November 30, 2012 - Resources : Blog

94 Elements
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94 Elements is a global filmmaking project, exploring our lives through the lens of the elements. The stories of the elements are the stories of our own lives.
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November 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

SWEEEP Kuusakoski – What Happens to our Recycled Electronics?
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Robert Beagley-Brown looks at what happens to recycled electronics following his visit to Sweeep in Sittingbourne, Kent.
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November 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Cornish mining, hardhats, deconstruction & the global supply chain
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Leap design tell us about their day at Geevor Tin Mine with The Great Recovery.
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November 26, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia
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Friends of the Earth are calling for smartphone producers to implement a plan that will put an end to the human and environmental problems of their products' raw materials.
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November 26, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Royal Designers at The Great Recovery Workshop
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We were delighted to welcome Royal Designers for Industry, Kenneth Grange and Terence Woodgate, to our e-waste workshop at Sweeep, Kent.
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November 22, 2012 - Resources : Blog

What’s in my Stuff?
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What's In My Stuff? is an interdisciplinary research project which brings together scientists and artists in order to explore the everyday objects we all own and use.
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November 15, 2012 - Resources : Blog

The Restart Project
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The restart project host events, encouraging you to bring along your broken electronics and learn how to fix them.
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October 29, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Deconstruction #2: Mobile Phone
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The next item in the firing line of our deconstruction series is an old phone. It’s been sitting at the bottom of a drawer, ‘just in case’ it was needed, but it hasn’t been used in a long, long time. This phone isn’t alone in being popped to one...
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October 24, 2012 - Resources : Blog

Visual Elements Periodic Table
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The Royal Society of Chemists have created this interactive periodic table that not only tells you the history and alchemy of the elements, but also their level of supply risk.
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