July 27, 2008
Now, we have seen newspaper chairs and newspaper benches but a house made out of newspapers?
The Paper House was constructed mostly from newspapers including 1-inch thick glue-and-varnish covered
newspaper walls.
The framework to the house is wood-just like any other house-it has a regular wood-en floor and wooden roof. The wall material, which was supposed to be insulation really, is pressed paper about an inch thick. It’s just layers and l
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May 14, 2008
Corks are normally used to seal the freshness of wine bottles before people pop them up for drinking or servings. But once they are taken out, the usual route is for these corks to find their way towards the garbage can or some even keep them for remembrance.
But for some people, recycling these used corks can be used in different ways. For groups like ReCork America, they can find other ways to re-use these corks which range from floor tiles,
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May 13, 2008
Apparently, we are all caught in a world where our current situations are hard to cope up with. We have been advised to consider an eco-friendly lifestyle but apparently most of us are not well-versed on how to go about it. We know of a few but the real problem here lies in the fact that we have to approach eco-friendliness as a whole.
Here are some eco-friendly home tips you can follow:
Schedule an annual routine checkup for your heating and
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June 26, 2007
Two young designers have come up with a new sustainable insulation for building new homes — mushrooms! Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate Eben Bayer has patented “Greensulate” formula, an organic, fire-retardant board made of water, flour, oyster mushroom spores and perlite, a mineral blend found in potting soil.
“I think it has a lot of potential, and it could make a big difference in people’s lives,”
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June 10, 2007
While thinking about re-finishing our new floor at Keetsa store in San Francisco, I found this cool article on best ways to re-finishing your concrete floor in a eco-friendly way.
P.S. Here’s a video of our new store at Zedomax.com.
If you have neither insulation nor radiant heat, the existing concrete stripped of wood or carpet can become uncomfortably cold. You can deal with this problem by installing an electric radiant heat system on t
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