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Timberland and Po-Zu Team Up to Make Shoes

5:04 am in Fashion & Beauty, footwear, recycled consumer good, recycling reuse, sustainable by TreeHugger

po zu photo Photo: PoZu Everyone knows Timberland: the company that has been making eco-friendly and environmental shoes and clothing forever (well, it seems like that). Not so many people know Po-Zu: the little slipper company that is about to grow. Together they are making beautiful (?) music, oops shoes, together. Called the Convertible, these mens' boots can be worn as a ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Track Thieves Cause Train Derailment: ‘Meth-head Recycling’ Again?

1:12 pm in Cars & Transportation, government policy, News, recycling reuse, usa by TreeHugger

Railroad-track-segment-photo Railroad track segment. Image credit:Flickr, by boulanger.IE Bogus metals recycling has been a topic of interest on TreeHugger since 2007. Once the easy metal pickings get scarfed up, demand for even a base metal like steel will eventually return, tempting thievery that is occasionally amplified by the idiotic desperation of meth-addled thinking. Metal thieves would also have to be sociopaths to steal segments of actively used railroad ties track. Apparently they have some scra...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Make a Simple Door Mat from Salvaged Wood Planks

9:00 am in Design & Architecture, do it yourself, recycled, recycling reuse by TreeHugger

woodplankdoormat.jpgPhoto Credit: How Does She? If you have a few boards from another project sitting around, or happen to come across a bit of lumber on your neighbor's curb on trash day, why not turn them into a natural, beautiful door mat? Any thin wood plank would do for this: leftover fence pickets, extra wooden garden stakes, or salvaged wood flooring would all work perfectly. And with a bit of work, you end up with a functional item for your mudroom, porch, or patio....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei is Missing

5:08 am in artist, Business & Politics, Culture & Celebrity, exhibits, recycling reuse by TreeHugger

bowls ai photo Photo: B.Alter Ai Weiwei is the brave and controversial Chinese artist who has been missing and kept under "residential surveillance" for six weeks now, arrested boarding a plane in Beijing for Hong Kong on April 3. Best known in the West for his part in the iconic Bird's Nest Stadium at the Chinese Olympics, he has been under pressure from that government because he is so outspoken on behalf of freedom of speech. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turning Waste into Beautiful Green Jewelry: WoodWear by Andrea

8:23 am in accessories, fashion, Fashion & Beauty, recycling reuse by TreeHugger

wwandrea1.jpg Photo Credit: Andrea Gabhart. This is the ultimate in sustainable business: one small business creating a product from the "waste" created by another local business. Andrea Gabhart's father is a small businessman who does custom laser wood cutouts. His business produces a large amount of small scraps of leftover Baltic birch wood. Andrea, being both entrepreneurial and green-minded, saw those scraps and decided to build a business on them -- and WoodWear by Andrea was born....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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