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Laura Hogg posted the blog [NatuREport] Can Your Coffee Habit Save Lives?.
New research shows that the solution to the problem of toxic gases in the air might just be found in your daily cup of joe
2/17
- Big Dave said:
  That's pretty awesome. I already heard about the use of coffee grounds for gardening (apparently culinary mushrooms can be grown in them) but this is yet another way that coffee proves to be the wonder beverage!2/17
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organic4greenlivings.com posted the blog "7 Foods That You Need to Boost Your Energy!".
Today my friends I would like to discuss foods that you need to give your body energy. Many of us have trouble these days with being tired, feeling worn out, stressed, overwhelmed by how much we have to do in a days time, and many times lack of sleep. We...
2/16
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Big Dave
I never knew how bad the Cascade of Intervention could be until checking out sprouty's blog. Here's an infographic based on it as well.
http://www.hellolife.net/living-healthy/…
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Laura Hogg posted the blog [NatuREport] Plastic: The Bad, the Better, and the Best News.
Plastic is this week s news star. Read on to learn about our plastic continent, creative ways to reuse plastic, and a miracle fungus that might just save the planet
2/10
- Big Dave said:
  That turtle photo is one of the saddest things I've seen. I've heard about the dangers of plastic soda rings and making sure to cut them so fish and birds don't get caught in them, but this is one of those consequences of people not thinking about what happens when things get thrown away.2/10
- Bri Luginbill said:
  Totally agree too Dave. That turtle photo is so sad!
  
  A plastic-eating fungus would be revolutionary. There are so many mounds of plastic just waiting for something to disintegrate them and if that fungus really can do that...well lets get going!
  
  To recycle plastic, I either put it in the recycle bin we have at our house and the recycling truck comes and takes it every other week or I try and re-use plastic bags as lunch bags for as long as I can.
  
  I'd love to start making stuff out of plastic, but just don't have the talent for that yet. My friends, on the other hand, made us coasters out of plastic bags (they look pretty cool) and I durable plastic bag out of different plastic bags as well. We use it when we go to the beach or when we take a trip somewhere. 2/13
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Laura Hogg posted the blog [NatuREport] How much plastic have you eaten today?.
A new documentary currently being filmed will show the horror of plastic in our oceans. Think this doesn't affect you? Think again...
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- Bri Luginbill said:
  Oh my goodness...this is pretty crazy to think about. Especially looking at how much plastic was found in the belly of the alabatross...that poor thing. :/
  
  I would definitely like to watch Leeson's documentary to learn more about just how huge of an impact plastic is on our Earth. I have also heard many times before that plastic is one of the worst substances in our environment...and yes we can recycle it...but if it was made in the first place no matter how many times you recycle it...it will exist forever...2/3
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Laura Hogg posted the blog [NatuREport] Awesome Green Gadget: 3-D Printer that Runs on Your Recycling.
3-D printing is already like something out of science fiction, but now the technology has made a giant leap forward with a gadget that can turn your old plastic bottles into...whatever you want.
1/26
- Big Dave said:
  That is awesome. Now I'm kind of mad I didn't hear about it before the Kickstarter project ended, because I'd really like to have one of those.1/26
- Erin Froehlich said:
  Oh! Oh! I have heard of 3D printers. They had a story about it on NPR the other day. ( surprise, surprise, right? lol) Really cool and I agree - it's sounds like something meant for at least another hundred years in the future, not something we should have already figured out!
  
  It does seem like sort of a stretch of the work to call this machine a "printer" though. It seems that when it ceases to place ink on paper, it ceases to be a printer. Does it do that? I guess the same argument could be made of smartphones, but then... at least they do still make phone calls. In any event, I feel this device is unique enough from what we generally consider to be a printer that it deserves it's own category!1/26
- John at HelloLife said:
  3-D printers are very cool. I had an opportunity to see one work last semester. We were able to design a part in CAD and have a physical model of our design in our hands almost immediately to hold and look at. These prototyping processes used to take days if not weeks, now it takes less than an hour depending on the complexity and size of the part. You can spend 100k on a 3D printer, but if you're a design firm it can save you a ton of money in the prototyping process.
  
  I think it's great to try to make industry more environmentally friendly. In a plastics class I took we learned that for every bag of recycling a household sends to the curb it took 20 bags of recycling to make that 1 bag full of recyclable items. In other words, industry is where the real fight is in terms of recycling and where the more substantial gains can be made. Good to see someone trying to make 3D printing just a little more eco friendly.1/27
- Bri Luginbill said:
  Absolutely amazing invention! It makes recycling easy and you get something useful out of it right then and there. I'd love to get one that would make utensils...I always need more forks or knives (they always get eaten by the drawer :P).
  
  Great blog, Laura!1/27
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Jeffrey VanWingen M.D. posted the blog Coffee: Good and Bad News.
It doesn't take much effort to appreciate the place that caffeine holds in our culture. But what is so important about this drug? What does it do for us that makes us faithful consumers? This blog will explore the good and the bad sides of caffeine.
1/25
- Nancy said:
  thanks for the info Jeff, I'm not a coffee drinker but I liked to gain the insight from your article.2/9
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Laura Hogg
Here are some fantastic tips on how to reuse plastic bottles! Some of them are so clever, like that chandelier...would you try any of these?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24…
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