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Welsh housing company Affresol has developed a material to build their modular homes that’s cheap, readily available and doesn’t involve chopping down tons of trees – from recycled plastic.
The Swansea, Wales-based company has developed Thermo Poly Rock, a waterproof, fire-retardant and rot-proof material from recycled plastic mixed with resin that pours like concrete (and is stronger than it). Affresol reports that each TPR saves 18 tons of waste from landfills and saves five or more trees from being turned into plywood.
(Read more on the original post.)Welsh housing company Affresol has developed a material to build their modular homes... more
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Future Friendly Awards 2010: Bishop Challoner. Birmingham College recognised in National Sustainability Awards - Future Friendly Awards.Future Friendly Awards 2010: Bishop Challoner. Birmingham College recognised in... more
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Boredom can lead you down many roads... For Michael Osinski, boredom led him to discover the rich history of oyster farming that had once flourished in his backyard in Greenport, Long Island.
So, with a whole lot of free time to waste and a brand new oyster permit in hand, he set out to prove that the Greenport waters were still good for growing oysters...Widow's Hole Oysters...and New York City chefs couldn't be happier.
To find out where you can taste Widow's Hole Oysters in NYC, please visit widowsholeoysters.com
http://vimeo.com/6825095Boredom can lead you down many roads... For Michael Osinski, boredom led him to... more
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Urban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned backyards into lush, fruitful farmlands.
By signing up to share your yard with a urban farmer, you can eat fresh from your own personal farm during the harvest months, and even sell produce to your neighbors - growing a community built around fresh local food. The best part is, you don't even have to lift a finger, BK Farmyards does all the farming for you...
Find out more at bkfarmyards.com
http://vimeo.com/6137263Urban NYC farmers have set their eyes on a new prize: transforming privately owned... more
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Brooklyn's very first Rooftop Farm, started April 2009, is harvesting its crops for the summer season! Meet Ben Flanner and Annie Novak, the farmers who founded the project, and see for yourselves the optimistic future for urban farming. NYC's skyline has never looked this cool...
http://vimeo.com/5682415Brooklyn's very first Rooftop Farm, started April 2009, is harvesting its crops... more
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They'd be carbon free, relatively cheap, and according to the industry, inherently safe. An underground mini-nuke could power a village.
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No, really? A whole village?
A new twist on NOT IN MY BACK YARD, this is IN EVERY BACK YARD. FAIL!
The "Nuscale" mini nuke generates 45 Megawatts and the "Toshiba" generates 10 Megawatts. One thing they also generate is NUCLEAR WASTE, which we have to deal with forever.
Thanks for this informative and well balanced article National Geographic, NOT!
No mention of the nearly 10,000 Megawatts of WIND POWER that we installed in the United States in 2009 alone.
Write and call Obama, and your local and state representatives tell them how you feel about nuclear power.
Nuclear power: unnecessary, unsafe and unwanted.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/08/mini-nukesThey'd be carbon free, relatively cheap, and according to the industry,... more
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MONTPELIER, Vt. — In an unusual state foray into nuclear regulation, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 Wednesday to block operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant after 2012, citing radioactive leaks, misstatements in testimony by plant officials and other problems.
The last time a reactor in the United States was closed by a vote of the public or its representatives was in June 1989, when the voters of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District decided to shut the Rancho Seco reactor. The issues in that case were mostly economic; the plant kept breaking down, forcing the district to buy electricity from neighbors, and it had been shut from late 1985 to early 1988 for repairs.
Commissioned in August 1966 and given its operating license in March 1972, Vermont Yankee is one of the older plants in the American inventory of 104 power reactors. The oldest still running is Oyster Creek, near Toms River, N.J., which is of a similar design and opened in December 1969.
