Plantable Packaging
I was reading a magazine called Natural Health and came across a really cool concept that I hope companies and consumers will take seriously - plantable packaging.
Plantable packaging is made of 100 percent recycled post-consumer fiberboard, which begins to decompose within a few days of being placed in wet dirt. Plantable packages are embedded with seeds such as sweet basil, amaranth, and wildflowers that sprout after just a few weeks.
According to the article, we could save 90 million trees a year in the United States if just 10 percent of American companies switched to post-consumer fiberboard not to mention the transformation of landfills that could occur.
Check out Pangea Organics and Cargo Cosmetics for companies that support this concept.
Ning
Posted by
julz
on
social computing
K, I am having way too much fun with Ning. I had no idea it had come so far as a do it yourself social networking tool. Thanks to Classroom 2.o and Steve Hargadon for showing me the light. Anyways, I have started my own private social network for friends and family called JulzWorld. I think I will use this for the Fostering Online Learning Communities course I teach as well. It really is very fun times at Ning...
:)
~julz
RETAzen PD Workshop
Posted by
julz
on
We had about 30 teachers from New Mexico here at NMSU for RETA Professional Development 2007. I enjoyed providing a workshop that was requested called Web 2.0 for Learning 2.0. Of course since my mom is The Chocolate Lady in Old Mesilla, I had chocolate incentives.
One of the more important things to come out of the workshop was the discussion on technology and ethics we had and an activity we did - RETAzen Blog Norms. To see the list of our norms, go to the RETAzens Blog. The list is on the left. I plan to see if there might be a more fun way, like with Flash to display them...
:)
Happy Blogging!
:)
~julz
Thiagi, Moodle, and eLearning
Posted by
julz
on
Thiagi is one of my favorite educators though his focus is more about business training. I received one of his newsletters today and did a bit of exploring of his resources because I had the vague memory that he uses Moodle and I will be a serious Moodle user soon along with some of New Mexico's eteachers. I found it and one of his courses is called The Four-Door Approach to Elearning.
To check it out:
- Go to http://4d-elearning.com/, I like the Wikipedia widget on the entry page :)
- Click on The Four-Door Approach to Elearning
- That’s it, explore and enjoy!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
