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The green reaper

by The Green A-Team

Living an eco-friendly existence doesn’t have to end when you do.

Ghoulish as it may sound, the business of burials is something we’re all fated to deal with eventually but new environmentally responsible options to handle this morbidly necessary event have emerged here in the US adding a note of green to this eerie realm of commerce.

reaperElizabeth Fournier, Director of Cornerstone Funeral Services and Cremation in Boring, Oregon, is the self-proclaimed “Green Reaper.”

A lot of people have chosen cremation already and a lot of that is the idea of, ‘Hey, I don’t want to take up space, I don’t want my family to shell out a bunch of cash, and I want to do something good for the environment.’ But of course, what we’re learning is the idea of cremating somebody isn’t so environmentally conscious as we once thought.  Actually burying somebody  the Green way with no chemicals, no concretes, and no metals in the soil is actually a better choice.

It’s the goal of Ms. Fournier and others in her industry to offer ways families can continue the responsible legacy of their deceased…beyond the grave.

For more on this and the full interview with Elizabeth Fornier, scythe through some of the following links:

Composting the dead (Environmental Graffiti)

Burials and cemeteries go green (NPR)

Do cemeteries impact on the environment? (University of Technology, Sydney)

Japan’s high tech graveyard solution as burial space grows scarce (Treehugger)

Artwork by amanda.f.i.


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Geoengineering: Nature 2.0

by The Green A-Team

Nature’s imbalance at the hands of humans could be catastrophic but could purposefully changing the climate actually help it?

On the fringe of experimental earth science exists a theoretical and nearly improbable study of climate called geoengineering or terraforming.  The basic idea is if we do certain things to alter our atmospheric composition or sunlight intake, we’ll be able to counteract the negative effects of the damage we’ve already done.

One theory suggests that if we shot more sulphur into the atmosphere, it wold enhance a cloud’s ability to reflect sunlight.  Only problem is that atmospheric sulphur particles are what make acid rain and is usually the byproduct of dirty factory pollution.  Other theories involve enriching the sea with iron to propagate plankton growth, one of nature’s most efficient carbon removers.

In the end, the unwitting tampering with fragile climate systems seems only to have presented more problems but an open discussion of geoengineering has new solutions emerging into the mainstream.

For more on geoengineering, take a look at some of the following links:

Geoengineering our way out of trouble (Columbia University)

The human element to geoengineering (Op Ed News)

Recruiting plankton to fight global warming (NY Times)

Diagram by Kathleen Smith/LLNL


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ReWINEd: Wine bottle upcycling

by Shireen Qudosi

Editor’s Note: The Green A-Team continues to expand like a hyper-adept extremophile over the turbulent digital seas with our newest addition, Shireen Qudosi.  Enjoy her delicious post!

As the saying has it, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”  Yet with a little bit of creative thought, you can turn your trash into your treasure.

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That’s exactly what has inspired a new wave of sustainability that goes beyond practicality and into decadence.

The idea of artistic living is a growing trend in an eco-friendly culture, which has already witnessed a significant growth in consumer interest when it comes to modular living and organic decor.  Even non-greenies are getting interested now that being green has brought with it a new level of stylish eccentricity.

And what comes more easily in this economy than an assortment of empty wine bottles after you’ve just thrown a smashing get-together?  With the preference being on sourcing cheap entertaining ideas, most people now see staying at home with a good meal and great wine as a viable alternative to spending money on restaurants and clubs.

If your home is the newest place to be seen, then ice maker machines are indispensable for cocktails while compact wine refrigerators are an inexpensive alternative to costly built-in wine cellars.

Wine Bottle Ideas:

There are a number of ways to reuse wine bottles. Among the more common ideas are reusing them as water pitchers, votive vases, torches, and flower bed liners. However, there are dozens of other smart options that are rarely explored.

meltedWine Bottle Cheese Boards – What could be quainter than using a cheese board made out of wine at you next cocktail.  Apparently that’s exactly what Vineyard Designs thought when they started offering their custom recycled wine glass boards.

planterWater Feeders – On a very hot day or when you’re away, fill the bottles of water and stick them into the pot or soil near your plant.  The water will slowly percolate from the bottle and into the soil.

chandalierWine Bottle Chandeliers – In addition to the popular row lighting and pendant lighting, Changedminer (pictured) put together an interesting chandelier with wine bottles strung around it.   It’s a unique sustainable element in your home and it catches the light beautifully during the day and especially at sunset.

glassesRewined Recycled Glassware – Get uniquely hued wine bottle glassware made from orphaned bottles left behind at local restaurants and bars.

windowWine Bottle Building Blocks – Rather than just one element, your entire home or venue can serve as a creatively designed showcase – a testimony of your creativity and commitment to sustainability.

