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Sticky Rice is Secret Ingredient in Great Wall of China’s Strength

photo: Kevin Poh via flickr I normally don’t cover traditional building methods , but this one is a bit too cool. Scientists from Zhejiang University in China have discovered one what may be the secret ingredient in the Great Wall’s strength and longevity: Sticky Rice . Well, sticky rice soup mixed with slaked lime and lim… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sticky Rice is Secret Ingredient in Great Wall of China’s Strength

Trash Me Lamps Take on Grave-to-Grave Design

Images via Victor Vetterlein We’ve all heard of cradle-to-cradle design, which is design that mimics natural life cycles during which something is made of materials, runs its useful life cycle, and at the end of that useful life cycle, becomes material for something new. Trash Me lamps by Victor Vetterlein bring a new spin to that design concept, starting at the grave. Pulling trash out of the rubbish bin, Vetterlein creates a bright idea. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Trash Me Lamps Take on Grave-to-Grave Design