Earthship
A home by US architect Michael Reynolds
Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, that grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away.
28th February 2013
Reblogged From observedintoexistence
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* What a simple way to transform a non-biodegradable material like a plastic jug into a useful tool! yayyy
Fun guy chillin’ in South American rainforest finds plastic-eating fungi
Seriously, though this is kind of a big deal. Know that big problem we have? You know, the one involving a crapload of used plastic hanging around in landfills with nowhere to biodegrade for a couple million years? Well, Jonathan Russell might’ve solved that problem. See, Russell and his fellow Yale students went to Ecuador, where they found a new kind of fungus they’re calling Pestalotiopsis microspora. Big deal, you’re thinking. Anyone can find fungus anywhere! Well, something his fellow students found out after the fact is that this fungus can live on a diet of polyurethane alone — and even crazier, it doesn’t even need air to do so! In other words, we could potentially put it at the bottom of a landfill and cover it with plastic, and it would do the rest of the work. This might be game-changing if it works as advertised. (photo via Flickr user dbutt; EDIT: Updated with link to research abstract) source
* This is fucking awesome~!
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28th February 2012
Reblogged From discoverynews
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* Farewell Mother nature. thanks to the Industrial capitalism.
18th October 2011
Reblogged From laplumeabelle
Notes: 249
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of marine litter which spans anywhere from 270,000 square miles to 5,800,000 square miles of the central North Pacific Ocean
* Why use the PETROLEUM plastic that DOES NOT biodegrade?
Use the eco-friendly HEMP OIL plastic instead.
