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Amazing Green Roof Art School in Singapore

Amazing Green Roof Art School in Singapore
by Ali Kriscenski

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If art school was in our future we might opt to study under, or on top of, the amazing green roof at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. This 5 story facility sweeps a wooded corner of the campus with an organic, vegetated form that blends landscape and structure, nature and high-tech and symbolizes the creativity it houses.

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Sustainable Shoes

Want to go green with your shoes? Well Nike has come out with the Air Jordan XX3 – a “green” shoe. It’s made with sustainable materials. The Air Jordan has been completely redesigned in terms of patterns but still maintains the classic Air Jordan style. It’s set to come out in a limited edition style for $230 and then released world wide, for $185/pair. No news on whether manufacturing will be either ethical or Fair Trade.

(Via The Alternative Consumer)

Recycle That TV

Tell TV Manufacturers: Take Back My TV

Last year 45.5 million TVs were sold around the world. Americans will buy 30 million digital TVs in 2007 alone.

In fact, Americans bought over 2.5 million just in preparation for the last Super Bowl!

With the popularity of flat screen and hi-definition TVs replacing older boxes, the sheer volume of electronic waste has gotten out of control.

Do you know where your old TV’s will end up? Well, it’s time we all did, and it’s time for customers and manufacturers alike to wake up to a looming humanitarian and environmental crisis.

Only 12% of “e-waste” is recycled because there are simply too few options for convenient recycling.

It’s time to hold TV manufacturers responsible just as they are in other countries of the world—including Japan, Taiwan and throughout the European Union.

Despite making billions in profits importing and selling TVs, manufacturers currently play no role in safely dealing with the waste.

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Vampire Energy

Even when household appliances are turned off, most are still using some electricity. Appliances are either in passive standby mode (the clock on the microwave is still ticking) or active standby mode (the VCR is off, but programmed to record something).

Good Magazine will show you how much money these energy-sucking appliances leech.

SunTable

Weatherproof outdoor table that stores solar energy and powers electric devices.

SunTable was created by Devang A. Shah and Michael Low of Brooklyn, NY.

“A product that pushes people to spend more time outdoors will be beneficial for humanity. Let’s get rooted in nature again, even if it’s in a 21st century kind of way.”

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Ditto Does It Again — Awarded Certification

Ditto! is the first printer in Westchester County NY to be awarded the coveted chain-of-custody certification from the Forest Stewardship Council, an international organization that promotes environmentally appropriate management of the world’s forests. Ditto! now offers customers the option of specifying FSC-certified papers that contribute to conservation, responsible forest management, and community level benefits for people near the forests that provide the paper.

Forest Stewardship Council certification is granted only to printers who can reliably track its paper back through the manufacturing and transport processes to FSC-certified sources. Only certified printers have the right to apply the FSC logo to projects printed on FSC-certified paper. Chain-of-custody certification is granted only after a thorough facility audit, which reviews the control systems and determines the integrity of a company’s paper-materials handling processes.