Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Category Archives: Australia
Australian Scientists Develop Catalyst to Turn Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel
A team of scientists from Australia’s University of Wollongong have developed a way to turn sea water into hydrogen in order to produce a virtually unlimited clean energy source. They believe that their system would allow five liters of sea … Continue reading
5 Beautiful Urban Parks in Unlikely Places
Like people, beautiful parks come in all shapes and sizes. Here are five urban parks that enhance their surroundings by sprouting up where you’d least expect them. Cities are constantly changing. Businesses open and close. New buildings constructed while old … Continue reading
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Claire Tracey Creates Giant Water Dragon Sculpture from Recycled Water Bottles
In 2012, Claire Tracey was commissioned by the city of Melbourne to produce “Water Dragon,” a giant transparent dragon sculpture made from recycled plastic water bottles. Developed with The Chinese Museum, the project explored sustainability and traditional Chinese culture within … Continue reading
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Floating Mangrove Forest Springs Up in a Wrecked Coal Ship
Artists, designers, filmmakers, and writers often imagine what a post-apocalyptic world will look like – and we think this wrecked ship offers a hopeful clue. Originally built in 1911, the SS Ayrfield had many functions before it was decommissioned in … Continue reading
South Korea Launches the Word’s Most Aggressive Carbon Market
Photo via Shutterstock South Korea has made clear their intent to become one of the world’s leading warriors against climate change, and they are willing to back up their assertions with cold, hard, cash. In their effort to lower greenhouse … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, California, Cap-And-Trade, carbon market, china, CO2, emitter, EU, Global warming, korea exchange, korea power exchange, Politics, president park geun hye, south korea, United States, yoon seong kyu
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Air Filtering System Reduces Particleboard Factory Emissions
A Carter Holt Harvey particleboard factory in the Gympie region of Queensland, Australia, will install a multi-million dollar air cleaning system that will reduce its drier particulate emissions to below 50 grams per cubic meter, which the company says will … Continue reading
Australian Researchers Propose Turning Millions of Tons of Pig Waste into Alternative Energy for China
Photo via Shutterstock Where there are million of animals, there are millions of tons of waste. In a clever solution to a major waste disposal problem, Australian researchers have found a way to convert 1.4 million tons of Chinese pig … Continue reading
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Tagged adelaide, australia, biodigester, Biogas, china, clean tech, cooperative research center for contamination assessment and remediation of the environment, CRC CARE, Design for Health, excrement, federal government 2013 star award, fertilizer, hlm asia pl, huazhong university of science and technology, pig, Poo Power!, poocare, prof. ravi naidu, waste
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Sonia Rentsch Creates Harmless Weapons from Organic Materials
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