chad lindstrom’s blog

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John Hardy and the Environment

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

A while back, I found myself watching the Knowledge Network and on came this guy I had never heard about. His name, John Hardy. Here is this guy, living in Bali in his Bamboo House, making Jewellery, running his factory ‘off the land’. Quite interesting actually, and it demonstrates hope. Hope that it can be [...]

It’s blog action day, do your part and consume less!

Monday, October 15th, 2007

It’s blog action day, and what better time to blog for a good cause: stop consuming styrofoam, plastic bags, disposable cups, etc get out of your car plant a seed switch to electronic delivery for your paper bills save a chicken Ok, that last one was a bit of a joke; but I’m sure the [...]

Reduce Reuse, Recycle… 747 style

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Most of us have our blueboxes, take back our empties, but how many of you can say you’ve recycled a 747? A California woman is doing just that – to build her house! A California woman is going ahead with the construction of a house made of elements from a 747 Jumbo jet. It seemed [...]