greenupgrader.com - 7/16/2009
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I'm in the market for a new desk lamp, and these lamps from Breeze Block caught my eye last week while I was browsing Etsy. Now, I fear I am becoming a bit of a repurposing cynic after looking for recycled products day in and day out, but I like these lamps.
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The White House: taking the trash out…
alternativechannel.tv 6/29/2009 — Read this article if you want to know 1-Why we agree with the First family to start composting and 2-How you can easily do it too!
Still not convinced? Read the article and leave a comment if you liked it!
-The Alternative Channel Team
www.alternativechannel.tv
Bringing Solar to the Masses, One Block at a Time
greenupgrader.com 5/18/2009 — 1bog
Renewable energy is the buzz word of the year. From the White House to the greenhouse, people are being told that renewable sources of energy, like wind and solar are the answer to the clunky, dirty fossil fuels we've depended on for so long. The federal government is even offering tax ...
Trash for Teaching
trashforteaching.org 6/24/2009 — Our Mission Education and Environmentalism through creative reuse. Trash for Teaching collects clean and safe cast-off materials from manufacturing processes (that would otherwise become trash) and repurposes them as educational resources. With those ...
Organize a Trash Pick-Up Party
planetgreen.discovery.com 7/9/2009 — Is there an area in your city that is littered with trash? From bus and train windows, I catch glimpses of a median that has trash all over it. I always think to myself, "It would be so easy for a group of people to pitch in and clean up. It would ...
Umbra Mezzo trash can
1greenproduct.com 7/29/2009 — It’s important to think about the biodegradability of the trash you discard, but what about the trash can itself?
That’s where Umbra’s Mezzo trash can comes into the picture. This 2.5 gallon round can with a 9-inch diameter is designed by the irrepressible David Quan and ...
Trash | Track
senseable.mit.edu 7/15/2009 — Trash Track relies on the development of smart tags, which will be attached to different types of garbage in order to track in real time each piece of waste as it traverses the city's sanitation system. The goal of the project is to reveal the ...
Tracking trash - MIT News Office
web.mit.edu 7/15/2009 — Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment July 15, 2009 What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or ...
on-demand trash robot - DustCart
alternativeconsumer.com 7/8/2009 — Is a robot the future of urban trash collection? A group of Italian scientists think it might be.
In the 1980’s the Italian town of Peccioli built one of the most advanced trash disposal sites in Italy, designed to recycle and produce green energy. For 20 years, it’s been Peccioli’s most ...
World’s Deepest Trash Can
neatorama.com 10/2/2009 — This trash can was created as an attempt to make it more fun for people to throw their waste. 72 kilos of garbage was put in the bin during one day. That is 41 kilos more than the closest standard trash bin.
Link [YouTube] – via Pusha
DIY Light Tube Lighting Alternative
greenupgrader.com 4/25/2009 — Check out this cool recycled plastic bottle lighting hack that I found over at Lifehacker. It equates to a “Light Tube” alternative but is a very innovative reuse of trash to bring light into dark rooms during the day. I’m not sure how feasible it would be to utilize in most ...
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