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	<title>Impact Lab &#187; Recycling</title>
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		<title>Rotterdam&#8217;s Parks Will Recycle Rainwater While Serving As Urban Playgrounds</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/09/rotterdams-parks-will-recycle-rainwater-while-serving-as-urban-playgrounds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Waterpleinen
To launch its 14th anthology, Water, Alphabet City has organized a series of events this week in Toronto, two of which are the HYDROCity symposium and its accompanying exhibition at the University of Toronto. Another event is a lunchtime talk in which Jeroen Bodewits will discuss Waterpleinen, a project designed by Florian Boer and Marco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Charged Up With Scosche PowerFuze Pro</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/30/get-charged-up-with-scosche-powerfuze-pro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/30/get-charged-up-with-scosche-powerfuze-pro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Charge up your tech gizmos here!

Carry a whole lot of gizmos with you wherever you go? The Scosche PowerFuze Pro ought to help you out in this department, where it can be plugged directly into the wall socket or in a vehicle via the cigarette lighter socket. For the former, you will be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ecoATM Introduced to Make Gadget Recycling Simple</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/13/ecoatm-introduced-to-make-gadget-recycling-simple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/10/13/ecoatm-introduced-to-make-gadget-recycling-simple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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An ATM of a different kind.

Recycling your old mobile phone, compact camera, MP3 player or even external storage device could soon become much easier &#8211; and more rewarding &#8211; following the installation of a gadget-recycling ATM in North America.
The first Eco ATM was installed in a furniture store in Nebraska late last month and, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycled Shipping Containers Transformed Into Trendy Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/08/13/recycled-shipping-containers-transformed-into-trendy-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/08/13/recycled-shipping-containers-transformed-into-trendy-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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One Big Time Recycling Project!

Who would have thought that shipping containers could be used in making beautiful homes? In this post at Green Diary, blogger Aditi Justa explored 10 of the most interesting homes (and structures) built with recycled shipping containers.
Take, for instance, the Redondo Beach Container House pictured above:
The Redondo Beach House is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottle Top Art Creations</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/06/24/bottle-top-art-creations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Bottle Tops Revisited


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Most of us normally discard the bottle caps as its of no use to us. But if you ask Yoav Kotik, then the use can be quite interesting and useful. Artist Yoav Kotik is the designer of the &#8220;Precious Metal&#8221; jewelry line. Using beverages&#8217; caps, he creates these wonderful designs; his interesting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machine From Japan Turns Office Waste Into Toilet Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/06/02/machine-from-japan-turns-office-waste-into-toilet-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/06/02/machine-from-japan-turns-office-waste-into-toilet-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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The Other Way Around Would be More Impressive&#8230;
We&#8217;reÂ not too sure what to think about this 1,300 lbs piece of machinery by Tokyo-based Nakabayashi. It takes paper waste from an office and turns it into toilet paper: &#8220;The toilet paper machine is able to produce two rolls per hour from around 1,800 sheets (or 7.2kg) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Awesome Sculptures Made Of Tires</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/13/14-awesome-sculptures-made-of-tires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/13/14-awesome-sculptures-made-of-tires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Sculptures made from recycled tires
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Tires wear out every few years, and then you have to replace them. But what happens with the old tires? Often they are ground down and made into a surface for a running track. Or they are made into a sculptures. (Pics)

Some of the best sculptures made of car tires we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UpCycling: Even Better Than ReCycling!</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/13/upcycling-even-better-than-recycling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/13/upcycling-even-better-than-recycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Before ReCycling Try UpCycling

The recyclers are out in force. Whether it&#8217;s using a local recycle centre or a council-provided green bin, it&#8217;s never been easier to get your household waste processed back into useful raw materials. But that takes energy &#8211; and why spend that energy when this &#8220;rubbish&#8221; can be turned into something useful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fossil Fuel Use Could Be Cut By Tapping Into Industrial Heat</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/02/fossil-fuel-use-could-be-cut-by-tapping-into-industrial-heat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/04/02/fossil-fuel-use-could-be-cut-by-tapping-into-industrial-heat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Waste heat from industries could cut down fossil fuel useÂ Â 
Tapping waste heat from industries could cut down fossil fuel use and improve efficiency of countless manufacturing processes, says a study.

