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Mushrooms instead of Plastics - 1 views

www.ted.com/...mushrooms_the_new_plastic.html

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shared by John Crowley on 05 Mar 13 - No Cached

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John Crowley on 05 Mar 13

This is a 9 minute talk about the waste involved in plastics, particularly disposable shipping Styrofoam. The solution the presenter is showing is the ability to use local bio-waste (like farming by-products, rice husks, etc.) and growing your styrofoam blocks.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a 9 minute talk about the waste involved in plastics, particularly disposable shipping Styrofoam. The solution the presenter is showing is the ability to use local bio-waste (like farming by-products, rice husks, etc.) and growing your styrofoam blocks.</div>

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How 'Ugly' Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Solve World Hunger - 0 views

www.nationalgeographic.com/...global-food-waste-statistics

shared by erikausi on 03 Dec 16 - No Cached

erikausi on 03 Dec 16

Food Waste --six billion pounds of U.S. fruits and vegetables are wasted due to aesthetic reasons. "Ugly" fruits and vegetables can help solve malnutrition around the world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Food Waste --six billion pounds of U.S. fruits and vegetables are wasted due to aesthetic reasons. "Ugly" fruits and vegetables can help solve malnutrition around the world.</div>

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TerraCycle | Outsmart Waste - 0 views

www.terracycle.com/en-US

shared by swestberry on 09 Dec 15 - No Cached

swestberry on 09 Dec 15

TerraCycle provides free waste collection programs for hard to recycle materials. They then turn the waste into affordable green products. You can also purchase the upcycled products from the website.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">TerraCycle provides free waste collection programs for hard to recycle materials. They then turn the waste into affordable green products. You can also purchase the upcycled products from the website.</div>

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Cutting down food waste with smart phones - 0 views

grist.org/...hones-can-help-stop-food-waste

shared by John Crowley on 12 Mar 13 - No Cached

John Crowley on 12 Mar 13

This quote sums it up nicely: "Think of it as an air traffic controller for organic matter," Gordon says. "If you're a food charity, you've got the logistics ability of anybody else in the food chain now."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This quote sums it up nicely: "Think of it as an air traffic controller for organic matter," Gordon says. "If you're a food charity, you've got the logistics ability of anybody else in the food chain now."</div>

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Harnessing alternative energy resources effectively - 3 views

I forgot to add the link!! http://www.livescience.com/11334-top-10-emerging-environmental-technologies.html

started by crystal franciosi on 23 Oct 12 1 follow-up, last by crystal franciosi on 24 Oct 12

Solar Cookers International - 1 views

www.solarcookers.org

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shared by Anna Hakim on 11 Mar 14 - No Cached

Anna Hakim on 11 Mar 14

I think this non-profit is pretty cool. They have drastically improved the lives of African women who used to risk their lives and waste many days looking for firewood or burning feces to cook, and so has the Aid For Africa, http://www.aidforafrica.org/member-charities/solar-cookers-international/ Solar cookers could also be built into the side of a home and used indoors! I am thinking of maybe getting or building one for my home to reduce our use of propane. We are mainly solar-powered but we have a gas range and a back up generator that run on propane and I really dislike that. This solar cooker could really help us out though there is a lot that it can't do. I still think it is interesting and worth looking into. Perhaps it is something that more of us could use.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think this non-profit is pretty cool. They have drastically improved the lives of African women who used to risk their lives and waste many days looking for firewood or burning feces to cook, and so has the Aid For Africa, <a href="http://www.aidforafrica.org/member-charities/solar-cookers-international/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.aidforafrica.org/member-charities/solar-cookers-international/</a> Solar cookers could also be built into the side of a home and used indoors! I am thinking of maybe getting or building one for my home to reduce our use of propane. We are mainly solar-powered but we have a gas range and a back up generator that run on propane and I really dislike that. This solar cooker could really help us out though there is a lot that it can't do. I still think it is interesting and worth looking into. Perhaps it is something that more of us could use.</div>

