waste
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Coming this August: You, made of garbage
The World Bank's report on the world's garbage creation reveals big differences in how rich and poor countries dispose of waste – both today and in the future.
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Four innovations that will make the future less wasteful
The New York Times Magazine has a lovely list of “innovations that will change your tomorrow.” Many of these innovations will give people fabulous new ways to consume more: New coffee! More screens! Underwear that monitors how lazy you are! But a few will also change our tomorrows to help people use less. Naturally, those […]
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Meatpacking plant turns into net-zero-energy vertical farm
Soon, a former meatpacking plant in Chicago will replace carcasses and rendering vats with bakers and brewers and fish farmers and mushroom growers. The Plant (ho ho, a double meaning!) is gathering together a bunch of food-makers to create a self-sustaining system in the 93,500-square-foot abandoned space. As Fast Company reports, a former meatpacking plant […]
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Poop dreams: A farmer on why we should care about manure
Waste not, want not: A chat with the author of the No. 1 book on the No. 2 business.
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A cookbook you can eat
A German design firm has created a cookbook made of fresh pasta. The pasta is printed with a lasagna recipe, so that the pages of the cookbook actually become the layers of the dish.
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Critical List: America has 3.1 million green jobs; a battery made of paper waste
The United States has 3.1 million green jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. High temperatures in the Midwest are as much as 40 degrees F above normals for this time of year. Is the EPA ever going to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants?
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Ask Umbra: What’s the greenest business card?
A reader wonders how to network sustainably. Umbra consults the cards.
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Industry mocks college students for fighting bottled water
College campuses across the country have been fighting to ban bottled water from campuses, and the International Bottled Water Association is fighting back with a pretty inane video.
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A look at the $175 in your compost
In 2009, U.S. consumers spent a whopping $32 billion on vegetables they bought, never ate, and ended up throwing away. And no, the solution is not to stop buying vegetables.