Giving Worn Athletic Shoes/Sneakers New Life

My tennis sneakers are dead. :(
Finding a renewed passion for tennis this summer, I wore a large hole through the sole within a few months. Luckily, I can give a new life by donating them to Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program. The program, Nike Grind, takes apart athletic shoes into three parts to integrate them into [...]

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Electronics Recycling Event, Sat May 30

Saturday, May 30
9am – 1pm
Somerville, Parking lot next to Dilboy Field
Free for residents of Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont
BRING

Computer Monitors (flat panels OK)
Television Sets** (all sizes)
Personal Computers
Printers / Scanners / Fax machines
Calculators
Cell phones
Electronic Scales
Keyboards & Mice
Microwaves
Radios
Stereos
Telephones
Toasters
Vacuums

NO

No White Goods (ex. Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, [...]

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Hey Tennis Players!

So tennis season is in full swing, the courts are crowded and littered. . .literally with dead balls and metal tops from ball cans.
Tennis balls are vacuum sealed and although the can is mostly plastic, the top is a metal pull top. As a player, I’ve always enjoyed cracking open a fresh can. Crack. Woosh. [...]

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Reusable Water Bottles

Waste Not, Want Not
As you are already most likely aware, the water sold in water bottles is basically tap water and costs more than gas. If that isn’t enough to wean you from relying on water bottles, consider the negative environmental impacts bottled water generates including:

bottle production energy and waste,
energy for transportation of bottles,
post-consumer waste [...]

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The Twenty Year Towel

I have a tendency make the objects I use last as long as they can and use them for the life of the object. After all, if it works, why bother getting a new one? One extreme example of this is my beach towel.
I still have the beach towel I acquired (20+ years ago) as [...]

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