Word: eco
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...those life-changing books," says Erik Knutzen, 44, an eco-blogger in Los Angeles. "You read it, and the lightbulb just goes on." Now he eschews his porcelain potty for a big bucket with a toilet seat. He "flushes" by tossing in a scoop of sawdust, which not only neutralizes smells but also helps speed the breakdown of material for compost. Like many back-to-basics sophisticates, he believes Jenkins' humanure system is more sanitary and more rational than the conventional alternative. "Human waste is a perfectly good source of an important resource, nitrogen," Knutzen observes. "Water is a valuable...
...Silver-Spoon Voluntourism"--high-end hotels facilitating eco-friendly projects for guests--is genius [Nov. 16]. I think it is great that a hotel as regal as the Ritz-Carlton, a hotel I would not ordinarily associate with community service, is taking action. President Obama should be happy he doesn't have to do it alone anymore...
...ECOLS Recycling rules at this furniture and accessories store (8 Gough Street), where items come with an environmentally friendly twist. Choose from funky handbags created from candy wrappers, intricate necklaces and bracelets made from "eco-plastic," coffee tables fabricated from discarded milk cartons, and the like...
...Overall, I am really happy with how it turned out,” said Alyssa H. Devlin ’11, a representative of the Athletics Eco Resource Efficiency Program who also helped to lead the project...
Devlin led the collaborative effort among House Eco representatives to pass out blue and black trash bags to tailgaters at the October football game and increase awareness about Harvard’s sustainability efforts. “A lot of people at the tailgate know that we are here to recycle, so now they expect us,” she said...