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The cardboard futures as furniture

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Proudly calling itself “the world’s first fully-specified mass production workstation made entirely of cardboard”, this is the Paperweight Desk, from British company Cardboard Future Ltd. “We are aware that cardboard furniture has enjoyed a mixed press over the last fifty ...
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David Rosenberg on building a sustainable world

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 David has emerged as a world leader in sustainable construction innovation and has lead Hycrete admixture through the very first Cradle to Cradle certification. He has participated in numerous conferences around the US and the world, including a closed panel ...
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Riversimple: getting from A to Z in the 21st Century

Monday, December 21st, 2009 This is a fascinating story about sustainable mobility in the UK - hidden from view seemingly... in Herefordshire. And links in directly with the story of Local Motors (here) and c.mm,n, This business is called Riversimple. Riversimple explain The Riversimple approach has ...
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Posted in: Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Greentech

Ecotopia

Monday, November 16th, 2009 My good friend Andy Middleton is organising an event called Ecotopia - December 4th 2009 So if you want to follow the No Straight Line rule of doing something. Get over to and get stuck in with Ecotopia. Become the change you ...
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The quiet revolution of cooperation

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 [caption id="attachment_4624" align="aligncenter" width="258" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20237352@N00/4002179056"][/caption] America is in the midst of a new revolution. But this revolution is quiet, incremental, nonviolent, and traveling beneath the mainstream media's radar. The new American revolution challenges the current notions of dog-eat-dog capitalism—through the building ...
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