Articles tagged “Durability”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

How to Send Tents and More to Haiti Now By Care2.com IN Work & Connect Feb 24 2010 After recently returning from two weeks in Haiti, the number one thing I am asked by people is ?what can I do to help?? As a result, I put together the list below with a few specific ways that you can have supplies delivered to people in need. + READ MORE

Hot New Laptop Design Keeps Kids in Developing Nations on Cutting Edge of Technology By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jan 4 2010 The One Laptop Per Child project has been an incredible boon for children in impoverished areas. It is a project that aims to create high quality, durable laptops at a low cost (around $100) so that school children everywhere can access the benefits of computer learning, as well as become technology savvy at a young age. The project works at closing the digital divide and has spurred clever innovation. + READ MORE

10 Disposable Things You Never Have to Buy Again By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 2 2009 One of our favorite green philosophies goes something like, "Less stuff = more good." While that seems simple enough, cutting back on the amount of stuff you use every day can be trickier than it sounds. One of the easiest ways to do this is to cut back on the disposable stuff you buy. Here are then things that you never have to buy disposable again. + READ MORE

Extend the Life of Your Playing Cards By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 17 2008 I?m not a card sharp, but I play a lot of cards. My game is Crazy Eights. (The best part is when the eights are crazy. ) The problem that I face is that decks seem to corrode and bend very quickly. You know a deck is done with when you can tell what cards the other person has by the stains and the creases. I?ve done a little snooping around the internet and found some ways to take care of playing cards. + READ MORE

Get Smaller Stuff: Technology just keeps making things smaller By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 9 2008 I have come to believe that we need another movement, a new Small Movement, where less is truly more. In everything we do, smaller is cheaper, more efficient and has a lower carbon footprint. + READ MORE

Cork Your Floors! By Leslie Billera IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2008 'Eco-friendly' may not be the first thing that leaps to mind when considering new flooring. Take a look at what cork offers underfoot and see why it rates. With its super capabilities for vibration, noise and water absorption, cork is a great bet for high-traffic areas in your home. + READ MORE

Why Use Fiber Cement Siding Instead? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 15 2008 Fiber cement siding is just one of many home-improvement materials that have been featured on Renovation Nation. It?s not a miracle product that fixes holes in the ozone or brings the dodo back to life. It?s just a practical cladding for your house. Think of it as coveralls for your home but pretty, like the coveralls Will Smith used to wear on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. + READ MORE

Pre-Shrunk to Fit your Budget By Trevor Reichman IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 30 2008 It seems to be a growing trend for clothing companies to mass produce the "worn-in" look. It is not their fault. They provide what people want and many people want their clothes to be pre-washed, pre-fit, pre-shrunk, pre-faded, etc. Many new jeans and other threads even come with carefully plotted holes and rips. + READ MORE

What Is Syndecrete, Why Do I Want It, And Where Can I Get Some? By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jul 16 2008 Syndecrete is an eco-friendly concrete alternative made from a wild array of recycled materials that includes everything from glass to old vinyl LPs. You can use this sweet, cutting-edge material to add a seriously spiffy touch to your green dwelling. You can use it indoor and outdoor, for big projects like a walled patio, or for small jobs like a bathroom countertop. + READ MORE

Demystifying Bamboo By Erin Hollingsworth IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 Pandas eat it, people use it, the earth grows it: bamboo is one of those miracle, too good to be true plants that - miraculously - isn't too good to be true. But, as you'll see on Alter Eco, while it is used for things as diverse as sushi maki rolling mats, medicine, kitchen steamers and furniture, and has an eco-friendly reputation, it remains little understood, a mystery if you will. + READ MORE

Technology of the Lithium Battery - We've Come a Long Way Baby! By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 10 2008 As you'll see on Mean Green Machines, the ancient (5 years ago, but ancient from a technological standpoint) batteries of PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles) to today, new breakthroughs are occurring everyday that are bringing new confidence into the market that electric transportation may indeed be a viable option to our future. + READ MORE

Find Durable, Healthy Used and Antique Furniture By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 6 2008 Buying second-hand, thrift, antique, and otherwise used furniture is a great way to go green in your home. Picking up something that's new to you, but doesn't require any more new materials to be used, is one of the best ways to green your home's interior. follow these tips to help determine the durability and health of your potential new piece. + READ MORE

Chronic Eco-Fashion: The Adidas Hemp Shoe By Erin Hollingsworth IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 2 2008 Sometime before being eco-fashionable and eco-friendly was cool enough to be featured on Alter Eco, Adidas introduced their first hemp shoe; this was in 1995. But ignoring their marijuana-related status for a moment, which is indeed some of their youth-based appeal, the larger, more important legacy of other uses for hemp. + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: Live on Less and Love It By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 5 2008 Live life to the max, while spending and consuming less, with one or more of these 75 money-saving ideas from the October/November 2007 issue of Mother Earth News.Give #60 a shot and volunteer for an organization such as Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF) that provide food and lodging in exchange for a reasonable... + READ MORE

Sew a Diaper Cover from Recycled Fabrics By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 31 2008 For diaper covers on the cheap, sew your own using unwanted fabrics you're likely to already have lying around the house. For fancier versions with convertible absorbency inserts, side-snap styles, and tips for embellishments (man, these are not your older siblings' nappies!)-as well as instructions for getting two... + READ MORE

Insulate Your Wrists with Tube Socks By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 17 2008 We apparently didn't cover all our bases when we gave you 14 ways to reuse orphan socks. The solution, the post's author says, is to make "wrist scarves" by snipping the tube part off a pair of old tube socks and then cutting a hole for the thumb. + READ MORE

Cook with Cast Iron Instead of Nonstick By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Dec 20 2007 We've all seen examples or heard stories about Grandma's cast iron cookware that's been in regular use since the Eisenhower administration or before. Don't store your pan with its lid on, as cast iron needs to breathe, and condensing moisture inside of it can counteract all your hard work seasoning the pan. + READ MORE