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E-Waste: Dumping on the Poor
Read the full post at Tech Savvy Educator. Thanks to Aida Williams for the pointer. Every April I like to do at least one environmental-themed lesson or activity with my students. I’m not a granola-eating hippie that’s out to save … Continue reading
Posted in Computing/Consumer electronics, E-Waste, Schools
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New ISTC/SEI publications
TR- 043 Overcoming Barriers to P2 and Recycling for Construction Waste / Boser, Richard; Bierma, Thomas; El-Gafy, Mohamed — Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2010. SEI TN – 003 Electronic Waste (e-Waste) Terms and Definitions: Organizations and Certifying … Continue reading
Posted in E-Waste, ISTC News, Publications
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Word of the day: solastalgia
Read the full story at Word Spy. solastalgia n. Distress or melancholy caused by a significant change to one’s local environment.
Posted in Sustainability
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Puma's 'Clever Little Bag' Slashes Sneaker Packaging
Read the full story in GreenerDesign. Puma’s new shoe packaging changes the idea of the shoebox by wrapping footwear in a simple cardboard structure held in place by a reusable bag. The new packaging, which will hit stores in late … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Design
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Rebounces Gives Tennis Balls Longer Lives
Read the full story at GreenerDesign. Rebounces is a small, three-person operation that formed in 2007 to extend the use of tennis balls by repressurizing them, and just last month launched a repressurizing machine aimed at tennis teachers and other … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, Sustainable Design
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America's First Biodiesel Train is Powered by Beef
Read the full story in Mashable. In a move that is sure to confound the cross section of vegetarian and vegan environmentalists, Amtrak has begun running its first U.S. biodiesel commuter train. The Heartland Flyer, whose biofuel is derived from … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels
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Dell, Goodwill Expand Free E-Waste Recycling Program
Read the full story in Waste Age. Dell and Goodwill Industries have expanded Reconnect, their free e-waste drop-off recycling program, to include Microsoft entertainment products such as the Xbox, Zune and assorted accessories. Previously, consumers were able to only drop-off … Continue reading
NSWMA Voices Support for Zero Waste
Read the full story in Waste Age. The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and its members stated on Thursday that “they fully support state and local initiatives to reach ‘zero waste,’ and will continue to invest in technology to … Continue reading
Posted in Garbage, Publications, Recycling
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EPA and NASA Administrators to Extend Environmental and Earth Science Agreement
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today stressed the importance of science and engineering education at the Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS) 2. The administrators chose the Howard … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Climate Change, Research
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Custodians Answer the Call – "C.L.E.A.N." Awards Honor Those Who Help Keep Schools Clean and Safe
An unused weed sprayer becomes a mixing unit for a disinfectant cleaner. The “Golden Dust Pan Award” encourages cleaner classrooms. Training sessions encourage proper hand washing and sanitizing among students and faculty. These are snapshots of what custodians across America … Continue reading
Posted in Awards & contests, Schools
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