I couldn’t resist stopping by a booth that had piles of squishy, gorgeously dyed yarn, especially when their sign boasted that the yarn is dyed with solar power. I had to find out just what that meant…and squish some yarn….
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Maker Faire 09: Dying Yarn with Solar Power
Recently we TreeHuggers were talking about the big problem of swag at conferences and tradeshows. We brainstormed ways swag could be cut down or made sustainable while still getting businesses’ messages across. It looks like one publisher is already on the ball. Some of the best swag found at Maker Faire was at the Quarry Books booth. They turned the scraps of their published books into new journals to give away….
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Maker Faire 09: Turning Book Scraps into Swag
Maker Faire is never a let-down when it comes to crazy modes of transportation. The faire featured a large section devoted to some pretty amazing bikes, not only built in interesting and cool ways, but also run off solar power or featuring electric hybrid capabilities. Here are a handful we thought were extra awesome. …
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Maker Faire 09: Cool Solar and Electric Bikes
Wandering through the Maker Fair expo , I came across this solar charger I hadn’t heard of before. It’s called GoBe, and looks like a great portable way to charge up some hefty devices, possibly even your laptop. …
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Maker Faire 09: GoBe Solar Charger
The Congo Basin via Wend Magazine Much has been said and written about how ACES, the climate bill moving through Congress, will affect consumers, energy companies, and local utilities. But another crucial question is how the bill will affect the world’s forests, the destruction of which accounts for 20 percent of global warming causing emissions. …
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What Does ACES Mean for Forests?
Step-by-Step Introduction to Aquaponics It’s been a while since I posted on Aquaponics – or the art of combining fish farming and hydroponics in a mutually beneficial system where fish poop becomes fertilizer, and plants become filters for the fish. From Growing Power’s urban aquapo…
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Aquaponics Made Easy DVD (Video)
Image credit: Peepoople Hygenic, Biodegradable Single-use Toilets for the Developing World It’s no great secret that sanitation and clean drinking water are major challenges in much of the world. But, like the Life Straw or Freeplay’s self-powered lights and radios , solutions don’t always have to be high tech or expensive. In fact, they are often more effective when they are not. That’s where Peepoople come…
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Peepoople: Portable, Affordable Sanitation for Everybody
photo: Chipotle If you’re visiting a destination where you can’t seem to find a sustainable bite, you might be in luck if there’s a Chipotle around the corner. Chipotle, which has in the past taken steps towards being a more ecologically responsible mega chain, has recently increased its local produce program. As you crunch into your massive vegetarian burrito, take solace in the fact that Chipotle has increased an already sizable local produce program by 10 percent….
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Chipotle Institutes Local Produce Program
Image: Andrew Huff, Flickr Skull #11 (’80s Metal), 2006, by Brian Dettmer Obsolescence. A leit-motif of our modern age is captured with grace and humor in the artwork of Brian Dettmer . Starting with once common but now superfluous items such as cassette tapes or Encyclopedia sets, Brian Dettmer creates new beauty. The mere concept of reformulating a dead media as a skeleton suffices, but Dettmer hones the message; as the viewer’s eyes scan the warped words on each cassette, the titles drive…
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Brian Dettmer’s Solution for Recycling Cassette Tapes and Encyclopedia
Turkey is creating incentives for solar development and exceeding fishing quotas. Photos by Jeremy Levine Design via Flickr (left) and Greenpeace . Spring finally sprung this month in Istanbul, after what seemed like a long, wet winter. On the green front, the forecast was mostly sunny with some patches of gloom, as you’ll see when we once again wrap up some of the month’s environmental news from Turkey, developments that prompted reactions of both “süper” (yep, just like in English, but…
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May Eco-Tidbits from Turkey