Tag: green
Crazy Cool Phone Book Sculptures – Recycling Inspiration
Does anyone really use phone books anymore? I know I haven't in years. The moment I get them, I immediately throw them in the recycle bin. My mother is the only person I know that still uses a phone book. Everyone else I know uses the Internet to find phone numbers.
Treehugger.com featured an ...
Seed Bombs – Guerrilla Gardening Makes Cities Beautiful!
Have you ever heard of a seed bomb before? I hadn't until today. A seed bomb is a little round handmade ball made from clay, compost and seeds which are in a vending machine. You pay two quarters, get one out, and then throw it wherever you want. It will start growing a beautiful little green pa ...
A Giant Coca-Cola Man Celebrates The World Cup!
Since the Coca-Cola headquarters is about ten minutes away from my house, you can understand that here in Atlanta, Coke is tradition and a legacy all its own. When tourists come here, many times they visit The World of Coke. It's a very special place that is near and dear to us locals.
So, of c ...
The Magic Of This Art Transformed Sadness Into Happiness!
Before I moved to Atlanta years ago, I lived for a brief time in Charleston, South Carolina. In Charleston, there is a historical street called Rainbow Row where all the houses are painted different pretty pastel colors. I included a Flickr link so you can see a beautiful picture of Rainbow Row he ...
Recycled Magazine Shelf – Home Decor Inspiration
For some people, collecting old magazines is a serious hobby. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George's father collected TV Guides. I don't keep old magazines since they take up too much space in my house.
If I did; however, I would want to do something like this with them. What a w ...
Used Tea Bag Art – What a Beautiful Way to Recycle
I love both coffee and hot tea. To me, coffee is less maintenance though. You just pour it in a mug, add a little cream and go. Tea, on the other hand, takes more patience. You have to stand there while it steeps and then deal with the drippy messy tea bag when you take it out.
What do you do ...
Beautifully Designed Bottles – Now Your Tap Water Has Style!
I wrote an article a few weeks ago about a couple of guys who started a company called "Boxed Water Is Better." They suggest that drinking water out of a box is better for the environment than drinking it from plastic bottles. You can read that article here. Although I believe it is a step in the ...
A Website For A Greener Earth – Now Recycling Is Fun!
There are so many natural calamities and disasters that we hear on the news and experience ourselves like floods and earthquakes. The cause, many times, is because people have been reckless about taking care of our environment. The good thing is that there are a lot of organizations now that are t ...
Stoplight Stress Reliever – Brilliant New Design
Since I'm one of those people that usually pushes time to the very last second, and I'm on the borderline of running late for almost everything, I really don't like sitting at red traffic lights.
It's not so much the sitting there idling that bothers me; it's more the anticipation of when it will ...
Wanna Be Cool? – Drink Your Water Out of a Box
We all know the downfalls of drinking bottled water, right? I'm not going to go into any of those, but if you would like to learn more about that, you can read this article published last month on the Mother Nature Network website: 5 reasons not to drink bottled water
It's been a little over a ye ...
You’ve Never Seen (Or Smelled) Shoes Like This Before
Just when you thought you'd seen everything... I'm not sure which is more shocking about these shoes; the 10-inch heels or the elephant poop. Ok, I know which one. I think this is the strangest fashion statement I've ever seen, but I'm trying to be open-minded.
We've featured so many fun high h ...
The 6 Million Bottle Man – Making Good Use of Beer Bottles
This story is going to blow your mind. This guy that lives right outside Buenos Aires spent 19 years of his life collecting 6 million glass bottles and has now built a humongous environmentally friendly house out of them.
No matter how bizarre this sounds, this cute and crazy old man definitely ...
Mouth Watering Science Fiction Paper Art – Including DIY Link
You all are the only ones I can say this to because you are geeks like me and you will understand, but when I found out about this information today, I got so excited that my heart started beating faster.
Shunichi Makino, a profoundly talented papercraft artist from Japan, has been creating sci-f ...
The Climate Dress – Monitoring Pollution Never Looked So Good
Once again, fashion and environmental awareness collide and the result is this: The Climate Dress. There was a lot of thought, planning and love put into this dress. The technology is a collaboration between the Copenhagen design studio Diffus, the Swiss embroidery company Forster-Rohner, the Dan ...
Green Design | Old Tires Transformed Into Chairs
Yesterday I wrote an article about a designer that creates 3-piece furniture sets from discarded, broken shopping carts. If you would like to see the fabulous pictures of these chairs, you can check them out here: Interior Design | Recycled Shopping Carts
Today, as a follow up, I would like to s ...