Tuesday January 4, 2011

every thing you own was made by human hands

Or at least parts of it were and then they were assembled, packaged, transported, and sold by humans. And every thing you (and I) have in your possession required energy – extracted and refined fossil fuels

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Friday February 19, 2010

When will demand for virgin resources be exhausted?

This post can also be seen on Greenopolis.

Aluminum seems like a fairly innocuous and ubiquitous material. It has many applications: foil for wrapping food, take-out containers, soda cans, electronics components, appliances, cooking wares, car parts. It’s

Categories: action blog environment health Tags: ethical sourcing mining virgin materials