Environmental Resources for August 2008
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In the past few months environment posts and beyond, the topic of plastic bags has come up on more than one occasion. Yesterday, a comment was left on the July Environmental Review Post by a representative of Nature-Tec, which is a green company that “offers biobased and fully biodegradable and compostable alternatives to traditional plastic products.”
The only thing that I have heard about biodegradable bags is that they are more expensive than traditional plastic bags. Checking out the Natur-Tec site, I was unable to get any info on the cost of said bags compared to traditional bags. Also, I was looking at the plastic bag pdf, and I see that the bags are “certified Biodegradable and compostable”, but I was still a little unsure about what that means. According to the Natur-tec FAQ pages(tsk tsk using pop ups) to be classified as biodegradable and compostable, the product needs to be able to degrade up to 90% in 180 days or less. Hmm, I wonder what these puppies would do to my garden?
I do have out several emails to Natur-tec, and will update the post or do another Natur-tec review post possibly if it is needed. (I received no compensation for this review)
Other Environmental News
From StumbledUpon
- From Wired, Amazing Stat: California Uses More Gas than China.
- Check out this sustainable toilet for apartment dwellers.
- Ten habits that hurt you and the environment
- An article about using Kites for Wind Power.
- The next Prius will Have Solar AC.
From Newsletters
Greenlivingtips.com has an article that encourages the use of rain barrels. I think this would be a great way to get water for the garden and pool, but might want to filter out debris from the roof for pool water.
Treehugger has post on the Reva Electric car which is being introduced in Chile. The current model can go 80km(slightly less than 50 miles) on a charge and has a top speed of 80km. Reva is reportedly coming out with a model next year that will be able to go 120km/hr.(75mph)
The Aug/Sep ClosetheLoop.com newsletter arrived in my inbox. This is one of my favorite newsletters because I have met the author personally, and I love the rubber mulch and other recycled products they sell.
- I learned a little late that there will be an Energy Forum at a Pottstown Fire dept, which is right in my own back yard. Sadly I have a family engagement that I can not back out of to attend the forum.
- I also read about a proposed Solar Farm in Carbon County, which is part of the coal region in PA.
From Facebook
I added the Greentrees Facebook App after Kimberly sent me a plant, I then returned the favor.
I joined the 100 Months group on Facebook after it was sent to me by our friend Loren of TodaysGizmo.com. The official group website is onehundredmonths.org. The group believes that the Earth has about 100 months left until the Tipping Point is reached. Seems like Forrest, who is one of my favorite photographers, was just mentioning the tipping point. Anyway, when the Tipping Point is reached, the group believes that point when harm to the Earth can not be reversed will be reached. Check the group out and sign up to receive their newsletter for updates.
From Plurk.
MIT researchers inch toward photosynthesis in a beaker.
I came across this cool picture of a table that was made out of recycled fence material.
Eating Kangaroo could reduce greenhouse gases.
From Elsewhere
Convert your car to run on Water? Is this for real?
From DrDollars Plurk I got this link on how to carry groceries with a piece of cloth. It’s a pretty cool video that shows how the Japanese use a square piece of fabric to carry all sorts of groceries. The two wine bottles package carrier was pretty cool. By the way, this video won last months $2000 award on Videojug.com.
Paul, one of our Top Commentators for July, has a post about green building materials.
While cruising around on Treehugger.com, I learned about the Carnival of the Green which is a weekly blog carnival that is hosted on a different blog every week. Got a green post to submit, in addition to submitting it here
submit your green post there as well.
Well that is it for the August Environment Post. One last note, I will be changing the date that the monthly environmental review post comes out to the 5th of the month instead of the 15th.
Written by Pixelhead on August 15th, 2008 with
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#1. August 15th, 2008, at 8:18 PM.
Didn’t even notice the love… thank you!