Since the BP oil spill, I’ve become pretty much consumed trying to eliminate every last possible petroleum-based product from my daily routine. I know my actions aren’t going to stop the spill directly, but it feels good to know that I may be helping to reduce our reliance on oil in the long run. As Amanda Little, author of Power Trip, has said, we need to save what little oil we have left for “its best and highest use,” finding sustainable alternatives wherever possible.
To that end, today’s featured alternative is a totally nifty product called EcoCradle. You know those big pieces of polystyrene that are used to cushion the ends of furniture and electronics in shipping boxes? Well, instead of being made from petroleum, EcoCradle is manufactured (actually grown, using a living organism) from agricultural byproducts like cotton burrs and buckwheat hulls. The process uses a mere one-tenth of the energy required to make synthetic polystyrene.
Read the whole story here.
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