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Who Gets Stepped On? - e-Stewards - 1 views

e-stewards.org/...who-gets-stepped-on

shared by jamie125 on 27 Mar 15 - No Cached

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jamie125 on 27 Mar 15

Much of our food supply come from very same regions in China where e-waste including our old iPads are dumped. You should watch this!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Much of our food supply come from very same regions in China where e-waste including our old iPads are dumped. You should watch this!</div>

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Mealworms may help fight our plastic waste problem - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...eating-mealworms-plastic-waste

shared by dkeane82 on 12 Nov 15 - No Cached

dkeane82 on 12 Nov 15

An article about how mealworms can be used to breakdown styrofoam and other types of plastic.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about how mealworms can be used to breakdown styrofoam and other types of plastic.</div>

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Recycling rubbish to create electricity in Denmark - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...8-waste-powers-want-in-denmark

shared by Colin Murray on 10 Dec 12 - No Cached

Colin Murray on 10 Dec 12

A really cool video of how Denmark, one of Scandinavia, and Europe's smallest countries is making the best of a trashy situation. On site visits give excellent insight into Denmark's power producing, rubbish incineration program.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A really cool video of how Denmark, one of Scandinavia, and Europe's smallest countries is making the best of a trashy situation. On site visits give excellent insight into Denmark's power producing, rubbish incineration program.</div>

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http://www.weblife.org/humanure/ - 1 views

Everything to know about composting human waste (soild and liquid) in a safe way.

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started by Don Asquith on 20 Jun 13 no follow-up yet

Wastesavers - About Us - 0 views

www.wastesavers.co.uk/index.php

shared by James Hannemann on 17 Apr 13 - No Cached

Wastesavers began life in 1986 as an environmental, interest group promoting the importance of reuse and recycling. In the mid 90’s it became more proactive and began picking up old newspapers from peoples doorsteps for recycling, and hand sorting these at the local paper mill. In 1995 Wastesavers collected and recycled 22 tonnes of paper. Today Wastesavers recycles more than 15,000 tonnes of material a year and can’t imagine hand sorting the 5000 tonnes of paper it collects! That’s more than 85,000 trees per year! Progress has certainly been made in Newport with residents now receiving a weekly kerbside recycling collection of not just paper, but cans, plastics, glass, textiles, mobile phones and toner cartridges as well food waste and small electrical items.
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FAO - News Article: What governments, farmers, food businesses - and you - ca... - 0 views

www.fao.org/...icode

shared by erikausi on 05 Dec 16 - No Cached

erikausi on 05 Dec 16

Interesting article that talks about things farmers, governments, businesses, and consumers can do to reduce their food wastage. Many things we can do to reduce and prevent.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting article that talks about things farmers, governments, businesses, and consumers can do to reduce their food wastage. Many things we can do to reduce and prevent. </div>

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Don't feed the monster - 3 views

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-trash-monster-project-sustainability-effort-alexander-nason?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like This is a fantastic idea to get people thinking about the waste they ge...

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started by seashorerob on 19 Apr 16 no follow-up yet

Siting analysis of farm-based centralized anaerobic digester systems for distributed ge... - 0 views

www.sciencedirect.com.silk.library.umass.edu/...S0961953405000164

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shared by jefffinck on 21 Apr 16 - No Cached

jefffinck on 21 Apr 16

This paper addresses anaerobic digesters (ADs) installations on livestock farms to use animal manure as a biomass resource for both economic value and environmental benefit. Capturing biogas created naturally from animal waste before it escapes to do harm to the environment and using the gas as a fuel to produce electric power. Either to be used to power the farm itself or integrated into the local electric grid.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This paper addresses anaerobic digesters (ADs) installations on livestock farms to use animal manure as a biomass resource for both economic value and environmental benefit. Capturing biogas created naturally from animal waste before it escapes to do harm to the environment and using the gas as a fuel to produce electric power. Either to be used to power the farm itself or integrated into the local electric grid.</div>

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Make your home smart - 0 views

www.lutron.com/...default.aspx

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shared by Asyl Alymbaeva on 08 Feb 14 - No Cached

Asyl Alymbaeva on 08 Feb 14

I got to meet the CEO of Lutron as part of my business internship program at Lehigh. His house is, naturally, equipped with all the state of the art technology to keep the house running at minimal costs - to save energy and reduce waste. It was absolutely mindblowing

