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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> . e ) e <br /> <br /> <br /> 1Q Bees for the Planet IF By ANNE UNDERWOOD <br /> WES JACKSON, FOUNDER <br /> and president of the Land <br /> Institute in Salina, Kans., <br /> Scientists' inventors and entrepreneurs are focusing on has one complaint, it's what <br /> deficit spending <br /> ways to help the environment. Some of our favorite ideas. he cads "our de of die ratWl;e'cological capi- <br /> tal; from oil and minerals to <br /> water and trees. NEWSW EEK <br /> asked dozens of thinkers for <br /> their solutions, from mompg <br /> cars to using enormous kites to <br /> help pull ships. <br /> t = £ fr~7+"'i .p " + " r x Zero waste: Recycling paper, <br /> plastic and aluminum is a <br /> ,F I start, but, oh, so 20th century, <br /> , #F <br /> r t r t y~-p t ERIC LOM P RD1 NXMS <br /> Y! <br /> waste.'Landfills are like black <br /> es, where resourcesgo i <br /> aril never come nut; says <br /> i; theexecutive directvrofEco- <br /> I ¢ Cycle, a nonprofit recycler in <br /> p m ' ` x Boulder, Colo. Astheworld's <br /> population explodes and its re- <br /> t+ <br /> source base shrinks, we can't <br /> afford that." Instead, Lombardi <br /> 1„ rv l voints manufacturers to make <br /> a most or all ofdteir products <br /> fully recyclable, using materials <br /> designed to be recaptured <br /> 1 t rather than ending upinjunk- <br /> $ 1 M <br /> ~ `=fY ~k yards. ltsnot impossible, as <br /> companies like Shaw CarpeLc <br /> and office-furniture maker <br /> Steelcase are showing. Roth <br /> make products with stringent <br /> 4 C2C Certification, indicating <br /> total recyrlability-and qU oth- <br /> er other companies, tapping <br /> into the green buildingtrend, <br /> T r t are doing the same."Waste is <br /> expensive and ineftcicnt," says <br /> Lombardi. "It only appears <br /> cheap because the market <br /> doesn't send bills to industry for <br /> groundwaterpoliution and re- <br /> sounv-depletion." <br /> 2 LED UK bWbs: Never mind <br /> the cliche, they really mlght <br /> be a better idea. <br /> NOW THXV WE'VEALLDUT1- <br /> fully stocked up on compact <br /> fluorescents, guess what? A <br /> neu'generation ofeien better <br /> bulbs may been itsevay. LEI) <br /> 111MV111MR. Lombardi with <br /> bags to be made into decking <br /> 52 NEit'Stt'EEK { APRIL 14, 2008 CiO774o A ~ e (VIOGRAI'n BY BRYCE BUYER FOR \F.wSwFk;K <br /> Reis <br /> ttlr~ ht' ~~i~~tloPlt, Wea~ord Ref. Date APR IN -IIAM <br />