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A week of plastic bags

The people of Sustainable Duxbury was looking for a way to raise awareness about plastic bags, so they figured that gathering up the bags people put aside as they did their recycling would give a good visualization. They got more than they bargained for…Janna ran some numbers: Here are my calculations of the square area […]

WEEE Man teaches with technojunk

WEEE Man teaches with technojunk

Image from WEEE Man WEEE Man is a massive pile of technojunk brought out of the netherworld of the e-waste stream. As an educational project, the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Man site provides useful resources for teachers and students. Their overview is a good place to start on the big picture of the […]

Teaching sustainability with STEP

Teaching sustainability with STEP

Image from STEP Looking to teach sustainability in to the young’uns in your life? Try the Sustainability Technology Education Project, or STEP. There are 35 case studies on the STEP site, primarily aimed at key stage 4 students. These provide a range of examples of sustainable solutions to technology issues from around the world. Each […]

Cardboard box wins UK green contest

Cardboard box wins UK green contest

Via SkyNews: This is the £50,000 winner of a contest to find the world’s greenest invention – a solar-powered oven made from cardboard. The cooker took the FT Climate Change Challenge crown after beating 300 other creations, including a food additive which stops cows passing wind. The Kyoto Box oven – which costs just £3.50 […]