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by Ghergich. From Visually. Screen reader version: Happy Feet: Eco-Friendly Alternatives Bamboo Best for: Bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms Pros: Matures in less than five years Available in caramel and blond-colored planks Lasts as long as traditional hardwood Cons: Not a
Your living room might already be set up the way you like it. You might own a cushy sofa or recliner, a big-screen TV and a little robot that does the vacuuming. But could it get even better? The answer
Narrator: Here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, community members strive to live sustainably, and this plays into all aspects of daily living, including diet, energy consumption and housing. Members build their own homes from sustainable and natural resources, including straw bales,
The Hunt for Pallets It’s not hard to find pallets for reclamation because they’re used to ship so many materials and products. The trick is to locate pallets that are in fairly decent shape and that aren’t spoken for. Although
Updated: March 6, 2020 What is hempcrete? Hempcrete is a unique building material, being a composite of a bio-fibre (hemp hurd or shiv) and a mineral binder (lime). These ingredients are blended together with water, and the moistened binder coats
Scaffold-pole coffee table In its proper environment, scaffolding is designed to be put flat on a truck and assembled around random-sized and shaped buildings, so it has to be pretty easy to assemble and adaptable. Another good thing for upcyclers
Screen Reader Version Smarter and Greener: How cutting edge methods, materials and tech are making the world a more environmentally friendly and productive world. Cutting Edge Construction Methods Robot swarm construction What is it? Researchers at Harvard have built
Rammed earth, also known as taipa in Portuguese, tapial in Spanish or pisé de terre or simply pisé in French, is a technique used to build walls with earth, chalk, lime and gravel. It’s an ancient building method that has seen a revival in recent years as people seek more sustainable building materials and natural building methods. Rammed earth
Screen reader version: What is Steel? Steel is an alloy material made of iron and other elements including carbon. You will also find the following elements present in steel: Hard Facts 25 million – number of tonnes of steel products
