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Newspaper Upcycled Into Wallpaper From Weitzner Limited

TreeHugger — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:01:23 +0000

Photos: Weitzner Limited From papier mache beads to your own homemade kitty litter, there's reams of clever ways to reuse that huge pile of old newspapers, but what about wallpaper? "Newsworthy" is this upcycled newspaper wallcovering from New York-b...

Residual Gurus Rock! Electronic Music Unplugged with Recycled Instruments (Video)

TreeHugger — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:17:33 +0000

photo credit: © Xirriquiteula Teatre The five Barcelona-based Residual Gurus have decided to fight trash with comical roaming concerts, and are touring Europe at the moment. These talented musicians know how to transform rubbish into a spiritual per...

Design Squad on PBS Kids GO! is Calling all Creative Kids and Young Inventors to Recycle their way to Stardom!

Shane at Environmental Health-Wellness-Beauty,LLC — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Calling all creative kids and young inventors! Leading up to National Inventors Month this August, PBS KIDS GO!'s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series Design Squad is challenging kids aged... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...

First National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sept. 25

Dave Dempsey — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:42:08 +0000

Over-prescribed and under-consumed, prescription drugs are generating both environmental and law enforcement problems. A national take-back day September 25 is intended to heighten awareness of this important issue.

The growing national volume of unused prescription drugs is prompting the nation’s first drug take-back day September 25. When flushed down toilets — the usual management choice for many health care facilities and households — the drugs can pollute drinking water and may affect fish and other aquatic life. But national drug policies and regulations have thwarted many community take-back efforts.

Recycling as You’ve Never Seen it Before

TreeHugger — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:58:56 +0000

Image credit: Good Recycling is such an easy process. All it takes is a extra second to place a can, bottle, or piece of paper in a specially marked bin instead of the garbage. What happens next, however, is not so straight forward. Good takes us on ...

Household Eco-Friendly Behavior Becoming Norm – But Still Most People Don’t Bike or Take Public Transit

TreeHugger — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:35:00 +0000

photo: photographer 23 via flickr An update to the Global Warming's Six Americas survey, done by George Mason and Yale universities, has been released. Compared to stats compiled in January about the percentage of US residents who run the gamut from ...

Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year

TreeHugger — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:05:15 +0000

Image: Week 52, Green Garbage Project Okay, "trash free" technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project...

Upcoming ReuseConex Conference Covers the Important Rs

TreeHugger — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:19:10 +0000

We spend a lot of time on TreeHugger discussing adaptive reuse, designing for deconstruction, creative upcycling and repurposing, the connection between reuse and climate change, and even reuse as "the original green job." You've read the blog, now a...

Upcoming ReuseConex Conference Covers the Important Rs

TreeHugger — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:19:10 +0000

EcoDIY: Toddler pallet bed

wildish — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:00:41 +0000

I used to sleep on a pallet bed when I found myself a young single mom living in London on a small income and in need of a bed. For a few pounds and some help from a friend with a van, I got 12 old pallets home for a double-sized bed for me and [...]