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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Chic Uses for Recycled Plastic Bottles

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Best of Ecouterre: 7 Eco-Chic Uses for Recycled Plastic Bottles

+ Nike’s 2010 World Cup uniforms are made from discarded plastic bottles, harvested from landfills in Japan and Taiwan, that were melted down into yarn and then spun into fabric. + British designer Tonya O’Hara turns discarded plastic into haunting, nature-inspired jewelry that look as delicate as the state of our planet. + Who knew hip-hop star Pharrell was such an eco-entrepreneur? This season, he teamed up with activewear… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Prismaflex: A Simple Way Of Bending and Controlling Daylight

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Prismaflex: A Simple Way Of Bending and Controlling Daylight

Image credit Lloyd Alter When I wrote about what I was hoping to see at Greenbuild this year, I noted that I was not interested in the latest green gizmos and tech, but in simple, effective ways of solving our problems. I used as an example one of my favourite materials from the 19th century, prism glass , that diverted natural light deep into buildings- a low-tech way of moving light instead of making it. And what did I find at Greenbuild that has… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Seabird That Soars In Air and Water Inspires New Flying/Swimming Robot

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Seabird That Soars In Air and Water Inspires New Flying/Swimming Robot

Photo via Wikipedia The common guillemot is a seabird with a smart strategy for fishing. It can fly over the water with straight wings, but when it dives into the water to catch it’s prey, it swims with bent wings. The bend in the wing reduces drag, and it is this morphing wing that has inspired researchers to come up with a robot that can both fly and swim — something brand new in the biomimicry world. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Super SIPS Get Over R-50; That’s A Lot of Insulation!

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Super SIPS Get Over R-50; That’s A Lot of Insulation!

That is one big stack of SIPS, or Structural Insulated Panels. I have never seen them so thick as that one on the bottom, a full 12 inches and rated at R-52. These are from PorterSIPs, and are sandwiches of OSB (oriented strand board) and EPS (Expanded Polystyrene). Expanded polystyrene is not without problems. Tom Lent of the Healthy Building Network notes in

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Can You Buy New Furniture And Be Green?

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A “chair bodger” in the woods Sami looked at this issue last year , but Lucy Siegle addresses the question in the Guardian and concludes that antiques are green. She quotes the website of the same name: The chair parts were made by craftsmen who lived in the woods where the materials came from. The turnings… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bamboo Pavilion: Low-Cost Communal Living

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images: Esan Rahmani and Mukul Damle Forget yesterday’s commune — ‘communal living’ nowadays can refer to any number of situations — from pricier market housing to low-income developments , or to temporary applications like refugee shelters . Falling somewhere in between is this Bamboo Pavilion — a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Koch Industries Backs Formaldehyde Council, Fighting Regulation of Carcinogen

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The poor Koch family just can’t get a break these days. First Brian wrote Billlionaire David Koch: 25 Years of Disinformation Campaigns and Polluter Front Groups? , then Matt followed with ‘Financial Kingpin’ of Climate Change Denial Exposed: Koch Industries Outspends Exxon 3-to-1 . The New Yorker piled on with Jane Meyer’s article about the

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Sustain: An Eco-Supply Store On The Rocks

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It is a tough environment for brick-and-mortar retailers right now. It is tougher still if you are in a niche market, like green bricks, mortar and eco-supplies. It is even tougher if you are in a small town on the Canadian shield like Huntsville, Ontario , which earlier this summer accommodated the G8 but was too small for the G20. I met Jonath… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Shed Is Constructed Entirely Out Of Recycled Car Parts

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Karl Wanaselja of Leger Wanaselja Architecture has built this shed out of what looks like a pile of car panels and windshields. He says it “is surprisingly strong and versatile. “… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Record Year for Sea Turtles Follows Off-Road Vehicle Restrictions

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Audubon NC Whether or not BP was burning sea turtles alive , the Gulf oil spill did kill a lot of these endangered creatures . But the news hasn’t been quite so grim elsewhere. In fact on Cape Hatteras, North Carolina—where there has been an ongoing feud between off-road enthusiasts … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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