Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review
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The Shack: Marin County Retreat Restored to Reveal Old-Growth Timber Features
Read the rest of The Shack: Marin County Retreat Restored to Reveal Old-Growth Timber Features Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bay area, California, Feldman Architecture, green interiors, green renovation, green roofs, home renovations, home tours, interior … Continue reading
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Andrea Ponsi’s Sprawling House on the Bay is Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy
Read the rest of Andrea Ponsi’s Sprawling House on the Bay is Powered Entirely by Renewable Energy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: AIA SF, Andrea Ponsi, bay area, House on the Bay, Jensen Architects, marin county, … Continue reading
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David Baker’s Station Center Affordable Housing Development Transforms a Brownfield Site in Union City, CA
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Reclamation Etchworks Creates Modern Spirit Decanters From Recycled Glass Bottles
Reclamation Etchworks creates modern day spirit decanters for your home bar by upcycling bottles collected in local San Francisco restaurants. With the help of an entire community of bartenders they were able to amass an inventory of empty bottles to … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol decanter, decanter, green design, Green Drinks, green food, green Interiors, Green Kitchen, Green Products, Reader Submitted Content, Reclamation Etchworks, recycled bottles, recycled decanter, Recycled Materials, San Francisco, sustainable design, Sustainable interiors
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Tour Some of Marin County’s Best Homes at AIA SF’s Marin Living: Home Tours
Heads up San Francisco Bay Area architecture fans – AIA SF’s 2013 Marin Living:Home Tours is back again! For the past three years, the owners of some of Marin County’s most impressive homes have opened their doors, allowing the public … Continue reading
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Beautiful Wood Records Created Using a Laser Cutter
Forget vinyl – engineer Amanda Ghassaei has developed a technique for cutting records into wood! Using a Epilog 120 Watt Legend EXT laser cutter, she was able to create digital waveform files from MP3s, which she then converted into PDFs. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d printer, amanda ghassaei, cnc cutter, files, Instructables, joy division, laser cutter, mp3, music, pdf, radiohead, record, San Francisco, Sustainable Materials, the velvet underground, vector, vinyl, wood
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Beautiful Wood Records Created Using a Laser Cutter
Forget vinyl – engineer Amanda Ghassaei has developed a technique for cutting records into wood! Using a Epilog 120 Watt Legend EXT laser cutter, she was able to create digital waveform files from MP3s, which she then converted into PDFs. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d printer, amanda ghassaei, cnc cutter, files, Instructables, joy division, laser cutter, mp3, music, pdf, radiohead, record, San Francisco, Sustainable Materials, the velvet underground, vector, vinyl, wood
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Glowing Plant Project Creates Bioluminescent Plants for Natural Lighting
Why use a light bulb to illuminate your home when you could just fill it with glowing plants? That’s the question asked by Antony Evans, the head of a team of bio-engineers in San Francisco, California. The team has launched … Continue reading
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Tagged antony eveans, arabidopsis, bioengineer, California, CO2, gene, genome compiler, glowing plant, Green Lighting, green technology, kickstarter, luciferase, rose, San Francisco, seeds
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San Francisco Drops Law Mandating Radiation Warning Labels on Cell Phones
Photo via Shutterstock Citing high costs and extreme resistance from the mobile phone industry, San Francisco has dropped a law that would have required a radiation warning label to be placed on all new mobile phones sold within the city limits. On Tuesday, the … Continue reading
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