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How to Use a Paper Towel
Shake and fold.
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20100618-tedx-oil-spill-1111
Taken by kris krüg
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Dispersion of Sound Waves in Ice Sheets
Might as well be ray guns.
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Climate change: Forget Copenhagen. What about Kuzumaki?
Sure, -25º C is cold, but Kuzumaki was a pretty wicked place to spend a year.
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The Truth About Fuel Consumption
Makes perfect sense to me. Bring on the GPM!
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A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habit
Great article from TIME all about Kuzumaki and how it was able to become completely energy independent. I lived there for about a year so trust them when they say that it’s not replicable on a large scale, Kuzumaki is very rural, but it’s still fantastic. It’s disappointing when I here about falling oil prices and these projects getting shelved. We need to start developing something now so when we do need it, we’ll be ready.
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MUJI AWARD 03 Results
The stapler is my favorite but all of these are great. Straw straw!
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Amazon Frustration-Free
I absolutely love this idea.
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Pop!Tech ’08: Vertical Farms
I think these vertical farms are an awesome idea. I can’t remember where I read it but in the back of my head I keep hearing “we need to make our cities more attractive for people to live in so we don’t keep destroying rural areas” and I think this is a great step in that direction.
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Earth From Above
I was going to call out one or two images from this set from the Big Picture but there were just too many that I loved. Be sure and check out all of them.
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GOOD Sheets
Great series of informative, large, print sized info-graphics depicting things like immigration issues and carbon emissions. Really beautiful stuff.
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Monocle's complete community print (limited edition)
“Designed by the Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto, it shows how to create a borough that’s green, clean, and well-connected - as envisioned by the urbanist Alejandro Gutierrez.” Want.
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
Apparently Arizona’s got the cheap stuff.
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Free Home Plans and Free Green House Plans
Love the suburban loft plan. I can’t believe they’re just giving away these house plans for free. Maybe in a few years I can take advantage.
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Good-Bye, Cheap Oil. So Long, Suburbia?
“the U.S. will have to rethink suburban sprawl, bringing an end to strip malls, big-box stores, and other trappings of the automotive era.” Yes please.
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visualizing CO2 emissions
Great advertisement that uses black balloons to help visualize CO2 emissions.
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ZeroHouse Shows Nothing is Everything
“This completely self-sustaining prefabricated house generates its own power, collects its own water, processes its own waste and is 100% automatic.”
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Recycle Your iPod or Cell Phone
It’s impressive they’re letting you recycle any cell phone even if it’s not an iPhone. Well done Apple.
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Nike Talks Trash With Shoe Made From Manufacturing Waste
Love the name and the concept and I like the shoe, but still no word on improved worker conditions from Nike. If anyone knows how I might be able to get my hands on a pair let me know.
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Paper or Plastic
I try and use a cloth bag, but I also like using the paper bags for my recycling. Looking at this though, all that energy used when they recycle is scary. The fact that 7 in 10 Americans don’t know that plastic is made from petroleum is crazy.
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Floating toxic plastic garbage island twice the size of Texas
That’s truly disgusting.
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Catalog Choice - Eliminate unwanted catalog you receive in the mail
Awesome new service to help you get rid of unwanted catalogs and reduce your paper consumption.