2009 August - Recycled Junk

Evil Genius Solar Proje...

As a girl whose literary tendencies veered toward romance, I am astonished at the latest book-you-can’t-put-down: Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius. After reading this book it will be impossible for an individual to ignore the potential of the solar power home project...

Cash for Fridges...

Got a Clunker Refrigerator fouling up the house zen? More recycling programs are lofting their way to the public trough and the leftover fridge is no appliance to be left behind. A $300 million cash-for-clunkers-type federal program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances...

Spare the Landfill, Spo...

Here is a great list of eco-friendly actions you can take or share with others. Take a look at number 7, reducing sports equipment waste. Ideas for green living 1. Use fish tanks water for plants Do you have a fish or know someone who does? Hang around when they empty their tank...

Garden Greens to Grow...

Garden greens on a plate do not a salad make, but with a few bits of savory bacon, some boiled eggs, croutons, or whatever you like on your salad, some garden greens would be good to raid your outdoor forest floor one night soon. Carrots, lettuce and parsley can also go in big...

Happy Meals from Unhapp...

There can be no greater wake up call to the exceptionably costly obesity and tainted food supply Americans eat than the TIME magazine article of the August 31, 2009 edition. The real cost of food is our long term health, our short term waistlines, and our middle distance betting...

Fabric Arts Recycle Sit...

I found a good example of a recycle site blueprint by accident and stopped to check it out. I see that evidently someone has been taking the “get green” messages to heart. The Ebay listings are mirrored on the website. This is a very good model for a green materials...

Food Scraps into Energy...

Food waste from 2,300 restaurants is reworked in a new Bay area facility to tank up new efforts at sustainable living. Food scraps are pulped to create a methane producing soup, and the methane gas created is conducted to the grid. All from leftovers that would have stuffed the...

Eat Your Food!...

I was shocked to hear a recent statistic that nearly 15% of all food was thrown away by people instead of consumed. Despite the media broadcast of a recession, our culture remains a consumer culture through and through. I was shocked because in my guilty heart I know the figure is...

Recycling Economics...

The materials needed for recycled projects need to be as reclaimed as possible. But the best kind of recycling is when source materials to begin with are brought from secondary and re-use sources instead of newly manufactured retail sources. More recycling needs to be happening...