Archive for the ‘Waste Reduction’ Category

The Ultimate in Repurposing

One Man’s Trash … (read article)
By KATE MURPHY
Published: September 3, 2009
To Dan Phillips, who constructs low-income housing in a town in East Texas, almost anything discarded and durable is potential building material.

A Cautionary Video About America’s ‘Stuff’

 A short video about the effects of human consumption has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation. (read article)

Visit ‘The Story of Stuff’ Web Site
(but first, watch the video)

Reduce Food Waste & Save Money

Give your food the cold shoulder!
Freezers are almost every household and while they are used, often times they are misused or underused. By realizing the full potential of what you can put in the freezer, you can not only save time and money, but you also reduce food waste. For all of the freezing novices [...]