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I got to meet the CEO of Lutron as part of my business internship program at Lehigh. His house is, naturally, equipped with all the state of the art technology to keep the house running at minimal costs - to save energy and reduce waste. It was absolutely mindblowing</div>

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What is Trench Composting? - 2 views

organicgardening.about.com/...trenchcompost.htm

shared by markhutchins on 31 Jan 15 - No Cached

Trench composting is very simple. You dig a trench (we're using the word “trench” loosely here; it doesn't matter what shape your hole is) approximately twelve inches deep, add roughly four to six inches of compostable materials, such as kitchen scraps, spent garden plants, prunings, thinnings, and weeds, and bury it with the soil you dug out of the trench.
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markhutchins on 31 Jan 15

Here is an article on trench composting I thought the group might enjoy. My wife and I have reduced our waste to about one small kitchen bag a week by composting our kitchen scraps.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Here is an article on trench composting I thought the group might enjoy. My wife and I have reduced our waste to about one small kitchen bag a week by composting our kitchen scraps.</div>

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inyberg on 07 Feb 15

Hi. That is a great idea. Saves the plant from drying out. I will do that for my garden. Funny I was reading about Africa a remote area where this happen. A university sent someone out here to help solve a issue for these people to have some kind of heat source like gas. Long story short you take all the food scraps throw them into a blender and dump in in a 50 gallon drum. Does this for a bout a week. Have another 50 gallon drum ready empty. This guy ran a gas line off the barrels into the house. It produce enough methane to cook and heat the house as long you keep dumping scraps into the barrel.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi. That is a great idea. Saves the plant from drying out. I will do that for my garden. Funny I was reading about Africa a remote area where this happen. A university sent someone out here to help solve a issue for these people to have some kind of heat source like gas. Long story short you take all the food scraps throw them into a blender and dump in in a 50 gallon drum. Does this for a bout a week. Have another 50 gallon drum ready empty. This guy ran a gas line off the barrels into the house. It produce enough methane to cook and heat the house as long you keep dumping scraps into the barrel.</div>

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How kids can help solve the e-waste problem - 1 views

www.electronicstakeback.com/...resources-for-kids

shared by jamie125 on 27 Apr 15 - No Cached

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jamie125 on 27 Apr 15

How many electronic gadgets does your family have? What's your favorite electronic gadget? An iPad? Video game? TV? How many gadgets does your family use? Would you believe that the average home has 24 electronic products! Do you ever think about what happens to these gadgets when you are done with them?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">How many electronic gadgets does your family have? What's your favorite electronic gadget? An iPad? Video game? TV? How many gadgets does your family use? Would you believe that the average home has 24 electronic products! Do you ever think about what happens to these gadgets when you are done with them?</div>

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Green Buildings - 1 views

This is a new way to build a home that will be very energy efficient compare to regular homes today. The cost is about 20 percent more to build a green building but the long term cost is very low. ...

http:__www.epa.gov_greenbuilding_

started by inyberg on 21 Feb 15 no follow-up yet

Mushroom Materials | Ecovative Design - 2 views

www.ecovativedesign.com/mushroom-materials

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shared by alexandracatalan on 24 Nov 14 - No Cached

alexandracatalan on 24 Nov 14

Ecovative Design introduces mushroom material- products and material made from agricultural waste and mushrooms. Items such as surf boards, structural bicomposites, and packaging to materials such as insulation and synthetic foam pieces for cars- this mushroom material is a great alternative to plastic and chemical based materials.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ecovative Design introduces mushroom material- products and material made from agricultural waste and mushrooms. Items such as surf boards, structural bicomposites, and packaging to materials such as insulation and synthetic foam pieces for cars- this mushroom material is a great alternative to plastic and chemical based materials.</div>

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Will Chocolate Fuel Your Next Car? - 1 views

environment.about.com/...chocolatefuel.htm

energy recycling

shared by Rey WR on 09 Nov 13 - No Cached

Rey WR on 09 Nov 13

The discovery of a way to extract hydrogen from food waste - Wow!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The discovery of a way to extract hydrogen from food waste - Wow!</div>

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