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 moments when we wake up from the monotonous parts of our day and breathe a little deeper knowing that this is our life and we only get to live each day o ...
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-ups this year, and she confirmed that plastic was what they picked up the most. She even wrote an article about how we can turn discarded plastic int ...
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 people think the only way to do that is to do something big, profound and time consuming. However, that's not the case. Sometimes the simplest little th ...
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 in a string of gadgets in Asia to go viral. So much so, that it's actually considered the geekiest thing to have right now. It's rapidly spreading t ...
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 non biodegradable. What this means is that their composition will not be broken down easily, thus they can pollute our environment. When we did two ...
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 to protect this natural resource.
Can you tell what they are made from by looking at them? Probably not. They are designed from recycled plumbin ...
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, half used rolls of tape, pens, mismatched socks and extra buttons.
In a nutshell, Zac Freeman takes the contents of random junk drawers (combined w ...
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 have designer wallets, others just use plain ones. They joke that as long as it's a lucky wallet, it doesn't have to be branded.
I once had a wallet ...
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 ever think about where all your trash is going once it's down inside that garbage can outside your house? Or, do you even give a second thought to what ...
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 birdhouses. Combine that with my love of everything pixilated, and you will understand why I would live in one of these birdhouse cities if I were a bird.
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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 paper we use? I know it's important for the environment that we recycle, but is this going too far? I dunno, you decide.
This is the concept in ...
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 represent deeply personal representations of events as seen by designer Jacquline Rush Lee.
She's been working with used books for almost a decade. ...
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 recycled and used again and again. However, some people think that this is not the way to do things. There are materials out there that can be used ...
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 have a lot of friends; however, that collect old records. Apparently they can be very sentimental and bring back wonderful memories.
My favorite part ...
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 is gorgeous and funky.
What could be more beautiful than a dress handmade from 1,000 cranes folded a'la origami style from newspapers? You'll notic ...