TreeHugger reports on a new shoebox made from 100% recycled material:

Pretty cool, but, the real question is: How will this affect the manufacture of gradeschool dioramas?
Also, just in case that story tempted you into indulging in any optimism about the green revolution, there’s this report in the NYT about an artificial beach currently under development in Dubai which will feature air conditioned sand. Yep. Air conditioned sand. That has to be the energy equivalent of burning hundred dollar bills in a fireplace, right?
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