I have recently found myself strangely attracted to a show called Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. Much like some people just have to slow down to see an accident on the side of the road, I have to watch this show. Recently Mike has featured jobs that demonstrate how the scraps/extras of a process still get used. Spent hops from beer gets turned to feed for cattle. Parts of the fish that don't go to the fish market are used to create fish food. And food scraps from restaurants in Las Vegas are used to create a kind of stew that's fed to pigs.
So when I saw this story in the New Scientist about a way to turn plastic back into the oils it was made from I thought that too was a neat idea worth sharing. The process that Global Resource Corporation (GRC) has cooked up is to used a finely tuned microwave to melt the plastic. The resulting oil can be used as alternative fuel for cars. One of the things they say they can recycle are used car tires.
Seen any other interesting recycling process out there than can help the environment? Let us know in the forums.
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Yoga - Beyond the Postures: The Yamas
Yoga teacher Tracey Trambauer writes in the Orlando Sentinal about truth telling, which is one of the Yamas. The Yamas are five moral ideas grouped as one of the Eight limbs of yoga.
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Do you have small stories that you use that have an element of fibbery? Do you ever find yourself deciding that the truth isn't appropriate in certain situations? Let us know what you think!
The truth is lying is unhealthy - Orlando Sentinel
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People are quick to declare that they believe in honesty, but I often witness people lying in such a casual manner that it's clear they are well practiced. When I'm in a sticky situation, I'm often advised to lie my way out."
Do you have small stories that you use that have an element of fibbery? Do you ever find yourself deciding that the truth isn't appropriate in certain situations? Let us know what you think!
The truth is lying is unhealthy - Orlando Sentinel
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