toys
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Lego wants to remake its famous bricks with sustainable plastic
The toy company wants to lighten its carbon footprint by making those stray Legos more eco-friendly. Our actual feet, however, will never be safe.
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Giant LEGO wildlife is cooler than anything you made as a kid
The theme of the new installation at the Reiman Gardens, a massive public garden at Iowa State University, is “Nature Connects.” That usually means something about the complex interdependency of the ecological network and blah blah hippie stuff, but in this case it means nature literally snaps together out of LEGO bricks. And also blah […]
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Transit workers stop train to save toy bunny
Casey Carey-Brown, a Boston woman who blogs about her daughter “Roozle,” has chronicled a harrowing story about childhood trauma narrowly averted by big-hearted transit workers. It concerns Roozle’s toy bunny Nummy, pictured above. (Roozle is the human child, Nummy is the bunny. I just don’t want you getting confused and thinking this was almost way […]
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Eco-friendly LEGOs made of sawdust and coffee
Earth Blocks are basically LEGOs, but made out of coffee grounds, tree bark, sawdust, or tea chaff mixed with a plasticlike binder material. Finally, a way to teach children that being eco-friendly means playing with monochrome toys made out of dirt!
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Barbie Dream House has solar panels, low-flow toilets, four stories, giraffe
The American Institute of Architects has picked a winning design in its Barbie Dream House contest, and it's green as well as pink. The four-story edifice, presumably built with input from Architect Barbie, features solar panels, low-flow toilets, EnergyStar appliances, a greenhouse, eco-friendly bamboo flooring, and "decidedly NO parking garages and driveways." It also has a meditation space, a home gym, and a 1,500 square foot entertainment area. It's hard to reconcile green design with a client so into overconsuming that she's actually a plastic toy.
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Could your dildo kill you?
Germany's Green Party has a penetrating concern: Toxic substances in sex toys.
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Greening Barbie’s Dream House
Architect Barbie is building a new Dream House, and she needs help! Members of the American Institute of Architects can submit plans that fit Barbie's criteria, which include a house that "should reflect the best sustainable design principles." But Barbie's idea of "sustainable design" needs a little tweaking. Girlfriend wants a huge closet for her […]
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LEGO lets you play with improving mass transit
Will having kids play with LEGO buses and trams (rather than Hot Wheels) foster the next generation of public-transit advocates?
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Mystery island, magical bikes, and 8 other green stories to keep you in the loop
Here's some under-the-radar items that will provide some snappy repartee fodder for your weekend social soirees.