Monthly Archives: May 2010
Recycled and reincarnated: A new life for plastic coke bottles
Coca-Cola has teamed up with design firm Emeco to create a new fate for the millions of plastic coke bottles that are normally thrown away. The construction of the new “111 Navy Chair” will use at least 111 former coke [...]
What is to be gained from the BP oil disaster?
While it is difficult to imagine any positive outcome from the recent BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, we may be able to find a glimmer of hope buried in the oily mess. People may just start to [...]
UK: Can the new recycling system, based on nine different bins, actually work?
Newcastle-under-Lyme Council, north Staffordshire, has a new bin system that forces households to separate their rubbish into nine different bins in order to meet tough recycling targets. To achieve this goal, there is a blue box for glass, foil, tins [...]
Could it be true that we are green just for selfish motives?
Yes. That´s what psychologists say. The question is: Is it ok that the reason is not the one we´d like to be, as long as it makes us assume a greener behavior? Does it make a difference why we do [...]
Concord Town says goodbye to plastic bottles
Iniciatives like are worth spreading: the town of Concord has made a dramatical yet necessary announcement: it will stop selling bottled drinking water beginning next year. The reason? According to Jean Hill, who introduced the measure at Concord´s Town Meeting: [...]
Hidden connections: Fuzzy global problems and systems thinking
Current global problems are fuzzy and complex. Poverty, climate change and resource depletion remain as challenges for which current values and a ways of thinking need to be changed. Systems thinkers such as Dr. Fritjof Capra, among others, propose new approaches that contribute to more sustainable views of life on Earth.
