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	<title>Ecolect Blog</title>
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	<description>Where design and sustainability cross paths.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Materials from Detergent Bottles, Swimming Pool Covers, and Old Tires</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/07/materials-from-detergent-bottles-swimming-pool-covers-and-old-tires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Maccarone</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[products]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[re use]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recycled bottles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Salvage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yemm &amp; Hart]]></category>

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Yemm &#38; Hart, based in Missouri, offers many unique products featuring their own materials made from common recycled items such as detergent bottles, swimming pool covers, and tires.  Their three lines of materials create unique and colorful products that can be used by anyone.  One decorative material, known as Origins, is created from discarded detergent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How ZO_loft Brings New Thinking to Portable Shelter Design</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/07/how-zo_loft-brings-new-thinking-to-portable-shelter-design/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/07/how-zo_loft-brings-new-thinking-to-portable-shelter-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Than Hansen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[collapsible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homeless shelter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homelessness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[humanitarian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[material]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[portable shelter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recyclable]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[refuggees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[urban living]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ZO_loft]]></category>

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ZO-loft, a four-person architecture and design studio base in Italy, has designed a portable shelter concept that has many surprising and innovative aspects contained within.  Called the ZO_loft WheelLY, the shelter consists of (please refer to schematic image above) 1. a cloth bag, 2. reflecting colored rubber rim, 3. folding polyester resin tent, 4. rubber [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling Skateboards With Style</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/07/recycling-skateboards-with-style/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/07/recycling-skateboards-with-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Maccarone</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[beck hickey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[becky]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[belt buckle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[boards 4 bowls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[handbag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[messenger bag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[money clip]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recycled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sk8bags]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[skateboard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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Looking to get rid of those old skateboards? Rather than throwing them out with the trash, put them to good use and give them to Beck Hickey.  She’s the creative mastermind behind the innovative line of skateboard handbags called Sk8bags.  Hickey began her company after being fired from a waitressing job.  Inspired by her love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Structural Potential of Blobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/the-structural-potential-of-blobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Than Hansen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Modular]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Building]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[building block]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greg Lynn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[module]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recycled plastic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SCI-Arc]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>

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(All images courtesy of arcspace.com)
With a father who worked in the early days of plastic packaging materials for Container Corp. of America, architect Greg Lynn grew up as he says, &#8220;surrounded by plastics&#8221;, and often exclaims about how plastic-centric modern culture has become.  He is credited with coining the term &#8216;blob architecture&#8216;, and is well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Goes Oil, So Goes Plastic</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/as-goes-oil-so-goes-plastic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/as-goes-oil-so-goes-plastic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Than Hansen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commodity speculation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[market effects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[price effects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rising cost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scarcity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[world markets]]></category>

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With daily headlines proclaiming the dramatic rise in oil prices and the inevitability of &#8220;Peak Oil&#8221;, consumers are being forced to dramatically alter their driving (and flying) habits, and if a recessionary economy takes hold, manufacturers may have to scale back oil-dependent production lines.  Although such trends may actually lead to a decrease in oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Closer to Downloadable Furniture</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/getting-closer-to-downloadable-furniture/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/getting-closer-to-downloadable-furniture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Than Hansen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[furniture design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cardboard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children's furniture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[compact living]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[downloadable design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foldable furniture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Enrico Stäubli]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[origami]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[practical design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recycled cardboard]]></category>

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Design might not get any more practical or accessible than this.  The Swiss-based online furniture initiative known as Foldschool, allows one to download free plans of a foldable stool, chair, or rocker for the small set, and then construct the pieces at home, with self-sourced (i.e., recycled!) cardboard.  Led by architect/designer/bike messenger Nicola Enrico Stäubli, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macel and Fiocel -  Materials from corn leaves</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/macel-and-fiocel-materials-from-corn-leaves/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/macel-and-fiocel-materials-from-corn-leaves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alberto Villarreal</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queretaro-based design studio VGM has developed an interesting set of biodegradable materials made from fibers of corn leaves: Macel and Fiocel.
Led by Principal Victor Martinez, this Mexican studio has a strong focus on experimentation and this project is a successful fruit of their process, which also strongly values sustainability.  
To find out more about their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is it so Hard to Build a Small a House?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/how-small-a-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ecolect.net/2008/06/how-small-a-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Maccarone</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kuna]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marty Pieroni]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pre fab]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[simplified living]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[small house]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[water conservation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[zoning]]></category>

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(Image courtesy of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company)
With the economy on the verge of a recession and the urgency to lessen environmental impact at an all-time high, it’s no wonder many people are turning to smaller homes. Marty Pieroni, a developer from Kuna, Idaho, has dealt with consumers that are seeking smaller spaces due to financial [...]]]></description>
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