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Environmentally friendly computing used to mean turning off your PC at the end of a working day. That may cut electricity wastage, but what about the rest of the environmental mess that comes with using a computer? The energy-intensive process of refining and molding plastic means that your computer monitor alone is responsible for a cloud of emissions. And when you eventually toss that monitor on the scrap pile, it'll take years to break down and will likely leak a pool of chemical nasties into the ground. But computing doesn't have to cost the earth...
British firm PlayEngine is offering a line of flat-screen monitors (from $330), mice ($20) and keyboards ($30) housed in bamboo shells. Unlike plastic, bamboo is an eco-friendly, renewable material. A crop of this fast-growing grass eats up more CO2 than an equivalent field of trees, so farming it can help to reduce greenhouse gases. It also biodegrades easily and doesn't release any evil compounds when it's decomposing. However, that doesn't mean your keyboard will start decaying on your desk. All of the bamboo is dried and treated for bugs and infestations, resulting...
...folks who raise and fight roosters are known - bring their avian warriors to their neighborhood cockfighting arena. The wealthier galleros show up in pickup trucks and SUVs, carrying their roosters in wooden travel cases. The poorer ones show up on bicycle or by bus, carrying their birds in a plastic bag. After the weigh-in, the birds get razorblades strapped to their feet, the bets are cast, the beers are popped, and the fights begin...
...fate of the 17 historic bells, currently on a 77-year hiatus from Moscow’s Danilovsky Monastery, was finally decided in September when a Russian metals mogul offered to pay about $1 million to bring them home and to buy a new set for Lowell. Yesterday, plastic sheeting surrounded the belfry as the Russian experts recorded the bell tones and made moldings of the bells’ intricate iconography. A Russian foundry that a Harvard delegation visited last summer will duplicate the bells and send them back to Lowell. If all goes according to plan, the exchange will...
...come here to see Anna Wintour, you came here to view a collection. Get to work!” “You’re right!” I would say, and look inside my press goody-bag to find a yellow umbrella made out of recycled plastic. It made me feel better about myself.Once inside the shows, surrounded by the horrific trends that will populate 2007, I felt incredible. There is nothing like the true excitement of being at a fashion show. There are three things that make it a particularly incredible experience...