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The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse
Posted on Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 by 
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse is an ecological treasure trove of art & craft materials, educational supplies, vintage furniture, home décor, paper goods, fabric, and much more. Founded in 1979 by two Oakland public school teachers, the Depot promotes solid waste diversion and resource conservation through the Depot store and environmental education programs […]
Continue Reading >>High Line-Style Project For Sydney Aims To Deliver The Goods
Posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2012 by
Old railroads are all the rage when it comes to adaptive reuse. New York City kicked off the trend with its High Line park, which officially opened to the public last year. Now we’ve got Chicago’s long-anticipated rails-to-trails park system, the Bloomingdale Trail, set for completion in 2014, with plans for a smaller-scale but similar […]
Continue Reading >>Starbucks Opens New Reclamation Drive Thru Made From Recycled Shipping Containers
Posted on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 by
If you happen to be passing through Tukwila, Washington, make a pit stop at Starbucks’ brand new reclaimed shipping container coffee shop. The first in what could possibly be a new branding strategy, the Reclamation Drive-Thru is built out of four shipping containers and has been designed to LEED green building standards. Designed in-house by […]
Continue Reading >>N.J. man powers house with hybrid car
Posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 by
Bob Sakala bought his Toyota Prius Hybrid to save gas. In the week since Hurricane Sandy, he powered his home on three-quarters of a tank of gas. read more new-jersey-power-gas-prius-hybrid-car-paramus-177998891.html
Continue Reading >>Four African Teens Create Pee-Powered Energy Generator
Posted on Thursday, November 15th, 2012 by
Yes thats right! Using a resource that everyone has, the girls developed a generator that produces six hour of power for one liter of urine. Here’s how it works: Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which cracks the urea into nitrogen, water, and hydrogen. The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which […]
Continue Reading >>Making Renewable Energy Lemonade from Biomass Lemons
Posted on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 by
The Pine Beetle Problem: At least one University of Washington chemical engineer is working on a thermo-chemical conversion technology that should make renewable energy “lemonade” from a particularly problematic batch of biomass “lemons.” The goal is not only to produce an economically-viable new source of renewable liquid bio-fuel targeted for use as bio-diesel or aviation […]
Continue Reading >>Method debuts bottle made from ocean plastic
Posted on Friday, October 12th, 2012 by
The Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is a disgusting stew of plastic waste. There are a variety of educational efforts in effect to reduce the amount of plastic waste finding its way to oceans and now Method is doing something about the waste that is already there. Yesterday, the eco-friendly cleaning product company announced […]
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