Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, May 15th, 2010,
Recycling has become a fairly common daily routine and social practice. You’ll see recycling bins at airports, amusement parks, shopping centers, and tourist destinations. You may have a recycling station at your place of work, or there might be one at your kids’ school. You do it, your neighbors do it, even celebrities and government officials do it. We may do it for the planet or the greater, greener good; or we may do it simply because it’s legally required in our town, state or country. However, there are still those who don’t do it—or perhaps they do, but they…
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Green living, Jan 22nd, 2010,
It is no big secret by now that Haiti has been devastated by a massive earthquake and a great number of aftershocks. People died, homes were destroyed, and many supplies are needed. There is always the possibility that another earthquake will happen in the future and they can’t keep dealing with rubble and reconstruction projects forever. So, how do you build a home that has a better chance of withstanding an earthquake? With shipping containers, that’s how! The Clemson University SEED project is currently working to do just that: provide new housing for all those in Haiti who lost their…
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