Saving Water? Cleaning my Pants in The Freezer
A while ago I wrote about Levis changing practices to save water. One way they are doing this is to put tags in new Levis jeans that suggest that the owner wash them less and only use cold water. So – if you wash your jeans less how do you clean them? One way to get them clean is to [...]
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Change the Way You Think About Food – An Infographic Animation
Early this year there was lots of talk about the prediction that by 2050 our population on earth will be over 9 billion people. The question that goes along with these numbers – is how can everyone be fed with this many people, and where will it grow? An infographic animation produced by the World Wildlife Fund called Change the [...]
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Upcyling: A new Starbucks Built from Shipping Containers
A new Starbucks in Seattle was recently built from four old shipping containers. Located in Tukwila, WA the store is a drive-thru and walk-up coffee shop made of one 30-foot container and three 40-foot shipping containers. It is the first LEED-certified structure in town, and uses recycled metal for the exterior and has a rainwater collector system that collects water [...]
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