All Posts Tagged With: "cutting edge"

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Trashion Phashion Passion

“Found Object” Fashion. Youth meets sustainability head on, and runs with it. One of my step-daughter’s, who’s twenty-four and just out of college, is a leader in this genre.
Here’s the definition, for all you neophytes:
Trashion- noun. sub-category of upcycling. “a philosophy and an ethic. Encompasses environmentalism and innovation, and respects the human creative […]

2Apr2008 | User ImageLisa | 1 comment | Continued
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From Eco-Ugly to Eco-Chic to Eco-Iconic

I liked this article so much, I am quoting it verbatim. What do you think about it? It’s taken from trendwatching.com.
“Over the past few years, the ECO trend has moved from ECO-UGLY (ugly, over-priced, low performance alternatives to shiny ‘traditional sphere’ products and services) to ECO-CHIC (eco-friendly stuff that actually looks as […]

26Mar2008 | User ImageLisa | 0 comments | Continued
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New USEPA Smog Regulation Could Lower Your Health Bills, and Even Save Your Life

If you’re one of the growing population of asthma sufferers, you’ll be glad to hear that the US EPA has announced it will lower the ground level ozone- aka smog- standards from 80 parts per billion (ppb) to 75 parts per billion.
The move could save 4000 lives per year, and 19 billion dollars in health […]

13Mar2008 | User ImageLisa | 5 comments | Continued
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The Ultimate Recycling Idea: Carbon Dioxide–>Gasoline

There’s a recently developed concept at Los Alamos National Labs that would extract that villainous pollutant, carbon dioxide (CO2), from the air, and transform it into gasoline.
Here’s the skinny, taken from a recent New York Times article: “The idea is simple. Air would be blown over a liquid solution of potassium […]

8Mar2008 | User ImageLisa | 0 comments | Continued