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