Ode to Nature

Ode to nature

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Broken? Fix it and share.

Are you good at fixing things up? If you are, wouldn't it be great if you could share your expertise online? What for? Just imagine the number of devices you can save from ending up in the dumpsters earlier than it should. That should make you feel like a eco friendly hero, right?

Like that feeling? Then go to "Self-Repair Manifesto - iFixit" to see how you can join fellow heroes, build a free repair manual for broken devices.

Ka ching. Hear that too? Money can be saved! Before shopping for a replacement for that broken whatever, check out ifixit Manual to see if any heroes have posted a "how to fix it" guide. And if you can't find it, post the problems you have using your device. Your questions could well develop the next eco friendly hero at Self-Repair Manifesto, hero.

Yeah, right! You will make it to the hero list too.

Waste incinerator can cause...

Waste incinerator can cause pollution? Is that your answer? I have another fact for you which I picked up from Ananda Lee Tan of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.

Eight years ago, Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, guaranteed a $125 million loan to rebuild the city's waste incinerator. Today, with a debt crisis of $300 million, the city finally realised that the U.S. Energy Information Administration is right in its report that burning waste is the most expensive way to generate energy in the US.

Yes, American taxpayers, Harrisburg, your largest U.S. city has been declared bankrupt.

So, wake up citizens of the world, before you start guzzling more energy and creating more waste for your government to consider building one in your country.

Other source of information:

http://www.suntimes.com/business/8183091-420/debt-crippled-harrisburg-pa-files-for-bankruptcy.html

E-Cycling? Copy this.

What can you do if you would like manufacturers or suppliers to take back outdated or out of order electronic products they sell? Stop! Don't bother cracking your head up for answers. Take a leaf from Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) and have some fun following suit:

Mistakes? Not to be repeated!

Citarum River in Indonesia make it to Wikipedia. What could it be famous for?

See for yourself.

Citarum river

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Lest you don't mind your country getting such a mention, let's learn from mistakes of past developments and bad governance.

Being Religiously Green

What has drinking beer got to do with this building in Thailand?

Thailand (Temple Wat Pa)

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The building is in the drinking and in this case in the form of a temple where one can seek spiritual abundance from the abandoned.

A New Life From Old

Guess what these are made off?

Tyres! Did you see it?

I do not know who the artist is as I received these images in an email. Look at what this person can create with old tires.

What could that be for?

Free flower pots for the garden!

That looks good.

Don't you think so too?

Not pregnant? Blame those receipts?

If like me, you have been recycling just any scrap of paper you can get your hands on, note this!

Recycling thermal imaging carbonless paper may not be such a good idea, after all.

If you know that you should avoid drinking from bottles with bisphenol A (BPA) because you have been reading reports that it can cause a number of health problems, including infertility, then watch out for that powdery feeling on any receipts that you get your hands on.

Janet Raloff reported in her article, "Concerned about BPA: Check your receipts," that what you feel is a layer of BPA, manufacturers coat on one side of thermal imaging carbonless papers.

What?!!! That's how most credit card receipts feel when rubbed against your fingers, right? So, stop doing that as she has also reported that a survey of urine samples of pregnant women in USA found that cashiers had the highest amounts of BPA in their bodies.

Janet may have us concerned about what we are recycling but I am sure that it is because of such reports that there are now BPA-free thermal-receipt paper in USA. But when will we see such used in Malaysia?

I guess that depends on how many of you are willing to talk about what you picked up today. Just remember that the BPA tainted paper we recycled could well be made into the packaging our food will be served in.

Small space? Multitask it.

Architect, Gary Chang, who lives in Hong Kong won't let tight spaces cramp his style. Watch how he does it in this video.



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