http://hajen.livejournal.com/507957.html

how cool is this?

http://tinychoices.com/2007/12/04/pesky-oilspill-grab-a-hairmat/

"So there’s this San Francisco non-profit called Matter of Trust, which, as one of its many projects, collects human hair from thousands of salons across the country and sends it to Georgia to be woven into mats. These mats are then used to absorb used motor oil. The used, oil-soaked mats are seeded with oyster mushrooms, which thrive on and absorb the black gunk, and after three months the whole shebang can then be safely composted.

This is bizarre and absolutely wonderfully astounding as is– but toss into the mix 58,000 gallons of spilled oil in the Bay Area in early November, and you have a recipe for what might be the greenest oil cleanup possible...."

(via tinychoices)

Published by :hajen 2007-12-04 23:15:24.0