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This Awesome Urn Will Turn You into a Tree After You Die | Design for Good | Big Think
You don't find many designers working in the funeral business thinking about more creative ways for you to leave this world (and maybe they should be). However, the product designer Gerard Moline has combined the romantic notion of life after death with an eco solution to the dirty business of the actual, you know, transition. His Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree.
"Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without" is a favorite adage in both frugal and green circles, and it is something I strive to live by. One of the best ways to "use it up" is to think differently about our food and ways to avoid wasting it. Lloyd wrote a great post a while back about the statistics for how much food we waste in the U.S., and the numbers are, frankly, appalling. On average, we waste 14% of our food purchases per year, and the average American family throws out over $600 of fruit per year. Most of the food we waste is due to spoilage; we're buying too much and using too little of it. We've all had it happen: half the loaf of bread goes stale because no one wants to eat sandwiches today, and the grapes we bought as healthy snacks for the kids' lunches languish in the crisper.
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One Part Sunshine - Your Guide for Growing Green Kids
Nothing is more important to your health than choosing safe and healthy foods to eat, especially if you are a pregnant woman or small child. Before and after birth, babies are much more vulnerable to dangerous chemicals found in pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics and food additives. Many conventional toys contain toxic ingredients including lead, mercury and more. Since children are much more sensitive to the effects of harmful chemicals, it is important that the toys we give them are safe. One of the biggest sources of toxic chemicals in our homes are our cleaning supplies.
66 Things You Can Grow At Home: In Containers, Without a Garden - Planet Green
Growing your own food is exciting, not only because you get to see things grow from nothing into ready-to-eat fruits and veggies, but you also don't have to worry about the pesticides they might contain , and you definitely cut down on the miles they — and you —have to travel. As it turns out, with pretty minimal effort, anyone can be a gardener . My boyfriend and I are essentially first-timers this season and so far have the beginnings of strawberries peeking out, tomatoes are on their way, the basil's about ready for a big batch of pesto, and once the last frost hits, the peppers, kale, spinach, chard, and mesclun will be on their way, too. All on a tiiiny little terrace (with the help of a little DIY carpentry ).
According to CBS News, “More than 50 percent of Americans drink coffee everyday — three to four cups each, more than 330 million cups a day and counting.” If you are reading this article, you most likely fall within that 50 percent. Now that all the coffee is accounted for, what about those leftover grounds? They often sit until the next morning in the coffee maker, and then it’s off to the trash with them! What if... just what if you took those coffee grounds and made use of them? What if you incorporated them into your everyday life?
Vision Magazine Culture Coffee Grounds: Don't Throw them away! Reuse them!
50 Ways to Help the Planet
If every household in the United State replaced one regular lightbulb with one of those new compact fluorescent bulbs, the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road. By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode, you can save 40 watt-hours per day. That adds up to 4 cents a day, or $14 per year. If you don't want to wait for your computer to start up, set it to turn on automatically a few minutes before you get to work, or boot up while you're pouring your morning cup 'o joe. Skip rinsing dishes before using your dishwasher and save up to 20 gallons of water each load.
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you . Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally! Oak Hill Farms ( Moravia, New York )