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Threats to Rainforests from Humankind

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0803.htm By Rhett Butler | Last updated July 27, 2012 The greatest cause of tropical rainforest destruction today comes from human activities, which, unlike natural damage, are unrelenting and thorough. Although most of this deforestation is driven by national and international economic forces , a significant proportion serves no long-term purpose; it results from subsistence activities on a local level.

Where recycling meets design

http://www.superuse.org/story/Tired-cars-1/ Category: Materials tires are to be found everywhere around the world, to discard them companies have to pay about so they are very willing to supply them. sources are bikes, scooters, cars, trucks, airplanes, agriculture Normally a tyre has a metal-mesh-wire lining in the thread to reinforce the surface off the tyre, and an eight mm metal wire along the bead to keep it on the wheel.

Green design will save the world | Inhabitat - Part 2

New York firm Macro Sea has released a new design that would turn the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a state-of-the-art hub for technology, innovation, design and prototyping. http://inhabitat.com/page/2/

Froogles: The New Challenge to Rampant Consumerism

Last week Laura Cousins chose to make some soap. She had all the ingredients: the drain cleaner, essential oil and rain water. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1005-06.htm
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Choose Simplicity Thoughts on Voluntary Simplicity Welcome to Clay and Judy Woods' homepage. Many simplicity gurus urge us to become "tightwads" as the true path to a simple life. http://www.word-works.com/simple/index.htm

Exploring the simple life, Clay and Judy Woods Homepage