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green living
Last Updated
May 17, 2008
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Micro Fueler
Science Buzz Efuel 100 has developed a contraption that lets you make your own ethanol out of water, sugar, and yeast, and fill up your car at home. It's definitely not for the typical lazy American, but given the popularity of Hybrids, DIY ethanol could become a real trend.
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Alkaline Hydrolysis
Science Buzz Dissolving bodies with lye, which has been used to get rid of animal carcasses for years, is being touted as the green alternative to burial and cremation. Burial is expensive, and cremation can be sacrilegious (someone could try to smoke or snort your ashes). The third option of dissolution could become a viable, environmentally-conscious form of corpse removal.
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Biodegradable Furniture
Style Buzz New York Times has a piece on the latest trend in environmentally-conscious home furnishing: furniture that disappears when you're done with it. Here's an idea that could really take off, especially when it seems like so much furniture from IKEA is practically disposable. It pained me to have to throw out so much stuff when I decided I didn't want to live like I was in a college dormitory anymore.
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YAWNS
Culture Buzz An acronym for "Young and Wealthy but Normal" - a certain kind of person who forgoes luxury to change the world. Yawn. I just almost fell asleep sitting up while posting this trend. But it's so much harder to hate yuppies when they actually care about something.
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