I am a total sucker for eco-friendly snacks and goodies, so when the folks at Conscious Box offered to send me a sample of their November box of goodies to review, I jumped at the chance! The Good It was super fun getting a goodie box in the mail. It reminded me of when mom would send me care packages when I was in college full of my favorite treats.

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Sustainable Goodies from Conscious Box – a review!

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We’ve gushed about Shelton Davis’ Repurposed Pallet Adirondack Chair around here before. This weekend at the Indie Craft Experience here in Atlanta, I ran across the designer himself at his very first craft market! He had demo chairs set up, DIY kits for sale, and a brand new product to debut. Here’s Davis in his space, and I circled his brand new birdhouse in red! Check it: Sorry for the quality of the photo here

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Spotted: Pallet Aridondack Chair

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Researchers at MIT have developed a portable, solar-powered desalination system that’s efficient even in overcast weather. This sort of desalination system would be immensely helpful in disaster situations, like January’s earthquake in Haiti .

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Portable Water Desalination Could Help with Disaster Relief

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Photo credits (clockwise from top left): beautiful world by purplepixie ;  Nature’s Humor by DarkFireLotus ; Green house effect by inmc ; Climate change on canvas by Ashley Cecil ; Off Shore Eco Farm I by MG Williams Global climate change is the largest threat to sustaining life on Earth, but despite overwhelming evidence – species extinction, dwindling water supplies, mass migrations and mega-storms — some of us are still unclear what climate really means for us. The CoolClimate online art contest will be exploring climate change in its many forms and invites artists worldwide to participate

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The CoolClimate Art Contest: call for entries

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