According to Lihua Zhang and Tomohiro Akiyama of Hokkaido University, Japan, heat waste from industrial processes, such as combustion and electricity generation, is sometimes of low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Art Made With Old Audio Cassette Tapes</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/03/30/amazing-art-made-with-old-audio-cassette-tapes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/03/30/amazing-art-made-with-old-audio-cassette-tapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Bob Dylan gets all taped up

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Wow, this sure is a fun new use for an old media relic.
Hendrix art after the jump&#8230;



Amazing art made with old audio cassette tapes
via Boing Boing
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		<title>Cars Fueled With Leftover Beer</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/02/04/cars-fueled-with-leftover-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/02/04/cars-fueled-with-leftover-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Â Micro Fueler
Beer fueling cars? Cars now competing for beer that you should be guzzling? Yep. And your car won&#8217;t get a beer gut or wake up next to Quasimodo the next morning. Don&#8217;t sweat it though, we&#8217;re talking leftovers. Sierra Nevada has purchased a MicroFueler, which produces ethanol from water, sugar and yeast. As you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow Pages Goes Green: Movement Against Unsolicited Phone Book Delivery</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/22/yellow-pages-goes-green-movement-against-unsolicited-phone-book-delivery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/22/yellow-pages-goes-green-movement-against-unsolicited-phone-book-delivery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Â yellowpagesgoesgreen.org
Yellowpagesgoesgreen.org is an organization working to educate consumers and promote the green movement to eliminate the unsolicited delivery of Yellow and White Pages books.Â The site is aimed at starting a national movement to solicit the White/Yellow Pages industry to proactively stop the delivery of books or to begin moving legislation to mandate the stoppage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventurer To Sail Plastic Boat Into Ocean&#8217;s Plastic Dump Atrocity</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/20/adventurer-to-sail-plastic-boat-into-oceans-plastic-dump-atrocity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/20/adventurer-to-sail-plastic-boat-into-oceans-plastic-dump-atrocity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Plastic Boat of Destiny


A British millionaire adventurer plans to sail a 60ft raft made from empty mineral water bottles to the massive waste dump of plasticÂ debrisÂ in the Pacific Ocean five times the size of the UK.

David de Rothschild, 30, the founder of Adventure Ecology, will set out from San Francisco in April in an attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette Butt Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/14/cigarette-butt-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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You see them littered, in the grass, in your flowerpots, on the streets, in the sand at the playground, in the sand at the beach&#8230;. everywhere. They are an eyesore, toxic to the environment (start forest fires, small animals ingest them and die, chemicals leach into our water supply) and a daily reminder of how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardboard Tubes Used To Build Earthquake-Ready School In China</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/01/08/cardboard-tubes-used-to-build-earthquake-ready-school-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Last year&#8217;s earthquake in Sichuan province, China killed 69,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings, including schools. A team led by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is constructing new temporary but strong school buildings using plywood and cardboard tubes.

Recycled paper tubes aren&#8217;t just useful for holding architectural blueprints. They can be molded into load-bearing columns, bent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cow Belches</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/12/24/cow-belches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Oh That Smell Can You Smell That Smell
The Process for the Utilization of Ruminant Animal Methane Emissions sometimes referred to as Patent# US 6982161, involves a device patented in 2006 that traps the belches of cows. Why, you may ask, would anyone in their right mind (or even in their wrong one) want to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingrid Bachmann&#8217;s &#8220;Symphony For 54 Shoes&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/12/11/ingrid-bachmanns-symphony-for-54-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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It isn&#8217;t that hard to imagine music coming from shoes, but there is usually a person wearing the shoes and using the shoes to make the music. Still an innovative person, Ingrid Bachmann, created the Symphony For 54 Shoes out of 27 pairs of recycled shoes.

Symphony For 54 Shoes is a kinetic artwork. Each shoe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeans Made From Plastic, Paper Made From Jeans</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/12/09/jeans-made-from-plastic-paper-made-from-jeans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Take a load of empty plastic water bottles to manufacture jeans, or turn waste denim into paper: as eco-consciousness spreads, makers of the planet&#8217;s most popular item of clothing are increasingly resorting to recycling.

High-end makers of the denims and accessories that go into producing the now 150-year-old jean placed environmental concerns top of their agendas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Elephant Poo Into Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/12/08/turning-elephant-poo-into-paper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Â The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company
The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company, is focused today on the production, innovation and marketing of all sorts of fun products made from elephant poo!Â They have a fun and dynamic international team atÂ their modest outfits in N. America, Australia, Japan, and Europe whereÂ they spread the word and sellÂ their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terracycle:  Creates Amazing Products From Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/25/terracycle-creates-amazing-products-from-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Â Terracycle
When I think about good companies that have education, people and the environment in mind, one of the companies I think about first is Terracycle.

