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Thai Temple Built From One Million Recycled Bottlesinhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Oct 27, 2008 The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple has found a way to bottle-up Nirvana, literally. The temple, which sits in Thaisland’s Sisaket province, roughly 370 miles northeast of Bangkok is made of more than a million recycled … Also tagged: sustainable building, recycled materials, sustainable materials |
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IS IT GREEN?: HP Printersinhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Oct 16, 2008 HP has rolled out a system that identifies eco-friendly features of its products to customers. It’s called the Eco Highlights label, and it provides quick facts about the product that may or may not convince the … Also tagged: products, waste reduction, green appliances |
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Flytipped Furniture by Alexena Caylessinhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Oct 15, 2008 Alexena Cayless of British design collective Farm Designs recently exhibited her wonderful fly-tipped furniture collection at Eco Age and Beyond the Valley in London. Alexena scours the streets for unloved and … Also tagged: furniture, transforming furniture, london design week 2008 |
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Energy Seed Lamp Powered by Recycled Batteriesinhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Oct 14, 2008 Although consumer electronics are tending towards rechargeable batteries these days, those ubiquitous alkaline disposables continue to present an environmental problem. Now Sungwoo Park and Sunhee Kim have designed the … Also tagged: lighting, green gadgets |
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London Design Festival: Designers Visit Recycling Centerinhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Oct 11, 2008 Early on a sunlit mid-September morning, on the banks of The Grand Union Canal in London, 25 designers, writers and academics from London Design Festival’s Greengaged hub, took residence on the Beauchamp ‘Electric … Also tagged: recycled materials, waste reduction, london design week 2008 |
inhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Jul 28, 2008
Welcome Los Angeles to the growing list of countries and municipalities that are taking a stand against plastic bags. Following in the footsteps of Australia, China, Israel, Melbourne, San Francisco and others, the …
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inhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Jul 23, 2008
In the 1960’s US foreign aid to Haiti trickled in in the form of used clothing and the flow hasn’t stopped since. Secondhand Pepe, a documentary film by Hanna Rose Shell and Vanessa Bertozzi, follows the long journey …
Also tagged: recycled materials, waste reduction
inhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Jun 21, 2008
We are always hunting high and low for innovative ways to reduce and reuse the plethora of plastic bags in our midst. The New York-based design firm, MSLK, is currently proposing an innovative and creative way for …
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inhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Jun 21, 2008
Turning one person’s waste into another person’s resource, the magnificent GOONJ project is setting a truly sustainable mindset in the heart of the Indian capital New Delhi. Taking the idea of recycling would be waste …
Also tagged: recycled materials, social responsibility, waste reduction
inhabitat.com » Inhabitat - Jun 17, 2008
Half a million tons of e-waste is generated annually in India and is a serious threat to people’s health and the environment. The flourishing Indian IT sector contributes a large part of it. The disposal of this waste …