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Conservation, Recycling, Sustainable living, Weird & Wonderful, Jul 18th, 2010,
Last week, I gave you a list of green home improvements you can do around your home for free. Many news articles will lead you to believe that you need to spend thousands of dollars on renewable energy devices, renovations, and new appliances that you may not really need (or can afford). So, I gave you a list of things you can do in the bathroom, kitchen, or while doing cleaning and laundry that wouldn’t cost a single penny and over time can do just as much good as an upgrade that may cost several thousand dollars (or more). As…
Tags: appliances, climates, computers, cooling, efficiency, electronics, energy use, general home improvements, Go Green, green home improvements you can do for free, heating, home improvements, home office, hose, lawn and garden, lights, natural energy, paper, printers, Recycling, tips, watering
Climate & Change, Recycling, Videos & Documentaries, Jul 14th, 2010,
The Payatas garbage dump in Quezon City, Philippines is legendary among dumpsites of the world, for its sheer size and also for the desperate living conditions of the many people who subsist by scavenging there. Payatas made headlines 10 years ago when hundreds of informal settlers perished under a mountain of trash that collapsed during a downpour, burying them alive. Recently, increased attention has been focused on the Payatas dump, the environmental role of its scavengers – or rather, ‘waste recyclers’ – and an innovative project to convert the waste to energy by harvesting methane. The methane project provides an…
Tags: alternative, dump, dumpsite, EcoWaste, energy, families, methane, Payatas, Philippines, power, Quezon, recycler, tragedy, trash
Climate & Change, Pollution, Recycling, Jul 13th, 2010,
Eco-warrior and youngest air to a banking fortune, David de Rothschild set out in April on a well-publicized trip from California to Australia aboard a vessel constructed from recycled plastic bottles. The raft, christened the Plastiki, is set to arrive in Sydney in about two weeks time. The purpose of Rothschild’s journey: To draw attention to marine pollution – particularly from plastics – and the overfishing of the world’s oceans. Oceanographers estimate that there may be as much as 100 million tons of plastic suspended in the waters of the eastern garbage patch, a soup of plastic and other trash…
Tags: australia, climate change, David, fish, marine, ocean, plastic, Plastiki, Pollution, Rothschild, Sydney
Health, Recycling, Science & Technology, Jun 26th, 2010,
We’ve all heard that BPA is bad for us, that we shouldn’t use any product—especially plastic bottles—that may contain BPA, and that we definitely shouldn’t expose infants or toddlers to BPA products, either. BPA, or Bisphenol A, has been linked to cancer, thyroid issues, obesity, neurological issues, and can even affect the growth, development and reproduction cycles of marine species. Given this knowledge, many people probably figure that all you have to do is avoid the plastic products that contain BPA and they’ll be safe, right? Wrong. Yes, BPA can be found in plastic bottles, but it can also be…
Tags: alternatives, Bisphenol A, BPA, drink cans, epoxy resin, food cans, fruits, harmful, Health, plastics, research, side effects, soda, soup, study, unsafe, vegetables
Recycling, Science & Technology, Weird & Wonderful, Jun 25th, 2010,
Many companies and designers around the world are starting to jump on the green bandwagon. While they all may strive for the same common goal, their interpretations vary greatly. Take the car industry, for example. First, you have the Nissan Leaf: It looks like your average vehicle, but it’s slapped with an environmental name. How eco-friendly is it really? Well, some of the parts are made from recycled material and can be recycled in the future. It runs on an electric battery, which you’ll be able to recycle in the future as well, and it’s also supposed to be a…
Tags: car, design, different, Green, ideas, LEAF, photosynthesis, solutions, unique, vehicle, Ye Zi
Conservation, Nature, Pollution, Recycling, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 24th, 2010,
When we think of ocean pollution, our thoughts will most likely turn to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a rather large collection of plastic, sludge, and other debris floating about the North Pacific Ocean. While the Pacific Garbage Patch is probably the most well-known and most cited, did you know there are actually 5 trash gyres polluting our oceans? 5Gyres.org is educating the public about this very problem and what is being done to clean things up and prevent further pollution. According to their website, the life cycle of trash follows a very specific cycle from us to our waterways…
Tags: 5 Gyres, 5Gyres.org, accumulation, circulation, consumption, garbage patch, ingestion, plastic, Pollution, research
