The Wealth in Waste

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Creating a Home Graywater System, Trathen Heckman Saving the Good Stuff - "The Exchange" at Orcas Island Dump, George Post RE Store - A Second Life for Building Materials, Nate Moore, Erin Marden, Robin du Pre The Pee and Poo Show, Laura Allen Four conversations, … [Read more...]

This Old House — Rethink, Reuse, Remodel

Turn a century-old Seattle house into an efficient, energy-producing home using repurposed materials. Owner-builder Jim Bristow's creativity extends to reclaiming dead spaces, jacketing his house with exterior insulation, and modernizing the kitchen with sleek previously … [Read more...]

At the ReCyclery, What Goes Around Comes Around

September 10, 2010. In Port Townsend's uptown district with lovely old Victorian houses and retail stores, we found a fabric sign for "The ReCyclery" hanging on a fence beside a gate. Inside was a spacious backyard lawn, with a lineup of used bicycles and a small shed. … [Read more...]

Changing the World One Bike Rider at a Time

A weekly free bike coop where you can use mechanics' tools and expertise to fix your bike? Free clinics where schoolkids or neighbors learn to maintain or build their own bikes from used parts? Chauncey and Dash Tudhope-Locklear make a living repairing bicycles, but … [Read more...]

Free Geek – Computers for the Community

Wednesday, August 18, 2010. When our friend Daniel Lerch said we just had to get a tour of Free Geek, I wasn't sure this was Peak Moment show material. After the tour, I was sure. A few days later, Reuse Program Coordinator Alison Briggs gave us a tour of the huge busy … [Read more...]