Terracycle creates amazing products from recycled goods. Terracycle began in 2001. Two Princeton University students (now co-founders of Terracycle) Tom Szaky and Jon Beyer, inspired by a worm box, set out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEEE Man Symbolizes Each Persons Environmental Waste</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/23/weee-man-symbolizes-each-persons-environmental-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Â WEEE Man
People around the United Kingdom have been in for a big surprise. A seven meter three tonne metal man has been wandering in their midst. Who (or what) is he and why is he here? Is the Earth about to stand still? Hardly, but like Klaatu he brings a message to which we should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finnair &#8211; Future Of Flying In 2093</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/20/finnair-future-of-flying-in-2093/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/20/finnair-future-of-flying-in-2093/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
While we are pretty busy talking about space tourism and flying cars, Finnair, which is celebrating its 85th birthday, is envisioning the future of flying. What might flying be like then in 85 years? I have no idea, but the ingenious folks at Finnair seem to have an answer to the question. They have conceptualized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expensive Bags Made From Recycled Bike Tires</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/11/expensive-bags-made-from-recycled-bike-tires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/11/expensive-bags-made-from-recycled-bike-tires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Carry it, don&#8217;t bury it.

The same people who make the Solio solar chargers have released a whole new line of bags, laptop sleeves, and gadget cases under the &#8220;Tread&#8221; brand. Each of the items is made from recycled inner tube tires.
Most of the smaller bags look fairly typical, but the &#8220;Transient Attache&#8221; and the &#8220;Sleeve&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>paintNpause:  Plastic Pouches That Preserve Wet Paint</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/06/paintnpause-plastic-pouches-that-preserve-wet-paint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/06/paintnpause-plastic-pouches-that-preserve-wet-paint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/11/06/paintnpause-plastic-pouches-that-preserve-wet-paint/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor ShowcaseÂ Â 
The degradable paintNpause products preserve the wet paint within the paintbrush, roller and tray while greatly reducing the need for continuous cleaning and flushing paint into the water runoff system.

Â PaintNpause Paks are degradable plastic.Â  Marketplace consumers will be enthused to support these earth friendly products, and to use the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhist Temple Made of Beer Bottles</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/29/buddhist-temple-made-of-beer-bottles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/29/buddhist-temple-made-of-beer-bottles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/29/buddhist-temple-made-of-beer-bottles/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

The Fruits of Recycling

Monks in Thailand&#8217;s Sisaket province collected a million beer bottles and built an entire temple! The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple is constructed of a combination of green Heineken bottles and the brown bottles of a local beer.

See more pictures at Treehugger.
Link
-via Unique DailyÂ and Neatorama
]]></description>
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		<title>Cellophane House</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/22/cellophane-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/22/cellophane-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/22/cellophane-house/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Trying to hide from the neighbors? Well you definitely wouldn&#8217;t want to live in the cellophane house.

The cellophane house is an 1800 square-foot dwelling has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living and dining space, a roof terrace and a carport.
It is made of recyclable materials, with photovoltaic panels for electricity and photovoltaic panels for thermal insulation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Trashing</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/14/car-trashing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/14/car-trashing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/14/car-trashing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Trash Car
I recently spied this station wagon in an empty lot by my house. What can one say about a car, stuffed with trash to the point of being useless. I&#8217;m amused.
The practice of car trashing isn&#8217;t so very rare, as I will now demonstrate&#8230;
See More Photos&#8230;.


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How would you like date whoever owns this car?
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Via: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecovative Design&#8217;s Greensulate Revolutionizes Insulation</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/13/ecovative-designs-greensulate-revolutionizes-insulation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/13/ecovative-designs-greensulate-revolutionizes-insulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/13/ecovative-designs-greensulate-revolutionizes-insulation/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Ecovative Design&#8217;s Greensulate (building insulation) and Negative Volume (packaging) are manufactured -or rather, grown-from agricultural waste products like rice hulls, which are combined with water, recycled paper and living mushroom cells to create panels that can be used to insulate buildings or protect packages during shipment.

The start-up is coming up with new and innovative ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soybeans And Coconuts To Power Jets</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/soybeans-and-coconuts-to-power-jets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/soybeans-and-coconuts-to-power-jets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/soybeans-and-coconuts-to-power-jets/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Who Says Only McDonald&#8217;s Can Use Soybeans for Gas
Scientists in the US have turned oil from plants like soybeans and coconuts into jet fuel that is equivalent to kerosene derived from oil.
According to a report in the Scientific American, working with the U.S. Department of Defense&#8217;s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), scientists at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Seed Concept Uses Spent Batteries</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/energy-seed-concept-uses-spent-batteries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/energy-seed-concept-uses-spent-batteries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/2008/10/11/energy-seed-concept-uses-spent-batteries/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Â 
Â Energy Seed Lamp
IÂ threw away two batteries yesterday. I know, I know-it&#8217;s almost the same as chopping down like five old-growth oak trees or something, but it was just so damn easy. And what else are you gonna do with dead batteries? That&#8217;s exactly why I am jazzed about this Energy Seed concept by Sungwoo Park. [...]]]></description>
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