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Reduce, reuse, recycle

Discover the beauty in minimizing material goods, repurposing your most well-loved things and intentionally (and sustainably) reducing your carbon footprint.

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To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift
10:25

Andrew Dent

To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift

10 minutes 25 seconds
Ink made of air pollution
08:15

Anirudh Sharma

Ink made of air pollution

8 minutes 15 seconds
Creative houses from reclaimed stuff
17:40

Dan Phillips

Creative houses from reclaimed stuff

17 minutes 40 seconds
How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza
10:36

Majd Mashharawi

How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza

10 minutes 36 seconds
When I die, recompose me
12:47

Katrina Spade

When I die, recompose me

12 minutes 47 seconds
A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food
11:45

Lisa Dyson

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

11 minutes 45 seconds
Turning trash into toys for learning
15:13

Arvind Gupta

Turning trash into toys for learning

15 minutes 13 seconds
My mushroom burial suit
07:13

Jae Rhim Lee

My mushroom burial suit

7 minutes 13 seconds
A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean
13:10

Tina Arrowood

A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean

13 minutes 10 seconds
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings
12:51

Anna Heringer

The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings

12 minutes 51 seconds
Old books reborn as art
05:57

Brian Dettmer

Old books reborn as art

5 minutes 57 seconds
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