Green Technology

A "hotel" in Madrid has been built completely from waste materials.

Showing both what can be done to re-purpose items and potentially how dirty beaches are the "... walls of the Beach Garbage Hotel ... made of materials found in landfills, the beaches and even flea markets ..."

" ... created the Beach Garbage Hotel because the oceans of our planet are the biggest garbage dump ... 30-40% of the objects used for the hotel were found on the beaches of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain ..."

The temporary "hotel" closes soon (Jan 23rd) so book soon if interested!

Via:  Huffington Post LINK

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The Motorola Citrus is one green cell phone.  Showing that consumers want green items the phone advertises an “eco-friendly design that is carbon free and made in part with 25% recycled plastic”  If you want / need a cell phone why not look for one that allows you to consider the individuals impact on the environment.

“ carbon free through a partnership with carbonfund.org; eco-friendly packaging” are also noted.

Less waste in packaging, lower toxic materials add up to a more environmentally friendly product.

Via:  Motorola  LINK

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Reduce your carbon footprint.  I am sure you have heard that before ... but do you know how you, as an individual, can help?  Some things are easy to do like drive less, take public transportation when possible, car pool ,,, but what if you want ot do more?

The idea is to reduce to the best of your ability and then ... off set the rest ... 

Organizations like Carbonfund.org can help.  " ... Carbon offsets allow you take action on global warming now.  ... support greenhouse gas reduction projects and hasten the transition to a clean energy future. ...can be more efficient than other measures an individual can take to fight global warming, ..."

" ... Carbon dioxide emissions are a global problem, so reducing a ton of CO₂ in Brazil or North Dakota has the same climate change benefit as doing so in your backyard ..." by "... carbon-reducing projects such as renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects."

Via:  Carbonfund.org LIN

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