Wine bottles can be used to create an interesting mosaic-styled wall piece.  The most gorgeous of these displays is just outside of Montreal at a place called Bottle Houses, Prince Edward Island.

PEI is known for its lush landscapes and pastoral living, which makes the wine bottle homes stand out that much more, offering a mixture of ingenious modern design paired with an idyllic setting; and the combination works brilliantly.

This theme of bottle wall art has been running strong from coast to coast. Javier’s, an upscale restaurant in Crystal Cove, features bottle-inspired wall art as a key feature in their eclectic setting.

Using wine bottles as building blocks shows creativity and ingenuity that can be carried to stylishly eccentric levels when used in restaurants. Morimoto’s Japanese Restaurant in New York has an entire wall created out of bottles.  The result is a dazzling spectacle that has the potential to launch a restaurant.  An alternative design is found at the Boa Steakhouse in Hollywood, where rows of bottles are lined along a clear wall.

Wine bottles go beyond just building blocks and have also become integral parts of a building’s thermal dynamics, providing a unit that’s not only appealing to the eye, but also meets our duty to our environment.  But if you’re not a wine drinker, you can ask local pubs and restaurants for their bottles, who I’m sure will be more than happy to give you their rubbish to turn into your own treasures.  The same ideas can also be achieved with beer, liquor, Pellegrino or other glass water bottles.

For more on wine bottle upcycling, check out some of the following links:

Wine bottle recycling is low – but some bottles getting lighter (Dr. Vino)

A trial project that uses recycled wine bottles filled with water to regulate a building’s internal temperatures (Media-Newswire)

Sleep it off inside a wine cask (Green Upgrader)

Wine Ideas brought to you by Air & Water, Inc.

Photos by Keith Watson, graciella06, aarn!, *~Dharmainfrisco~*, West County Camerachangedminder.


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Seasteading: Open ocean soverignty

by The Green A-Team

There aren’t many places left unclaimed by one nation or another, unless of course your country is not on land.

Seasteading, or homesteading on the high seas, has become not only the subject of entertainment but the topic of serious research, design, and political philisophy for individuals seeking to demonstrate how to live sustainably and prosper.

In the book, Seasteading: A Practical Guide to Homesteading the High Seas, author Wayne Gramlich writes,

These aquatic pioneers will settle civilization’s next frontier through the unusual merger of green technology and free enterprise. Once there, they will experiment with new social, political, and economic systems, adding much-needed variety and innovation to the stagnant business of government.

So far, only one example of a recognized micro-nation of this kind exists off the coast of England known as the Principality of Sealand.  After a brief run-in with the British military, Sealand proved its soverignty in court and now has his own currency, national anthem, and passports.

For some amazing designs of these future floating nations, click the slideshow below and check out some of the following links.

The Seasteading Institute (Seasteading.org)

Seasteading: Homesteading the high seas (Green Upgrader)

Seasteading is the aquatic answer to the housing crisis (io9)

Peter Theil makes down payment on Libertarian ocean colonies (Wired)

Featured design by Emerson Stepp.

Slideshow by ejacobhansen.


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Nature’s sci-fi blockbuster

by Kristin Arrigo

Maybe our latest science fiction film obsessions have been getting us prepared for the CGI in the sky.  That is, the natural occurrence of glowing clouds at night, or noctilucent clouds.

Usually appearing up at the polar regions, clouds will sometimes take on a glow where ice meets atmosphere.   This summer, the clouds have been glowing at a lower range, very low, as in visible from North Dakota to Poland.

Greenhouse gasses and specifically the greenhouse gas methane could be to blame. As methane increases in the atmosphere, the amount of water that turns to ice in the stratosphere, full of cosmic dust,  allows for clouds to glow at a lower level.  Methane increases are typically due to farming and population increases.  Higher greenhouse gas emissions result in mesosphere (middle atmosphere) cooling, which can cause the clouds to glow as well.

Yet another theory is that the noctilucent clouds are actually the product of Shuttle launches.  The liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen used as fuel has a by-product of 300 metric tons of water vapor.

A NASA satellite mission is studying the clouds,  but information available is inconclusive. The reason being that changes occurring in the atmosphere happen very quickly, making it difficult for scientists to find all the answers.  The study is planned to continue for three more years, during which time they hope to determine the exact cause.

Check out some of the following links and our Video thread for more on this sky-fi oddity.

Study finds space shuttle exhaust produces night-shining clouds (Earth Observatory)

Noctilucent clouds over Germany (NASA)

Scientists seek noctilucent cloud enlightenment (The Register)

Photo by mikeyscope.

Video by derickrethans.


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