December 2011
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Gorgeous Garden Wall Made From Recycled Bottles
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Photo Credit: Natalie Seaver
Check out this incredibly pretty garden wall made of recycled bottles. How pretty that must be in the sunlight. A diamond drill bit for glass and some steel poles and you could easily make one of these yourself. I think I might start saving all of my wine bottles for a garden gate next year.
It’s wine o’clock (somewhere) — time to share a...
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Something to watch: "Trash Inc: The Secret Life of...
I watched CNBC’s Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage documentary more than a year ago, and this recent Unconsumption post about a California company that’s turning trash into cash made me think I should share a link here to the CNBC video.
“Trash Inc.” provides a fascinating look at the “business” of trash, a $51-billion industry. (That number could be...
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Making a List, and Taking It to the Pawnshop -... →
This story points to consumers’ growing acceptance of pre-owned goods.
“Christmas this year has come to the neighborhood pawnshop — and business is booming like never before.”
A spokesman for the National Pawnbrokers Association said this holiday season has been the best one yet for pawnshops.
Full story: NYTimes.com.
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Watch
Filmmaker David Parker directed this short video, “Light,” to more viscerally express the energy wasted from electric lights unnecessarily left on. I think it’s a lovely and haunting piece.
(via Light: a short video about energy waste - Boing Boing)
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