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Combox, the First Modular, Expandable and Eco-Friendly Compost Bin (Photos)

Domestic compost bins come in many shapes and sizes, for indoor and outdoor use, tumbling or not, to help you turn organic waste into delicious hummus for garden and pot plants. However, if until now you haven’t come across your desired shape or size, check out the Combox . This Spanish compost bin is the first of its kind that is completel… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is It Time We Maximise Our Ecological Impact? Being Less Bad is Not Enough

Image credit: Pasty Muncher I’ve been thinking some more about why individual environmental action is not enough . It’s not just that the metric for success—personal reductions in our impact, as opposed to collective—is on the wrong scale. It’s the wrong metric too. We are spending so much time worrying about how to reduce our impact, and be less bad, we are loosing sight of the fact that we can’t just slow the destruction. We have to reverse it too. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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DIY Composting Toilets and Humanure: The Pee & Poop Show (Video)

Image credit: Peak Moment TV It’s been called creepy by some, but my obsession with pee and poop is not without good reason. (Hey, it got me on Lloyd’s Valentine’s Day list .) From peeing in public to the selective flush , how we deal with our bodily wastes on a Global scale has huge implications for our sust… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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