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Lego changes course, will recircle instead of recycle
They tried to make Lego bricks out of recycled PET and couldn't make it work, but we can all learn a lesson from this.
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When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, it changes everything
Times have changed, and so has the way we look at saving existing buildings.
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The Therme Spa at Ontario Place in Toronto is a carbon bomb that must be defused
Every tonne of CO2 emissions adds to global warming, and these buildings have many tonnes of glass, concrete and aluminum.
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Nobody is telling you that you have to give up your hamburger or stop buying pants
But unfortunately, we should; our cities are responsible for vast carbon emissions, much of them from our consumption.
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The three different kinds of obsolescence
An excerpt from my book, Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle
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Are the new Apple Watches truly "carbon neutral"?
The only truly carbon-neutral watch is the one you don't buy.
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Why everyone should have a bidet toilet seat
The Western toilet is a hygienic disaster. The bidet toilet seat helps a bit.
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Car bloat is getting ridiculous and must be stopped
I complain about pickup trucks all summer, and now it is time to complain about SUVs.
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Carbon Upfront!
Coming next year from New Society Publishers, looking at the upfront carbon in everything.
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