Oyster Creek recently won a 20-year extension of its initial 40-year license, although, to the anger of its opponents, plant owners announced a few days later that it, too, was leaking tritium.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/us/25nuke.html?scp=2&sq=vermont&st=cse
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/02/25/us/25nuke01/25nuke01-popup.jpgMONTPELIER, Vt. — In an unusual state foray into nuclear regulation, the Vermont... more
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It's likely that the vast majority of us get our information from online sources, but there's something about the tactile sensation of holding a real magazine in your hands from time to time that can't be beat. Especially if it's made out of 100% recycled paper. And focuses on intellectual eco-topics that you can really sink your teeth into. Along with a dash of green-themed entertainment, art, fashion, culture and photography. ABOVE offers all of the above, and more.
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2010/02/23/above-fresh-green-eco-mag-well-worth-the-ka-ching/It's likely that the vast majority of us get our information from online sources,... more
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In this month’s Tales from the Missionary Hut, our globally concerned inventors lend the poor in the developing world a hand with the help of much vaunted pedal power. Based on a design by Nottingham students, an intriguing machine extracts nut oil with bicycle wheels. Is it nutty or will it get those lazy leg muscles moving and help our peers hit oil? Apparently, it has already taken off.In this month’s Tales from the Missionary Hut, our globally concerned inventors... more
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Cities around the world could soon be tapping shipping giant FedEx’s logistical expertise as they develop more sustainable transportation systems.
The company is joining forces with EMBARQ, The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, and will spend $500,000 over the next two years to help support the program’s efforts in Mexico. ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100215/bringing-sustainable-transportation-worldCities around the world could soon be tapping shipping giant FedEx’s logistical... more
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Jennifer Dawes from Dawes Design has the most gorgeous recycled gold jewelry, enjoy her story about how she came up with the idea www.dawes-design.com
Highlights:
- Ethical mines
- Conflict free stones
- 100% Recycled goldJennifer Dawes from Dawes Design has the most gorgeous recycled gold jewelry, enjoy... more
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"The Issue:
A typical party of thirty guests can create 80 pounds of waste!
Be Part of the Solution
How can I entertain in an environmentally friendly way?
-Watch the big game on Energy Star certified TVs or listen to it on the radio. Or better yet, wait until the next day to ask someone who won. (Just kidding!)
-Instead of sending out paper invitations, send electronic invitations from a site like www.evite.com.
-Bake your own snacks and desserts with organic, locally grown ingredients and extra love.
-Instead of using streamers and balloons, decorate with small plants. You can give the plants away as parting gifts at the end of the party."..... (Click link to read more!)"The Issue:
A typical party of thirty guests can create 80 pounds of waste!... more
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"In Sri Lanka, the relationship between the local farmers and the indigenous elephants hasn’t always been the friendliest. Thousands of elephants have been killed in this country – not for their tusks, hide or meat, but because they’re a nuisance, wandering into the farmers’ crops and trampling them.
Luckily, the elephants and and farmers are learning to live together more harmoniously because of one natural resource the elephants have that the farmers now desire: the elephant’s poop. The farmers are now welcoming elephants into their land so they can gather up the feces left behind to turn around and sell it to companies, like ecoMaximus, who have figured out a way to turn the poop into something useful: paper. Thus, elephant feces is now being seen as a sustainable economic resource to the Sri Lankan farmers.
ElephantPooPaperAnd how is this poo turned into paper, you ask? 'Since an elephant’s diet is all vegetarian, the waste produced is basically raw cellulose. Thoroughly cleaned and processed, the cellulose is converted into a uniquely beautiful textured product,' says elephant poo paper purveyor Mr. Ellie Poo. Since elephants produce about 500 lbs of poop a day, I’d say this is definitely a sustainable resource." ...."In Sri Lanka, the relationship between the local farmers and the indigenous... more
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We’ve all heard that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but what about molars and bicuspids? This eco-jewelry from Australian silversmith Polly van der Glas is comprised of sterilized human molars, bicuspids and canines that are hand-set in sterling silver to form a unique collection of rings, earrings and trinkets.
Read more: http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=363We’ve all heard that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but what about... more
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