Next Green Thing: Reverse Carpentry

By Abby Goldstein on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Often on Word of Mouth, we look for the Next Green Thing -- new ways people are working to make the earth a healthier place to live. This applies to all aspects of our society, and Tuesday on the show, we look at one man's efforts to make the construction industry more sustainable. His name is Der Lovett, owner of Lovett Deconstruction, and you might call him a reverse carpenter. As the cost of building supplies increases and landfills are burdened by excessive waste, Der dismantles buildings piece by piece, harvesting usable materials and redirecting other materials to recycling centers. Some people recycle their cans and bottles; Der recycles entire buildings.

Producer Ryan White followed Der to work one day and filed this story. The piece was part of KBOO's Earth Day special, "Follow the Garbage". KBOO is a community radio station in Portland, Oregon. This piece comes to us via the Public Radio Exchange.
(Photo by Robert Dalton)

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For those who liked Day To Day at noon, I suggest this online feed:

http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/index

Submitted by boredofmouth on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 13:33.

If you like Day to Day, there are a number of ways you can access this program. Its a national program produced by National Public Radio, so its available to you in a number of formats on-line. You can podcast it or stream it directly from the NPR homepage at http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=17.

Submitted by abby on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 13:46.

The problem is that I and many others enjoy Day To Day during it's lunchtime feed and you've chosen to pre-empt it two days a week.

The link I provided is available live at noon. It's not the only one.

Submitted by boredofmouth on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 11:01.

And me too suggest this:
http://www.wgbh.org/cainan/index

Submitted by n34 on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 15:12.

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