Tag Archive: RISD

Hot off the Press (the other kind of press)

The online magazine, eGFI, a publication of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), has just published a story about our collaboration with RISD. Take a look.
http://students.egfi-k12.org/waste-for-life-making-trash-useful/

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Some Magazine News about the RISD/Waste For Life Collaboration

Here are links to two recent articles from treehugger and ecouterre about our collaboration with RISD:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/cool-and-easy-to-make-recycled-plastic-bags-rain-boots.php
http://www.ecouterre.com/14353/turn-used-plastic-bags-into-a-pair-of-upcycled-rain-boots/

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Manufacturing Materials @ RISD

Students at RISD have done a significant amount of material investigation many of which are collected in a set on the RISD-Waste4Life Flickr site.  And attached are recipes of some of the most salient experiments.
RISD-W4L Recipes

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RISD Teams Up With Waste for Life

During the 2009-2010 academic year the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) joins the Waste for Life effort through a number of on-campus initiatives.

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