- A few weeks back I wrote about making plastics from waste gases. Ford have developed a technique for doing this too, and will be using it in their plastic components once it has been scaled up.
- Speaking of waste streams as feedstock, Inhabitat recently posted some recipes using banana peels so you don’t have to throw them away. I’m sceptical, but the idea of pickled banana skins is intriguing enough to try, no?
- Though plenty of people say they are concerned about bees, only a third of British adults actually know a honeybee from a bumblebee. That’s a finding from a survey done ahead of the British Bee Count, which is running now if you want join in.
- If you’re in the mood for something philosophical, here’s Luciano Floridi wondering if the internet is reflecting us back to ourselves too much, defining us rather than identifying us.
The Earthbound Report 