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Incredible Sculptures Created from Recycled Circuit Boards

Posted on Apr 08, 2010 by Tom Davie.

It’s incredible just what you can do with a few old printed circuit boards and a bit of imagination. Steven Rodrig has created these hauntingly beautiful pieces from the innards of dead computers, reprocessing their abandoned circuitry into animals and plants from the natural world. Chipsets, wires and ports become turtles, cacti and dragonflies. There’s even a pair of sexy high-heels in there too…
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The Story of Stuff with Author Annie Leonard

Posted on Mar 19, 2010 by Sean Daily.

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GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks with author Annie Leonard about her book, “The Story of Stuff.” iPods, DVD players, cars, clothes, jewelry, computers, flat screen TVs… or more generally, STUFF. Stuff surrounds us, it permeates our personal and work lives. We’re told from birth that having more stuff will make us happier, and that all we need to do when we’re sad is a little retail therapy, and everything will be better. Driving down the street in anytown USA it’s not at all unusual to see only half-joking bumper stickers proclaiming simply “He who dies with the most toys wins.”


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10,000 Gallons a Day of Animal Waste Fuel Head to Market

Posted on Dec 03, 2009 by Susan Kraemer.

Last month a rural Minnesota factory began pumping out commercial-scale quantities of biodiesel made from animal waste like pig parts and waste fats… and almost any other waste  fats and oils.   The idea isn’t new, – - Sweden was able to reduce carbon emissions 9% below their Kyoto goal while growing their economy 44% by switching to district heating that uses this kind of process – - but it is new here. And better too.
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Where Does Your Garbage Go? MIT Wants To Find Out

Posted on Aug 03, 2009 by Scott James.

You buy something, bring it home, unwrap it, and toss the package in the trash can. On garbage day you put it all into a bigger trash can out on the curb and the magical garbage truck takes it away. But where does the garbage truck take the trash? Well, a landfill, or it gets burned, or it goes overseas, or something, right? The U.S. creates around 200 billion tons of trash every year- where does it go?
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Eco-Friendly Printing Options for Your Home Office

Posted on Jun 09, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.

If you spend a good amount of time in your home office, then you might want to consider how best you can green your work environment.  Paper is one of the biggest sources of waste in every home office. While digitizing your work is really the better option for trees, there is no getting around the fact that certain documents absolutely need to be printed.
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