Today I decided to do something to change the world. I built a solar clothes dryer. It wasn’t my first, and it only took about an hour to put it up. One thing is for certain, it’ll save money and won’t foul up the air and water. Here are step-by-step instructions for how you, too [...]
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Hanging Out to Dry
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jul 10th 2010
Solastalgia describes the grief felt by those of us who care about human-caused, catastrophic environmental damage. We just created a Facebook Community Page where people suffering from Solastalgia can meet others who want to DO something! Don’t waste your time arguing with global warming deniers and waiting for politicians to pass clean and renewable energy [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jun 27th 2010
Danish designer Annemette Beck creates textiles from recycled materials such as rubber, paper and metal. Her line of woven products include rugs, upholstery, fabrics, runners, blinds and even room dividers. Beck’s experimental textiles showcase materials that can be salvaged and re-used. The photos show area rugs made by weaving recycled bicycle inner-tubes and tires. You [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Jun 17th 2010
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Here are a few simple things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint
A few small things each of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint
6 Comments Papercrete Maven on May 24th 2010
// As I am writing this post, oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico (resulting from the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig) at a rate never before seen. The environmental consequences from this one disaster are probably too vast to comprehend. At the same time, coal continues to be extracted miles beneath [...]
1 Comment Papercrete Maven on May 23rd 2010
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