Dear Friends--Perhaps this material could be grown locally to provide the basis for compostable, locally manufactured products to replace items made in China? "Paper" bags, plates, etc.?? I have no Ithaca Hours to invest in such a venture, but I wish I did..... Tom
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010306072852.htm P.S.: Another article from the same source describes the efforts of Cornell Engineering Professor Emmanuel P Giannelis to make another type of biodegradable plastic. I am a little leary of the rush to nano particle-based materials, but we'll see.... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/03/010306072852.htm Tom Shelley 118 E. Court St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607 342-0864 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/99319958 P I thank you for printing this e-mail only if it is necessary "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The World Commission on Environment and Development, Gro Harlem Brundtland Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 MY NOTE: Sustainable development does not mean "sustainable growth" as growth per se is not sustainable. And the term "sustainable" has to mean "for a very long time" (A. Bartlett). "The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives." Sioux proverb _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
