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Make Your Home Clean and Green: Go Bag-less!
Posted by MarikaSF
Tue, Sep 14
As many of you may know, on Tuesday, August 31, California Bill AB 1998, or the commonly called "Plastic Bag Ban Bill," was rejected by the California Senate. The Ban would have prohibited large retailers from distributing plastic bags to...
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Kicking It Old School For Charity: A Rags To Riches Story
Posted by Kieran K.
Fri, Mar 26
How many hole-infested socks do you think that you’ve chucked throughout the years…or air-conditioned shirts that always seem to disintegrate over time thanks to heavy laundering, encounters with sharp objects and the...
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8 Cool Recycling Programs That Accept Your Old Athletic Gear
Posted by Kieran K.
Sun, Mar 21
Recycle Your….Old BicycleThe non-profit New York City based organization Recycle-A-Bicycle accepts tax-deductable donations of old bicycles at either at their physical retail locations, via specially arranged Manhattan pickup...
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Food Packaging: How Much Is TOO Much?
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Thu, Mar 11
Flipping through the weekly grocery store ads, my eyes zeroed in on an incredulous, budget friendly pantry-stocking opportunity – one dollar boxes of cereal. I told myself in a bizarre deep-throated Cajun voice that I only whip out...
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Mangled Skateboards Catch The Eco-Art Wave
Posted by Bob Kurz
Sun, Feb 28
Emerging out of the California surfboarding scene of the 40s and 50s, skateboarding enabled those who were forced by less than auspicious ocean waves to placate their need for speed by catching a ride down their closest sidewalk instead....
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Pictures Don't Lie: Mountains Of E-Waste Piling Up In Our Neig...
Posted by Kieran K.
Tue, Feb 02
About one month ago, I triumphantly brought my obsolete monitor to my local Best Buy where -- for a reasonable $15 fee -- I was assured that it would be recycled by a responsible reclamation materials company. That was good...
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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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Strategic Garbage Pickens Yield Pop Art Portraits With Pizzazz
Posted by Bob Kurz
Tue, Jan 19
Broken doll appendages, golf tees, shirt buttons, sea shells, beads, shark teeth and plastic fork tines are just some of the materials that are fair game for assemblage artist Jane Perkins. Establishing herself as one of Britain's latest...
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"Is that Bioplastic in your Solid Waste Stream?" Interview wi...
Posted by Willi Paul
Mon, Dec 21
"Is that Bioplastic in your Solid Waste Stream?" Interview with Robert Dombrowski, Nanoview Associates LLC by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1445 RD: "My definition of environmentally friendly with respect to the...
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Manmade Landscapes: A Sea Of Tires Wallowing Away In Landfill ...
Posted by Kieran K.
Wed, Dec 02
Photographer Edward Burtynsky, noted for his ability to capture the diverse ways in which humankind has forever altered the landscape of Mother Nature, can often be found exploring and memorializing on film the road less traveled. ...
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