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The Record Bowl - A Great Way to Recycle Old Music
Yesterday, a guy from the Netherlands left a comment on my blog announcing that he had this vase that I had profiled a while back for sale on his site. The piece he pointed out to me was this fabulous Tulip vase by Lotte van Laatum which sells for about $140. So, I went to check it out, and it turns out he had several really great pieces for sale on his site. One of which was this record bowl. In college here in the U.S., I think it’s standard practice for a student who is a creative type to m…
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So your going green. Your doing your part to save the environment. You've switched your cleaning supplies, bought a hybrid car, turning off the lights when your not in the room. Hmmm, what else can you do? How about going waterless...well at least where your toilet is concerned.
Sancor , makers of …
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Environmental Toilets - Go Green with a Pink Toilet (or 14 other Colors)
What's less corrosive than water, fully non-toxic and biodegradable and capable of melting ice on any surface? It's The Organic De-Icer a special product designed to be harmless to the environment while providing you with a great way to deal with ice and snow.
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The Organic De-Icer - A Green Way To Deal With Ice and Snow
IKEA will charge customers 5 cents/ plastic bag. Is IKEA "doing the right thing?" Interactive readers at dotherightthing.com, a Web 2.0 site where people can "evaluate" companies based on company news, think "yes". They give this story a rating based on it's positive or negative impact. Currently, i…
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Do The Right Thing.Com - People Evaluate Businesses on News
This picture should be self explanatory (jj). It's a giant plasma gasification system from StarTech which converts garbage into clean energy! The StarTech unit can pump through 2,000 tons of garbage per day. Michael Nuzzi of US Energy commented, “New York City is already paying an astronomical …
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Plama Process Converts Garbage into Clean Energy
No longer do tourists have to just walk in and out of a very "interesting area" - they can actually VOLUNTOUR. The idea is to "combine travel and service" - says Voluntourism.org.
It's "a really great way to have a holiday AND actively contribute to the destination you are visiting," says Go Diffe…
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Voluntourism - Volunteerism + Tourism
We’ve heard about hybrid cars, electric cars, solar cars, and etc. How about human powered car? Honda R&D;team came up with the idea called “the Running Bus”, a human-powered bus. This may sound good for fitness lovers because the bus is powered by 10 runners who jog inside the bus. The runner…
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The Human Powered Bus
Who would have known that there is a new species of shark that is rarely seen alive? Due to the fact that its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet under the sea, it raises discussion that there is considerably a lot more wild life that marine biologists are not aware of.
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New Species of Shark Caught on Video-What Else Is Out There? (VIDEO)
What is the tree nation? Tree nation is an ecological project that use the GPS mapping technology to plant 8 million trees in the Sahara to fight desertification.
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Tree Nation Project - Virtual Trees Become Real Trees
From bamboo bedsheets to eco-undies, there's lots you can do to green your sex life and reduce your ecological footprint, even if you do stay in bed!
There are lots of environmentally-friendly choices from organic massage oils to natural aphrodisiacs - all ways to have fun and stay green while you …
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How Green Is Your Sex Life?
Stuart Haygarth’s Chandeliers are as powerful to me as any of the environmental artist, Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy makes simple forms from natural material that, often times, have arrived on the shores of our beaches. Stuart Haygarth uses the UN-natural material that arrives on our beaches. And…
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Ingenious Use of Recycling - Tide Chandelier by Stuart Haygarth
Garrett Hardin first popularized the tragedy of the commons in 1968. in 2007, Peter Barnes proposes a solution: Capitalism 3.0 - building a "commons sector" to balance the "corporate sector."
THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
Simply, it means that individuals in a group/ society will be tempted to over-ut…
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Capitalism 3.0 - Reinventing the Commons
Researchers in Japan have made great advances in demonstrating the viability of burying carbon dioxide emissions underground. Since CO2 has been fingered as the main culprit in the trend towards global warming, this research is invaluable on the world scene.
Computer simulations have been used in t…
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Burying CO2 To Combat Global Warming
Pregnant and nursing mothers and young children can unknowingly be exposed to unsafe levels of mercury by eating seafood and fish. In fact, certain species have such high levels of methylmercury toxins that these should be completely excluded from their diets.
The Got Mercury? calculator allows you…
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Got Mercury? - Calculator for Safer Seafood Choices
A growing number of eco-savvy brides and grooms are planning weddings that are eco-friendly… in line with their lifestyles, values and beliefs. This trend is being revealed in all aspects of today’s weddings- from vegan and fair-trade menu choices and biodegradeable plates and utensils, to vinta…
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