Tag: environment
Signs of Life: What Makes You Feel Alive?
What makes you feel alive in your life? What are those things that make your heart beat fast and let you know that you are actually alive? Those mom ...
Gorgeous Vacuum Cleaners Created From Ocean Trash
It's no secret that our oceans are polluted with trash. Plastic is the most common material found on our beaches. Misty did two massive beach clean- ...
Beautify The World: Rooftop Gardens On City Buses
It's such a wonderful feeling to know that we can do something to make the world a better place. As Richard and I have talked about before, many peop ...
Bamboo: The New Hype Material For A Keyboard And Mouse!
At first, I was a little skeptic when I saw this new keyboard and mouse made out of bamboo. However, it turned out to be the new cool and the latest ...
How To: Make A Laptop Case With Recycled Plastic!
We use plastic bags all the time and why not? It's convenient. However, it has its downside, most of the plastics that we use for shopping bags are ...
Design: Steampunk Lights With An Important Message
These liquid lights are so inspiring on so many different levels. Tanya Clarke created them to remind us about how precious water is, and how we need ...
Junk Drawer and Trash Portraits: Creative Inspiration
Do you have a "junk drawer" at your house? You know, it's the place where you toss things that don't really have a place to be stored like old keys, ...
The Mighty Wallet: A Strong, Earth Friendly Way To Carry Cash
We all carry money differently. Some of us carry big wallets, some carry leather pouches, and others just use a coin purse. Some friends of mine hav ...
Milk Carton Castle: World’s Largest Recycled Sculpture!
Once again, we are going to touch on the subject of being environmentally aware and thinking about what we are doing and how. For example, do you eve ...
Pixilated Birdhouse Cities: Where The Trendy Birds Live
When my father was alive, one of his favorite pastimes was building wooden birdhouses in his workshop, so I have especially fond memories of birdhouse ...
Introducing The Reusable Toilet Paper Roll!
I admit, I had second thoughts about writing on this topic. After all, do we really want or need to reuse anything that is associated with the toilet ...
Sophisticated Book Sculptures – Recycling Inspiration
At first glance, I bet you wouldn't guess the sculptures you see below are created from used books, would you? These lovely flowering pieces of art r ...
Disposable Printer: Good Or Bad Idea?
In today's environmentally aware society, it seems everything is moving towards robust, long lasting and environmentally friendly products that can be ...
Clocks Created From Vinyl Records – Retro Meets Recycling
Vinyl records are just a tad before my time. I had a few of them when I was very young, but for most of my childhood, it was the cassette era. I hav ...
Extreme Origami – 1,000 Newspaper Cranes In One Dress
Outlandish and trendy fashion is so much fun, isn't it? All you fashionistas out there know that the recycled look is hot right now, and this dress i ...