| Vol.
I, No. 3 | Winter
Solstice & Holidays | Dec.
15th, 2000 |
Links
to Working Together On-Line The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. And, to put it all in context, best estimates say
that only a fraction, maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there is actually making its
way to the search engines.
Well ...
Here at DownStreet, we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we
post a few links in Working Together to sites that might interest you.
Sometimes the links will be related to one another ... sometimes
we'll just offer up a somewhat random sampling. In either case, we think
we might be able to help you find the kind of site you've been looking for.
Of course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be
of interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the
bustle. ...
We hope you enjoy the following sites as
much as we do. Recycling Sites on the Net Vermont
Retroworks - eReduce, eReuse, eRecycle This is
Vermont Retroworks' web site. {Note: Robin Ingerthorn explained
to us that the folks they hired to design their web did a nice job as far as
looks go. But some of the web elements they used in the design are not
quite compatible with everyone's browser. So if you go and can't get
on, try again next month. DownStreet is going to be helping
Retroworks design a site that works for everybody's browser.}
The web
site is pretty straightforward. The sections include:
Electronics Recycling | Other Recycling | Consulting and Technical
Assistance | Contact Us | Job Training | Social Services | Thrift Store |
Press Kit. {You can read the write-up's in USNWR, WSJ,
and The Globe by clicking on 'Press Kit'.
The site is
generally comprised of basic text info, as well as an e-mail link. But
we're hoping to help them beef it up in the not-too-distant future.
Meanwhile, poke around.
Rating *** [3 stars].
. The
Internet Consumer Recycling Guide Among the Internet
Consumer Recycling Guide's offerings is one which they call "The
World's Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide - Simple, basic,
general." But the offerings don't stop there.
In addition
to their basic Guide, Internet Consumer recycling also provides two others
-- a "Guide to recycling common materials" and a
"Guide to hard-to-recycle materials." {Among the
hard-to-recycle categories listed, 3 of 10 were computer-related.} A
third -- "Reducing unwanted mail" -- provides some simple
techniques for curbing one of the largest sources of unnecessary
landfill. There are also Links to "recycling factoids" and
"USA Recycling Prices."
This Internet Consumer Recycling
Guide is a solid offering. The site is quick and straightforward.
Rating
**** [4 stars].
. Anti-Recycling
Myths For those who aren't convinced that recycling
makes sense ... or for those who may want to boost their recycling IQ's ...
this offering comes from the Environmental Defense Fund.
"Anti-Recycling
Myths" is a commentary on "Recycling is Garbage," an article
written by John Tierney which had appeared in the New York Times Magazine,
June 30, 1996. The authors -- Richard A. Denison, Ph. D., a Senior
Scientist at the Fund, and John F. Ruston, an Economic Analyst -- take on
"10 myths" against recycling.
However you tend to come down
on the question of recycling, this paper, orginally written shortly after
the NYTM article appeared, is worth a look.
Rating: ***1/2 [3-1/2
stars]. .
*******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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