Wrap It Up: Week of May 4

by 05/08/09 No Comments

What’s been exciting this week on Earth911.com? Catch-up before a whole new week starts.

Our Favorites:

  1. African Banana Crop Waste Used for Fuel

    Fried, raw, baked or even distilled into beer or wine, bananas are …

  2. Styrofoam to Power Biodiesel Engines

    Styrofoam used to increase biodiesel power output? That’s what a new study …

  3. Women in Uganda Turn ‘Paper to Pearls’

    When Barbara Moller visited two displaced persons camps in northern Uganda with …

  4. Coke to Donate $1M for Recycling in Nat’l Parks

    With an estimated 25 million visitors annually, the National Mall in Washington …

  5. U.K. Residents to Recycle Food Waste Curbside

    Starting June 8, more than 56,000 homes in South Oxfordshire, U.K. will …

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    Traveling abroad often means abandoning your routine at home, as well it should. But the “what happens there, stays there” mentality shouldn’t pertain to everything, especially when it comes to staying green.

    Being green at …

  • 6 Awesome Reuse Tumblr Blogs

    We’ve been Tumbling for about 3 months now and have found many creative people that share our passion for the 3 Rs – especially reuse.

    “Thinking Outside the Bin” can spark many positives, including saving money, exercising the right side of …

  • Stop Shaving, Save Water: How Far Can You Grow?

    The average shave uses 5 gallons of water. The average beard is awesome. Your directive is clear.

    Budweiser recently launched its “Grow One. Save a Million” campaign, a push to save a million gallons of water by encouraging people to abstain …

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