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Waste For Life: An Organization That Uses Trash To Alleviate P...
Posted by Kieran K.
Sun, Feb 28
Lifting people up out of poverty by helping them to transforming trash into treasure has been the main goal of Waste For Life (also known as basura por vida) since 2006. From its onset, two engineering researchers from Canada's Queen...
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Still Life With Post-Consumer Plastic
Posted by Bob Kurz
Sun, Feb 21
Among the greatest artistic muses to have ever inspired the creation of poetry, art and literature throughout history, the fairer sex has almost always topped the list. Anyone who dabbles in the arts knows that even creativity must on occ...
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Man-Shaped Trash Sculpture Torched For Art's Sake
Posted by Bob Kurz
Thu, Feb 18
Reputed to be one of the most outstanding and highly skilled sculptors of our time, Britain's Antony Gormley - who has throughout his 25+ year career explored the human form using his own body as a model - has strived to create blank figu...
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Shopping At Walmart Might Just Save Our Planet (Say WHAT?!?)
Posted by Linda Lucille
Mon, Feb 15
Inside the shopping cart of the typical American family, cheap processed foods often win out over fruits and vegetables, whether they're conventionally or organically raised. There may be a few grapes and bananas or even a head of i...
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Bring Out Yer Dead…Pens and Markers, That Is!
Posted by Linda Lucille
Tue, Jan 26
Remember that shining day many many years ago when each and every one of us were given the thumbs-up to graduate from pencils onto genuine pens and markers? Oh, what a joyous occasion that was. Permanent ink - whoa, it wouldn't budge, no...
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Conscious Junk Food Consumption – Can We Break Free From The E...
Posted by Bob Kurz
Fri, Jan 22
A chain of healthy eateries located in New York City (called, appropriately enough, The Pump -- Energy Food) dispenses tasty, guilt-free meals lacking all of the hallmarks of a conventional American diet. In other words, they steer clear...
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Today's Shopping Cart...Tomorrow's Repurposed Recreational Fur...
Posted by Linda Lucille
Thu, Jan 21
If there's one common lesson that we in the green community learn over and over again, it's that there is seemingly infinite potential for the vast majority of the objects that we use in our daily lives. Rather than use items once and thr...
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Play It Again, Sam: Cassette Tape Art With An 80s Flair
Posted by Kieran K.
Wed, Jan 20
Why do we view the music technology of yesteryear as a relic from our past that lacks value and practical purpose in our lives? Cassette tapes used to deliver the crème de la crème of auditory sensory experiences...but -...
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Becoming A Serial Heath Food Eater: The Proof’s In The Junk Fo...
Posted by Linda Lucille
Tue, Jan 19
Healthy snacks...hmmmm, where do I begin? Celery sticks are the first thing that come to mind, but who wants to break into a sweat while washing and chopping all of those stalks? Ditto for carrots...all that peeling and cutting...I defini...
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YES YOU CAN! The Top 10 Absolutely Greenest, Doable Resolutions!
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Mon, Dec 21
1) I Resolve To Reduce The Amount Of Waste That I Generate In My Household. How To Make It Stick: Stop making recreational trips to the store for things that you really don't need -- shop in your garage, attic and basement instead...
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