Lixo T by João Miguel Rodrigues

The Lixo T project is an innovative home recycling system that helps the consumer to separate his garbage. Since people don't show a single effort to recycle, mainly because they don't suffer the long term consequences directly, I decided to make an irony out of that with this project.

The objective of this project is to "force" people to learn how to properly recycle the diverse types of garbage or else they get blasted with their garbage. Literally.

PHASE #1 | Research
João Rodrigues . Miguel Fernandes

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Greenpeace Advertisement “You are my Sunshine”  accessed on the 25th of March

Humoristic Greenpeace advertisement about energy efficient light bulbs that goes around the slogan Until the sun shines out of your arse, use a energy efficient light bulb.

National Geographic, April 2007 – Article “Águas Mortas” (by Fen Montaigne/ photos from Randy Olson and Brian Skerry)

This National Geographic article alerts us to one of the main problems of our planet's sustainability: the overexploration of the marine ecosystem.

There's an eminent danger of the extinction of certain species that could lead eventually to the extinction of every single species. The captures are done at a three times superior rate than they should according to the sustainability tax.

“Os oceanos defrontam-se com problemas profundamente graves. Do extremo norte do mar da Gronelândia ao turbilhão do círculo polar antárctico, andamos a esvaziar os nossos mares de peixe. É possível que, desde 1900, algumas espécies se tenham visto reduzidas em quase 90&… e a situação está a piorar.”

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Revista Azul, March/April 2008 – Comemorative Edition of the “Azul” magazine from Caixa Geral de Depósitos focused on the environmental issues and planet preservation. The magazine contains several environment-friendly solutions and services from the bank and also inform the reader of some measures and places on Portugal that are being preserved by the company.

Highlight to the cover quote: "We don't inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Indian Proverb"

Greenpeace Advertisement “Alien Invasion”accessed on the 28th of March

Greenpeace advertisement that informs the spectator through a humoristic dialogue between several aliens about if should they invade planet Earth or not. While they discuss the pros and cons, the spectator is informed about several issues regarding the planet environment.

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Connect2Earth accessed on the 25th of March

Connect2earth is an online community website (Web 2.0) created by the WWF foundation where the users can post videos or photos regarding the Environment. The user with the most voted video or photo in the community gets a chance of attending on the ‘World Conservation Congress – Barcelona 2008’.

Quercus Newspaper, March/April 2008 – Article “Da Arquitectura Bioclimática à Arquitectura Sustentável”

This article informs us about what is Sustainable Arquitecture and it's importance. Of the several characteristics of this type of architecture listed, the following stand out: reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, renew and respect.

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