This summer British explorer and environmentalist David de Rothschild will set sail with a crew of scientists from San Francisco to Sydney, covering approximately 12,000 nautical miles. His boat, Plastiki, is a high tech 60 foot research catamaran made from reused plastic bottles and recycled plastics.
Plastiki hosts solar panels and turbines to power it’s [...]

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What does USS New York really recycle?

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Maybe your printer’s toner cartridges are recyclable. Fortunately ours are. But regardless of that, we use a lot of unfriendly ink, and it costs a lot too! Always at the forefront of green efforts, the Dutch, and more specifically, a company called Spranq, created an eco-friendly font called Ecofont. Because there are holes pervading each [...]

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There has been tremendous media coverage of the plastic polycarbonate and the evils of the chemical BPA, a component used in the manufacturing of polycarbonate. Many consumers are hearing conflicting evidence regarding the effects of BPA on adult humans. Some experts may say the exposure is within safe FDA limits and others say [...]

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The NC Museum of Natural Sciences (with sponsorship by Burts Bees) put on a great celebration for Earth Day this past weekend. There were earthy presentations, great music, fun events and even local and/or organic beer and wine.

First shown in the Art to Wear fashion show earlier this spring, Liz Bradford’s trash dress seems to [...]

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