Bring Back Home Ec (and Shop Class)
Marion Nestle (via Apartment Therapy) quotes a paper by Harvard pediatrician David Ludwig and Tufts professor Alice Lichtenstein that suggests home economic classes be reintroduced to schools.
Girls and boys should be taught the basic principles they will need to feed themselves and their families w…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Russian Man Single-Handedly Builds Underground Subway System
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digg_url = ‘http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/russian-man-singlehandedly-builds-subway.php’;Everybody is into rail these days; it is the greenest way to get around next to a bike. Leonid Mulyanchik has been into it for years since before the Berlin Wall fell, since before the first Macintosh, building “his own private underground…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Maker Faire 2010: Wall Gardens Made With Recycled Plastic
A favorite spot in Maker Faire is the Homegrown section, where all things food and garden related can be found. Here, makers learn how to do everything from set up a gray-water system to make their own tofu. They also can find the coolest tools for gardening, especially if space is an issue. <a href="http://w…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Maker Faire 2010 – Crazy Bike Creations (Pictures)
A big portion of Maker Faire is dedicated to bikes – hacking, modifying, making them solar….making them into cupcakes. This year’s Maker Faire featured an outstanding collection of the coolest, and oddest, bikes out there. Check out the rides featured in the bike-powered carnival, the solar powered chariot bike pulled by a robot on roller skates, and more!…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Maker Faire 2010: Cool Green Stuff You Want from the Maker Shed
Sugru was a special surprise in the Maker Shed this year. The magical putty-like stuff is perfect for hacking or fixing just about anything. It became a huge hit after TreeHugger, Wired and several other top sites covered it when it hit the market. The makers thought they had made enough for a two month supply for their shelves, but eager buyers snatched it all up in just 6 hours. A second manufacturing run sold out in just 8 …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Solar Stereo-In-a-Milk-Crate Rocks Your Commute for National Bike to Work Week
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You have just today and tomorrow to whip this up if you want to rock it during National Bike to Work Week, but even if you are going to weekend-warrior it, this solar powered stereo would be a great addition to your bike for at least the rest of May, which is officially Bike to Work Month. If you’re a bike commuter, you likely already have a spot set up to carry a milk crate, and if you don’t, you want one anyway!…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Malafor: Design More With Less
These Polish designer, who we discovered at this year’s Milan furniture fair, and who’s colourful tree trunk stools have been featured previously, know how to create more with less. Dematerialisation is one way of designing eco-friendlier objects- it saves resources from being used up and transported around, and waste from being generated. Plus these objects are highly functional as well as good looking- what more can you ask for? Here our two favourites from the new collecti…Read the full story on TreeHugger
If You Wish to Make a Toaster from Scratch, You Must First Invent the Universe
Carl Sagan famously said that “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” An apple was a bit tough for art student Thomas Thwaite, but a toaster seemed more approachable. We covered the first steps in a post last fall,
but now it is complete. It’s ugly but it really works….Read the full story on TreeHugger
DIY Seawater Desalination by Delicious Lady and Grandson (Video)
Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.
The short film is called ‘Mi abuela María’ (My grandma Maria), and shows a technique that’s used at high sea and in developing countries to obtain clean water from the ocean….Read the full story on TreeHugger
17 DIY Cars Hacked for Fuel Efficiency (Slideshow)
Photo credit: Ecomodder
If reader views are any indicator, a lot of you love to see the clever — and sometimes crazy — solutions people come up with to make their cars more eco. That goes for Ecological and Economic, in the case of fuel-sucking internal combustion engines. We have collected some of the wackiest options together in one place — the cars both winning rallies and turning heads — proving that a more sustainable lifestyle is just an idea away.
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