French Knitting with Reclaimed Plastic Yarn

How could you possibly resist a blog entry with a title like this? Anyway, Mike over at Atomic Shrimp shows how to do something a bit more creative with that mound of plastic shopping bags that you've been saving to reuse. If you're like me, just reusing them to throw something out doesn't seem to cut it.

Kids love to knit using the French bobbin technique, and I have no idea why it seems to be something that we outgrow. It's a pity really because it truly is a lot of fun.

I don't think I would be as ambitious to take on this for an initial project but it at least shows what is possible to generate ideas.

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Sustainable Sanitation

Bulgarian organization Earth Forever has as one of it's areas of interest how to handle the problem of so much water being used to dispose of human waste. Their solution? Don't use any...

Their Mission: "We consider our mission to promote community sustainable development through proper environmental management, efficient economic practice, social justice."

You can check out their research here.

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Women At Risk

Women At Risk International is an organization whose aim is fighting "gendercide".

THE PROBLEM
UNVEILING THE HIDDEN GENDERCIDE is our goal. Every 2-4 years the world looks away from a victim count on the scale of Hitler�s Holocaust. Women face nothing short of a �Hidden Gendercide��114 to 200 million women are �demographically missing� from dowry deaths, infanticide, domestic violence and all manner of risk. (UN Secretary General).

THE SOLUTION
OUR PASSION is to give voice to the silenced cries of women of the world who flow through our projects, creating circles of protection and hope. We offer a safe place to turn crisis into a story of hope by wrapping arms of love and whispering the message of worth.

Check out the W.A.R. Chest online shop.

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Cleaning up in Beijing

The quality of the air in Beijing isn�t the only thing that the image-conscious government of China is improving. More appealing English translations of traditional dishes have been provided to restaurants in preparation for the upcoming Olympic visitors. �Husband and wife�s lung slice� will now be rendered as �beef and ox tripe in chili sauce,� while �bean curd made by pockmarked woman� becomes �mapo tofu�.

(No, I�m not making this up.)

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Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

Over half of the world's 100 uncontacted tribes live in either Brazil or Peru. These pictures were taken to help prove that these tribes do in fact exist and to help efforts to protect their land.

BBC NEWS Americas Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil

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Know your current events?

Take the quiz over at The Week magazine's site to test your knowledge. It's a quick 10 question look at news from around the world that will check how well you've been paying attention. It's updated every Friday so it's a good (and humbling) way to end the week.