Patagonia Footwear as they strive to apply their business mantra of "Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis" to the art of
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Waste Free School Lunch: Yet Another Kit to Help us Reuse
Waste is certainly a silly thing - and one that doesn't sit well with the concept of living green. So the idea of an easy, complete kit for waste free school lunches is appealing. Including a stainless steel drink bottle, 2
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Shrinking Jug Keeps Milk Fresh an Extra Week
Image via James Dyson Award One of the main reasons milk goes bad is its exposure to air. As you tip the carton, drenching your seventh bowl of Chia Goodness Cereal you are getting rapidly closer to the moment of pouring the chunky remnants down the
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Get on the Bottle with SIGGskins Customizable Wraps
Image via SIGGskins A quality water bottle is a must for anyone striving (or even casually trying) to live lighter. With bottled water becoming a pariah, SIGG, the Swiss maker of classy, minimalist aluminum bottles, has teamed up with Original Wraps to
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Clever Toothbrush Stops Paste Waste with Haste
One of the first times I met Graham Hill, the founder of TreeHugger, he told me about growing up in a household where practical environmental behavior was the norm. "My mom always taught us to use all the toothpaste in the tube before
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There, I Fixed It. A Showcase of Ugly Ingenuity
Here is a site that champions mankind’s ingenuity. Not in creating bright, shiny new gadgets and gizmos, but in making do with what already exists. It is remarkable just what can be accomplished with a little lateral thinking and a roll (or two) or
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Beginnings Nursery School Wants What You Don't
Beginnings, a Toddler Program and Nursery School in New York strives, as they say, "to create a nurturing and stimulating environment grounded in respect for children and the ways that they learn." As part of this premise they work with the Reggio
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Tobi.com is Sending Out Ugly Boxes Looking for Love
Packaging innovation this is not, but we like the jocular spin Tobi.com is putting on its latest attempt to reduce its carbon footprint: Reusing shipping boxes and drawing attention to their less-than-pristine condition.
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Finally! Organic Cotton Slipcovers From SureFit
Instead of purchasing a new couch, why not give that old, sad couch a second chance with 100% organic cotton slipcovers from Surefit. It's cheaper than buying a new living room set and comes in both solids and stripes.If you've got
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Reusable Coffee Cozies: Upcycled, DIY, and Silicone Sleeves Reduce Cardboard
Yeah, its best to bring your own ceramic mug with a handle to the café to fill your cup with coffee or tea, but when it's left at home and you're in line waiting for your fair trade
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Ecoholic by Adria Vasil
The "how to go green" book, Ecoholic by Adria Vasil, gives you a quick and dirty yes/no list for all green aspects of your life. But does it offer anything "new"?Don't expect this book to be expansive on any of the topics she
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German and Italian Design Team Go Nuts with Recycled Veneer
What can 13 designers do with a pile of post-production veneer in seven days? Last week, during the DMY International Design Festival in Berlin, the combined German and Italian talent of design collective Transalpino
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7 Simple, Unexpected Ways to Save Water
Even though three quarters of our planet is considered water, there is still a demand for it in almost every community, and a scarcity in many. That’s because we can actually only use one to two percent of it, which is why we’ve
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Attack of the Reused Traffic Barrel Monsters
In some circles it is known as repurposing, or even reusing. Taking a material or product and giving it new form to fulfil a different function. But apparently police in North Carolina also consider it larceny. And technically they are correct. For
