Corporations Acting Green
Green Art Rocks acknowledges G & G Automobile Sales &
Service in Dodge City, Kansas. One of the owners decided to have
the furniture in his office
reupholstered, rather than purchasing new when he redecorated his
office.
The boss liked the existing office's real oak
chairs. He tastefully selected a quality textile for
re-upholstery. His choice of a local artisan for the
re-upholstery task, kept money in the US, and stimulated the Kansas
economy.
Most know the art of re-upholstery, seldom saves any money. The
art of re-upholstery does preserve many beautiful works of craftsmen.
G&G recently took another effort toward helping the environment, by
installing special burners, so they can recycle captured crank case oil
into energy.
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http://www.locksoflove.org Locks
of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to
financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada
under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any
diagnosis. Locks of Love meet a unique need for children by using
donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetic. Most
of thew children helped by Lock of Love have lost their hair due to a
medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or
cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem
and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.
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Nike Shoe - Reuse A Shoe & Nike
Grind - http://www.nikereuseashoe.com
Nike Reuse A Shoe and turn shoes into Nike Grind, a material used in
sports surfaces like tracks.
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Reinventing Tire Recycling: EarthShip Tire Houses - What
potentially could be tremendous community, corporate, habitat for
humanity, project. A home of tires is as the name EarthShip
implies. It would be in its place forever. A EarthShip
house, provides the sheltered with a warm, safe, economically,
environmentally, friendly home.
http://www.touchtheearthranch.com/goatshed.htm
Instructions on cutting the tops from tires, purpose to fill with
dirt and build walls for construction projects.
http://www.tirebalehouse.com
A tire bale is a big square brick of about 100 compressed whole
tires. Each bale is 5 ft by 5 ft by 2.5 ft high and weighs
about 2,000 lbs. Tire Bales are free.