Recyclable Laptop, Anyone?

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In early October, the war in Afghanistan took a different turn when the Taliban started targeting NATO convoys transporting much-needed fuel to our troops from Pakistan. Last month’s attack caught most of the media’s attention because of the brazenness and coordination of the attacks and the damage that was inflicted. However, attacks on supply convoys [...]

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I saw this picture of phone books in a recycling bin on Flickr the other day and the guy who took the picture, Alan Levine, had this to say:

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A LEED-certified home built by the Make it Right Foundation in New Orleans.
Tragic events that touch, unite, and force America to mobilize it’s resources to help fellow Americans in times of great need are, thankfully, few and far in between. One of these events which took more than a thousand lives and left hundreds of [...]

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I’m a big fan of New York City. Not only is NYC the greenest place in America or the most creative recycler, New Yorkers are also among the most fervent defenders of the Constitution, if you know what I mean. Evidently, they’re also great farmers.

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Watch: Forest fires, heat wave, and drought engulfing large areas in Russia [video]
It’s been a while since we last made our weekly compilation of the most interesting (and intriguing) environmental and recycling stories. We sort of gave up on that for a while after covering the stories during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen last [...]

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The Plastiki seen here sailing into Sydney, near the famous Sydney Opera House landmark. Photo: Adventure Ecology.
Plastiki, the world’s first 60-foot catamaran made from recycled plastic water bottles sailed triumphantly into Sydney Harbor last Monday (26th July 2010, Sydney time) after an epic 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco.

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The 3G dataphones of today were the stuff of science fiction 40 years ago. Today, they are so commonplace, we hardly think about the brilliant flashes of inspiration that their inventors had to come up with these clever devices. What would our buildings and cities look like 40 years from now? Chilean urban architect [...]

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Quite possibly, Detroit is the city that took the hardest hit from the current economic recession. Detroit, the mighty symbol of the American car industry has floundered along with the industry that has employed generations of autoworkers in this city and its suburbs. How do you make a city that has been on a [...]

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Black, red, and green are the colors of Kwanzaa, the weeklong celebration (December 26 to January 1) in the United States honoring African heritage and tradition. Kwanzaa (derived from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning ‘first fruits of the harvest’) includes activities like candle-lighting, libations, story-telling, a feast, and gift giving.

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