David Okada, a MetaEfficient reader, wrote to us to say that he’s compared the Oxygenics shower head, with another low-flow shower head from Bricor. David says Bricor had better spray at lower flow rates and was quieter than the Oxygenics (recently featured on MetaEfficient here). Bricor offers a range of low-flow shower heads, including one… [Continue Reading]
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Bricor’s “Vacuum Flow” Shower Heads
Filed Under: Shower Heads Tagged With: bricor, flow, flow rates, low flow, metaefficient, oxygenics shower head, range, Shower, spray, vacuum flow
Natural Indigo Jeans: Metaefficient?
Originally, jeans were dyed with the color of the actual indigo plant. Today, natural indigo jeans can’t be considered metaefficient because they are expensive and only available as a kind of designer jean. Notwithstanding this, people admire these jeans because of their distinctive, deeply hued appearance. The story behind them is interesting too. There are… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Clothing Tagged With: Clothing, dye, history of natural dyes, hydrogen peroxide, indigo plant, jean, metaefficient, natural indigo, nudie jeans, plant
MetaEfficient: Metal-Free Inks by Ecoprint
Not many print houses put much thought into making their production processes more efficient or non-toxic. Ecoprint, based in the Washington DC area, is different. They have developed their own “eco-inks”. These inks are specially formulated to be free from toxic metals like copper and barium. The Ecoprint shop also runs on 100% wind power,… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Materials Tagged With: alcohol substitutes, energy efficiency program, gum arabic, ink jet system, metaefficient, Paper, printing, recycling, toxic pigments, waste
Book Review: Field Guide To Sprawl (De-Metaefficient)
Who would have thought sprawl could be so entertaining? I guess its the combination of Dolores Hayden’s extensive collection of sprawl coinages and the aerial photography by Jim Wark that makes this book an intriguing coffetable read. By glancing through the pages you see examples of curious sprawl phenomena such as “Pork Chop Lots”, “Boomburb”,… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book, Chop, coffetable, dolores hayden, field, jim wark, level flights, LULUs, metaefficient, photographer jim
Hand Crank Blender: MetaEfficient
This Vortex blender might save you a couple minutes at the gym. A useful device to mix a margarita while living off-grid, camping, boating or traveling. It qualifies as metaefficient because: portable, energy efficient, and relatively inexpensive. Priced around $50. Available from: Shop.Com or Campmor
Filed Under: Kitchen Products Tagged With: Available, campmor, couple minutes, Hand, hand crank blender, margarita, metaefficient, Shop, vortex
Metaefficient Fertilizer: TerraCycle
TerraCycle is a product that could be called completely Metaefficient. It is a liquid fertilizer produced through vermicomposting, or feeding organic waste to red worms. The worms’ excrement is a nutrient rich compost that can be mixed to produce liquid organic fertilizer. The TerraCycle bottles are recycled soda bottled collected by students in elementary schools,… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: excrement, liquid fertilizer, liquid organic fertilizer, metaefficient, nutrient, red worms, rich compost, terracycle, trigger, waste
Metaefficient Wood Stains
Napier Environmental is a company in British Columbia that sells non-toxic wood stains that replace the hazardous products widely used to treat wood today. An example of one of their products is Natural Desk Oil, a waterborne blend of natural oils designed to penetrate deep into wood, and protect it like the true oils found… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Paint Tagged With: british columbia, desk, Environmental, hazardous products, metaefficient, Natural, natural oils, site, wood, wood stains
Metaefficient RVing
With the right techniques, RVing can be a very efficient, non-polluting lifestyle. The best resource about retrofitting your RV to be more efficient is Phred’s “Poopsheets” which are free, compact information guides written by an experiencd RVer. Topics include water treatment, solar power, efficient heating and cooling, composting toilets and efficient 12V appliances and lighting.… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: RVs Tagged With: 5th wheel trailer, barbara kirby, diesel rv, guide, living on twelve volts with ample power, metaefficient, Phred, Resource, rv consumer group, trailer
Book Review: Natural Capitalism
Natural Capitalism is a book which dicusses similar ideas to those we present here at MetaEfficient. Written by Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, the book starts off by explaining the authors’ theory of “natural capitalism”, but then it really picks up and provides a fascinating and well-referenced examination… [Continue Reading]
Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book, examination, Hunter, hunter lovins, manufacturing, metaefficient, natural capitalism, paul hawken, rocky mountain institute
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