Green-ovations Top Ten List
The green stars at Plenty Magazine have come up with a list of the "Top Ten Eco Innovations For A Better Planet," so I thought I'd spread the word. It's like Letterman, but different. There are a couple of head tilters, but for the most part it's a pretty comprehensive list. So here goes...
- Personal Computer: It allows us entrée to a world of information without having to get our green behinds to the library. It also allows for us to work from home, web-conference and hopefully, reduce paper use. The sticking point of course, is the waste, but we're getting better at responsible ditching.
- Bamboo Bicycle: It's human powered AND made of a sustainable, biodegradable material. And Plenty points out "...bamboo bike parts are cheaper than others; production isn't factory-friendly, thus helping to support local small-scale manufacturers..."
- Urban Wind Turbines: Wind energy, baby!
- Reusable Water Bottle: We're talking about the non-plastic kind here. Lightweight, sexy, durable and widely available...go get yourself a reusable aluminum water bottle!
- Tofu: OK, so not exactly new, but Plenty defends this choice saying "Compared to tofu, meat production takes up approximately 17 times as much land, 26 times as much water, 20 times as many fossil fuels, and 6 times as many chemicals." So there.
- Geodesic Dome: Think Disney World's Epcot Center; a bubble-shaped dome that "encloses more space while utilizing less energy and material than any other shelter system invented to date, and it increases in stability as it increases in size."
- Electric Car: Well, duh. Now if only we could get off that darn waiting list.
- Digital Camera: This one is a two-fold eco-innovation. First, it obviously reduces the photo processing by-products (chemicals, paper, ink, transport to the photo depot, etc). Secondly, widespread digital shutterbugs are empowered to document (then upload and broadcast) social, political, and environmental injustice on a local or global scale.
- Recycled Glass: Not just because it keeps gazillions of glass containers from festering in a landfill, but because we are making all kinds of new stuff from old glass and using less energy to do so. "Bottles can be converted into jewelry, sand, an asphalt composite, storage vessels, stained glass windows and other works of art, and so much more."
- LED light: Light-Emitting Diodes are even more energy efficient than swirly CFL lights, but without the small amount of mercury. And LED's low-powered light is nearly 30% brighter than the average fluorescent when using the same power. (Availability and price, not withstanding.)
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Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
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