Things Are Good

A proposal making the rounds in the UK calls for modifying shipyards (which aren’t doing so well in the current economy) into modern wind farms. A good reuse of industrial space.
On a visit to Newcastle, the Liberal Democrat leader said that disused shipyards should be upgraded to allow them to produce the new equipment.
Under a [...]

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Or in reality, our waste from consuming can be repurposed and turned into useful resources.
If anyone knows that there’s value in trash, it’s Waste Management — the big waste hauler collects 66 million tons of it every year. So the company has teamed up with a small [...]

Good news everybody! Your old pants could be worth more than you thought!
Students at University of Memphis have been collecting used denim for insulation in housing for Habitat for Humanity. So hang on to your old clothes so you can make somebody else’s house a little warmer.
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“It’s a project called ‘Cotton: From Blue to [...]

Everyday you can make the world a little better by doing very small actions. The more people that do small things can add up to a very large movement – so join in on the fun :)
Read the list of five things you can do here.
Don’t throw it away! We have a tendency not to [...]

Plastic bags aren’t good news, after all they are very wasteful. Well, if you do have to use plastic bags make sure you use them more than once. eHow has a list of creative ways to reuse plastic bags.
Here’s a humorous one — use your plastic shopping bags to make an instant tie-down rope [...]

Eight ways to be more environmentally friendly with your paper use.
4. Print Double-Sided
Computer paper has two sides; how many are you printing on? If you have a laser printer at home, you can change the setting to double-sided printing and copying. Otherwise, consider printing documents one page at a time and printing the second page [...]