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 […]
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Why Dumpster Diving for Food in Spain Could Cost You 750 Euros
Share This: Incredibly, some cities in Spain are now fining people who search through dumpsters for food the equivalent of nearly $1000; while elsewhere, other communities are beginning to understand the power inherent in salvaging and reusing resources gleaned … Continue reading
Posted in activism, food, reuse, Society, waste
Tagged Brooklyn, dumpster diving, Economy, fine, food dumpster dives, freegan, garbage, gift economy, In Europe, is dumpster diving legal?, madrid, scavenge, spain, trash
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Laurence Vallières Creates a Menagerie from Cardboard
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Tagged animal, art spiegelman, city, gallery, george orwell, Installation, laurence vallieres, menagerie, Recycled Materials, rubbish, trash
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China Produces 80 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Per Year, Putting its Forests at Risk
Photo via Shutterstock For those that aren’t very deft at handling chopsticks, now there’s a good reason to opt for the reusable fork instead. In the latest news of ecological disaster in China, the country’s taste for disposable wooden chopsticks is … Continue reading
Carly Fischer Carefully Recreates Everyday Trash From Paper
Read the rest of Carly Fischer Carefully Recreates Everyday Trash From Paper Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: artlink, australia, australia council, berlin, berlin art link, carly fischer, die tageszeitung, Melbourne, Paper, RMIT University, rubbish, sculpture, the … Continue reading
The Goedzak is a Special Rubbish Bag for Curbside Donations
One of the great joys of living in the urban jungle is the daily discovery of treasures left out on the sidewalk. Sadly, the elements have a way of destroying the best finds before hunters have a chance to give … Continue reading
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Tagged altruism, Amsterdam, bag, curbside, donations, dutch, goedzak, kringloop het goed, Recycling / Compost, Recycling initiatives, rubbish, sack, second hand, simon akkaya, trash, urban design, waarmakers
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Japanese Artist Makaon Recycles Trash into American Pop Culture Icons
Read the rest of Japanese Artist Makaon Recycles Trash into American Pop Culture Icons Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: american pop culture, batman, cans, darth vader, eco design, eco-art, green design, Japanese art, Makaon, Pop Culture, … Continue reading
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Tagged american pop culture, batman, cans, carousel showcase, darth vader, eco design, eco-art, gallery, green design, Japanese art, Makaon, Pop Culture, Recycled Materials, recycling, sustainable design, trash
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Mark Oliver’s Litter Bugs are Intricate Insects Made from Trash and Found Objects
Read the rest of Mark Oliver’s Litter Bugs are Intricate Insects Made from Trash and Found Objects Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: chart beetle, entomologist, foun objects, found objects, insect art, lamp fly, litter bugs, mark … Continue reading
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Tagged carousel showcase, chart beetle, entomologist, foun objects, found objects, gallery, insect art, lamp fly, litter bugs, mark oliver, recycled art, Recycled Materials, trash
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Large-Scale Sierra Nevada Clean-Up Sees 90,000 Pounds of Trash Collected
This year during the Great Sierra River Clean-up, over 2,500 volunteers banded together to collect discarded junk and rubbish that made its way on to the picturesque California landscape. According to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, the Great Sierra River Clean-up, … Continue reading
Large-Scale Sierra Nevada Clean-Up Sees 90,000 Pounds of Trash Collected
This year during the Great Sierra River Clean-up, over 2,500 volunteers banded together to collect discarded junk and rubbish that made its way on to the picturesque California landscape. According to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, the Great Sierra River Clean-up, … Continue reading
A Statement Bin That Blends Manmade & Natural Materials
. Is it plastic? Is it natural fiber? These mini-bins are both - and are handmade by indigenous tribes in the Philippines. Nature vs. man-made can make for a strange visual juxtaposition, as evidenced by these mini-basket-bins, hybrid trash cans that fuse cutting-edge vision … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeta, bin, fairtrade. Preda, Philippines, rattan, rubbish, trash
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