Friday, December 10th, 2010 by Admin
Source: Re-Nest Green Bough eco Friendly plywood Christmas Tree
Just had one of those great meetings where you know that with the right people real change for more sustainable (less wasteful) world can occur. Great way to end the week!
Here are our favourite links from around the world and home:
In case you had not already seen on our website, SIFT has released the 2009/10 Annual Report. If you would like to know what we have been up to in the past year, have a read and download it here.
• Recycling and the life of a lip-stick tube
• Keep excessive e-mail printers at bay!
• Eco-friendly handmade Christmas decorations
• Reusable fabric gift-wrap
• Time to have an office clear out? NZ Post’s exciting Recyle Centre
• Air New Zealand’s chronicle of New Zealand’s ecological history
• Thrifty package wrapping
Have a fantastic waste free weekend.
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Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Admin
SIFT Vision Poster on the wall at our After 5 Drinks and Nibbles event on Tuesday
Welcome to the end of another working week. We met some potential new projects, had a bit of an After 5 drinks and nibbles event for few key people at our offices, met with current projects to get updates and generally continued to do what we do.
On the way we also found some interesting tid bits that you might be interested in perusing. Here are this week’s Friday Favourites:
- A great article here from Nick Potter on his affair with the word “sustainability” – what will be the new words? You can see more of what Nick Potter does on his website Re-Be.
- A dining room made from recycled plastic bottles that floats – a unique eating experience here.
- Another great link from the team at Re-Nest who found an article in a recent Martha Stewart Living magazine about using real peanuts for packing (definitely better than styrofoam “peanuts”).
- The latest Environmental Indicators Quarterly from the Ministry for the Environment here (pdf).
- A great little tutorial on how to make reusable sandwich bags – (no velcro, glue, and only minimal sewing) – great idea here.
- A move in the US to replace ornamental gardens with food producing gardens here.
- More disrespect for and damage to the environment – will the fine work? More here.
- The kitchen of the future – bringing the vege garden inside – more here.
- The fridge that grows food not just stores it here.
Have a great waste free weekend.
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