Tag: environment
Waste In Space: It’s Not Just Earth That Needs Cleaning Up
I know there is a lot of garbage on earth, that's no surprise, but I never thought about it being in space before. And yes, most of the trash in space is caused by humans. Space debris is commonly defined as nonfunctional, human-made materials in orbit caused by everything from spent booster stages ...
Going Green: iPhone 4 and iPad Covers Made From Plants
How can something made from 100% plant material look and feel just like plastic? I have no idea, but apparently it's possible. Just last week Bioserie released their brand new line of printed iPhone 4 covers made completely from plants (including the coloring agents and packaging). It's actually ...
Artistic Inspiration: Laptops Created From Wood Scraps
It seems like everyday there are new articles published with ways we can help to save our environment. It's so important that we all make an effort to do what we can to be nice to our planet, after all, for the moment, it's the only place we have to live.
One thing I've learned and that we've wr ...
Now You Can Play Diner Dash On Facebook
When I was a young girl, aside from playing teacher, I would always play diner girl with my sister. We would bring out our tea sets and our little tables and chairs and play waitress and customer all day. We had so many different types of tea sets and cooking play sets and even a little baking ov ...
Learn How To Help The Environment On Facebook
People often ask me, "What do you really do for a living?" I usually tell them that I work in an advertising agency. I am part of a team that does digital work for various clients. When I try to explain my work sometimes, it is still hard for them to understand. I am pretty lucky that I truly en ...
Architecture Slide: Another Reason To Stay Young Forever
Around a couple years ago, we started seeing posts and articles on pretty much every blog and website about multinational companies and their offices springing up like wildflowers. We got grand tours in either images or video on Google, Digg, Facebook and even Twitter. It's insanely inspirational ...
The Octopus That Lives In A Beer Bottle
We talk a lot about recycling on Bit Rebels. We only have one planet Earth, and once it's ruined, we can't just make another one. We have to each take responsibility and do our individual parts to help the environment thrive. It's really the only way to make a difference. It really takes the par ...
Recycling: Old Plastic Toys Get A New Life As A Dog
If you have young children, you probably know what it's like to have itty-bitty toys all around your house. Whether it's little plastic numbers, pieces of broken figures or used crayons, that stuff just seems to accumulate everywhere. My son, who is ten years old, has gotten to the age where he is ...
Help the Homeless & the Environment with Plastic Bags
We are very passionate about helping homeless men, women and children. It's hard to imagine what being homeless would be like unless we are put in that situation. Only because I spend so much time assisting people in that predicament, I have learned not to take the simple things in life for grante ...
Science: How To Clone An Extinct Mammoth
Whaaaaat? When I first read about this, I thought, "This is just wrong!" But, I never want to be a person that snubs technology, so I guess I'll warm up to it. Long story short, scientists recently announced that they are very close (about 4 years away) from cloning a woolly mammoth.
Whenever ...
National Geographic: The World’s Population & Our Planet
Did you know that in 2011, the world's population will reach 7 billion people? Did you also know that if we all stood shoulder to shoulder, all 7 billion people could fit in Los Angeles? Did you know that in every second five people are born and two people die? This fantastic 3-minute video by Na ...
Funky Cool Belt Buckles Made From License Plates
We write a lot about recycling on Bit Rebels. It's very interesting to do a search on this site for the word "recycle," and look at the articles in order of when they were written. It's fascinating to me that we can see the progression of how people around the world are getting more and more origi ...
Recycling: The Merry-Go-Round Made Out Of Bicycles!
This article is near and dear to me because I love merry-go-rounds, I love my bicycle and more than both of those, I love recycling. This artistic creation combines all three of those.
Robert Wechsler, an artist living in Los Angeles, is known for his unusual yet simple installations. I remembe ...
Recycling Inspiration: A House Made From Newspapers
Do you know of anyone that still gets their news from a newspaper? I remember when I was a little girl, we had a "paper boy" that delivered a newspaper to our house every morning. I don't know of anyone that reads a newspaper anymore. I don't like newspapers because they make my hands dirty, so l ...
How To: Recycle Old Jeans Into A Cell Phone Case
For a woman, finding the perfect pair of blue jeans is like finding the Holy Grail. We try on dozens of pairs, and once we find the right ones, we love them, nurture them and keep them safe like they were our best friend.
I own two pairs of blue jeans that I treasure. I've had them both for sev ...