February 28th, 2010
Replace lumber with recycled rubber Tire Logs. Photo fromRe-Tread ProductsDon’t grind old tires; slice ‘em and roll ‘em up into rubber logs to use like lumber. From footwear to handbags andearthshiphomes,recycled tireshave found various forms of an afterlife, but that doesn’t come close to dealing with the vast numbers of waste tires generated each year. Most “recycling” of tires …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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February 28th, 2010
The remarkable thing about the 1 hour design challenges at Core77 is how clever some of the ideas are, and how well presented, given that they are ostensibly done in an hour. Of course there is no way of knowing if the designer took a day or a week, and some of them look like they took the full month. The competition ending Sunday night is for the design of short term emergency shelters, with the prize being a $500 donation to Architecture for Humanity.
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February 28th, 2010
Replace lumber with recycled rubber Tire Logs. Photo fromRe-Tread ProductsDon’t grind old tires; slice ‘em and roll ‘em up into rubber logs to use like lumber. From footwear to handbags andearthshiphomes,recycled tireshave found various forms of an afterlife, but that doesn’t come close to dealing with the vast numbers of waste tires generated each year. Most “recycling” of tires …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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February 28th, 2010
The remarkable thing about the 1 hour design challenges at Core77 is how clever some of the ideas are, and how well presented, given that they are ostensibly done in an hour. Of course there is no way of knowing if the designer took a day or a week, and some of them look like they took the full month. The competition ending Sunday night is for the design of short term emergency shelters, with the prize being a $500 donation to Architecture for Humanity.
Of course, Cameron Sinclair of AFHwould probably say that the last thing the Haitians need are i…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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February 28th, 2010
The Green Roundtable/NEXUS has launched the Green Product Association (GPA) to advance the sustainability of building products and help manufacturers promote their products.
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February 28th, 2010
Replace lumber with recycled rubber Tire Logs. Photo fromRe-Tread ProductsDon’t grind old tires; slice ‘em and roll ‘em up into rubber logs to use like lumber. From footwear to handbags andearthshiphomes,recycled tireshave found various forms of an afterlife, but that doesn’t come close to dealing with the vast numbers of waste tires generated each year. Most “recycling” of tires …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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February 28th, 2010
In cities like San Francisco; Portland, Oregon; and San Diego, a combination of green consciousness and enthusiasm for new technology seems to be stirring public interest in the cars.
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February 28th, 2010
The remarkable thing about the 1 hour design challenges at Core77 is how clever some of the ideas are, and how well presented, given that they are ostensibly done in an hour. Of course there is no way of knowing if the designer took a day or a week, and some of them look like they took the full month. The competition ending Sunday night is for the design of short term emergency shelters, with the prize being a $500 donation to Architecture for Humanity.
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February 28th, 2010
The Green Roundtable/NEXUS has launched the Green Product Association (GPA) to advance the sustainability of building products and help manufacturers promote their products.
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February 28th, 2010
Replace lumber with recycled rubber Tire Logs. Photo fromRe-Tread ProductsDon’t grind old tires; slice ‘em and roll ‘em up into rubber logs to use like lumber. From footwear to handbags andearthshiphomes,recycled tireshave found various forms of an afterlife, but that doesn’t come close to dealing with the vast numbers of waste tires generated each year. Most “recycling” of tires …Read the full story on TreeHugger
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