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3:13 pm in fashion, Fashion & Beauty, gadgets, recycling, Science & Technology, technology, upcycling by TreeHugger
Photos by Steven Rodrig
Steven Rodrig is at it again. Last spring he created that awesome pair of high heels out of circuit boards, which we all ogled at either through appreciation or confusion. And this summer, he's created a rather amazing pair of sandals. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2:42 pm in botanical, composting, composting toilets, permaculture, recycling, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
Image credit: WellHome
From worm composting to building a DIY compost tumbler, TreeHugger is not short on information on different methods of composting. But how does each method stack up against the other? That was the question that inspired a slideshow on 8 method...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:33 pm in canada, designs, recycled, recycled building material, recycling, reuse by TreeHugger
Images credit The Bottle Houses
Bottle buildings are what Bernard Rudolfsky called Architecture without Architects, where ordinary people build extraordinary things. At Cap-Egmont in Prince Edward Island, where he was a lighthouse-keeper, Edouard Arsenault started collecting bottles in 1979. According to his daughter Rejeanne on the Bottle Houses website:
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1:30 pm in arts, Culture & Celebrity, exhibits, recycling by TreeHugger
Images by Gustavo Sanabria, Courtesy of luzinterruptus
When teaching people how to recycle properly, it can be hard to keep things interesting. Most cities settle for colorful graphics, distribute instructions to residents, and leave it at that. But the art group luzinterruptus decided to do something special to help explain to Warsaw residents which color bag is for what. So they took 1,000 green, yellow and blue bags, inflated them, and created a remarkable art installation from a rather borin...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:45 pm in Business & Politics, energy efficiency, recycling, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
Image credit: lukelukeluke, used under Creative Commons license.
Lloyd once famously declared that recycling is bullsh*t. But this was more to make the case for waste reduction and reuse, than to argue against recycling as a better alternative to throwing stuff away. The fact is that recycling has huge benefits for the environment—and that lesson can be learned through some surprising examples. T...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:05 am in consumerism, food, recycling, united states, zero waste by TreeHugger
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DIVE!, the documentary about living off America's trash has been making the rounds of the film festivals for some time now. It's even sparked a huge campaign to get Trader Joe's to stop wasting food. Now the show is coming to a screen near you, as the film is finally launched on DVD. And yes, it comes in pretty minimal packaging too....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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1:22 pm in Business & Politics, clothing, recycling, upcycling, waste by TreeHugger
Photo credit: Jason Cartwright/Creative Commons
If you're like a lot of people these days, you know that avoiding plastic use is a good idea. You ditch the single serving water bottles for a good steel one. You choose paper rather than plastic. But did you know that many of your clothing purchases, use plastic that you never see - Even from the greenest of companies, like The Nort...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:42 am in bikes, biking, recycling, toronto by TreeHugger
Image credit Lloyd Alter
When Rob Ford was running for Mayor of Toronto, he complained about the "gravy train" of waste, and promised that he would balance the budget without any service cutbacks. Now he is Mayor, and the first report is in from KPMG, and we see that there is no gravy train of waste, and about the only place to save money is to strip out just about every green and environmental program that the city ever had. Recommendations include:
"Reducing the scale" of cycling infrastructure: The report suggests that "Bicycle Plan and Program are more extensive than warranted by bicycle volumes." This is of course a chicken an...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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1:07 pm in conservation, drinks, recycling, Science & Technology, united states by TreeHugger
Image credit: NASA/Todd Mortenson
Unlike most boys, I've never really wanted to be an astronaut. And this latest piece of news just confirms my misgivings. The internet is full of stories that astronauts on the current shuttle mission will be testing a new system for recycling their own pee and sweat into a sugary energy drink. Yum, yum.
But it's not all bad. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:46 pm in composting toilets, Food & Health, recycling by TreeHugger
Image credit Sustainable Phosphorus Futures
We have noted before that we are near Peak Phosphorus. Fred Pearce writes at Environment360 that it is A Critical Resource
Misused and Now Running Low. It is also, like oil, sourced in countries that are going through political turmoil, with 15% of the world's supply coming f...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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