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Coconut Shells: Not Just For Mermaids Anymore

 Green Lifestyle  (tags: business, conservation, CoolStuff, coolstuff, design, eco-friendly, ecosystems, goodnews, green, greenliving, greenproducts, interesting, recycling, shopping, Sustainabililty, sustainable, world )

Paul
- 50 days ago - triplepundit.com
Making what would otherwise be burnt or thrown away into beautiful tiles, backing them with FSC wood, and binding it all together with low/zero VOC glues is Kirei, which means clean/beautiful in Japanese.
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Past Member (0)
Friday October 3, 2008, 1:15 pm
Ooooooh! Pretty!

(Wonder if this could become an export industry in Mexico, to provide jobs, since coconut palms grow well in parts there.)
 

Rachel D. (13)
Friday October 3, 2008, 4:32 pm
Good idea
 

Linda B. (50)
Friday October 3, 2008, 7:50 pm
Makes sense. The shells are very sturdy.
 

Janet Wintle (77)
Saturday October 4, 2008, 8:11 am
This is the way Forward, using what mother nature gives you in a harmless way. Well done! Blessings on you all, Amen Janet
 
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