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Eco-Graphic: The Importance Of Water
Access to clean water is a global crisis, in fact leaders say it is our number 1 crisis today. (Apologies, cannot find the source for the infographic) The Facts About Clean Water: Source and More Infomation @ Blue Planet Network 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water, roughly one-sixth [...]
Eco Friendly Wood Bikes Around The World
Who would have thought there were so many wood bikes around? Would you believe that Leonardo D’Vinci or one of his students is credited with designing the first bike? In the beginning the first bikes were actually made from wood. We have blogged on where to recycle bikes and how to re-purpose bicycles, and Bamboo [...]
Top 10 Protest Books Of All Times
In light of the major protest of SOPA and PIPA we thought we would share with our readers how they used to protest in the form of books. Without literature, society falls apart. One can argue the same thing about pretty much any creative or academic pursuit, of course, but the written word boasts an [...]
Eco-Graphic: The High Cost Of Consumerism
The average American goes through about 4.4 pounds of garbage a day. Take a trip to your local landfill and check out the sheer amount of mattresses, furniture, packaging (even with recycling) clothes, shoes, paper, diapers, styrofoam and more. What is cost is incredible. Also take into consideration the high cost to taxpayers to collect [...]
Eccentric Eco Friendly Shoe-Crafting
I am sitting here with 4 pairs of tennis shoes, with no tread, ripped and torn. As much I love them, it is time for them to go away. So What to Do? We have blogged on biodegradable Shoes, Chopstick FlipFlops, The FlipFlop Project, Nike Shoe Reuse Program. I just Gotta Eco Ya: Sneakers are [...]
Got Milk? Drink Your Clothes! Fabrics Made From Milk
Anke Domaske is a 28 year old biologist and fashion designer who makes clothes from a very unusual fabric, milk yarn. Calling it QMilch She has come up with an easy and environmentally friendly way to extract fibres from milk and her designs are proving very successful. Advantages: Costa Rica Eco-Tourism
Eco-Graphic : The Cost Of The Oil Spill
Our First Eco-Graphic of the year. The horrible cost of the BP Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (aka BP Oil Spill) is turning out to be one of the worst oil disasters in history. How much damage has BP done? How will they make up for it? Source Do Something BP made [...]
FSC Certified Wood Martin Guitars
While we have blogged on Eco Friendly Guitars before, 175 year old industry leader, Martin Guitars announced that they will be manufacturing sustainable FSC certified wood guitars. What I find the most impressive, is the fact that Martin is thinking of his kids. ‘I don’t want my daughter to think we killed the last tree.’ [...]
Incredibile Infographic: Toxic Effects Of Surfing
Some might think, I am a little obsessed with Green Surfing, but having grown up in a surfing environment and picking up surf trash and loving the ocean, I think it is so important to keep our oceans and beaches clean from all those who love water. From The Green Surf Shop
Re-Use Kitchen Appliances- Make Bizarre Hats
Absolutely loved this vintage 1950′s video on Bizarre Hats based upon kitchen appliances. We did Reuse Graters, but look at molds, teapots and a few more. Can use these ideas to invent your own Hat Fashions. I know it is not exactly reusing, but as they say ‘What can be done with a little imagination [...]
Happy New Year: Charlie Chaplin Speech
One of the best videos on YouTube, still applicable today. Charlie Chaplins Speech In the Great Dictator, 1940. Amazing how this is still applicable today. May we remember this in 2012.
Incredible Fantasy Garden Made With Recycled Materials
Wow, I wish I lived in Tampa, check out this incredible fantasy recycled material garden. ‘Here, thousands of recycled plastic bottles have gone under the knife and found new life as flamboyant florals. Cascading compact discs reflect light that dances throughout the garden like thousands of fairies. Aluminum cans, braided in the shape of snowflakes, [...]
Jingle All the Way to the Recycling Bin: 12 Christmas Recycling Tips
One of the best and worst things about the Holidays, is the sheer amount of Stuff. You can recycle and re-use much of it for other occasions throughout the year. Saving and re-using for next year can save a lot of time and money. Here are some top Tips for Recycling and Reusing for the [...]
Top 22 Ways To ReUse Spice Tins
All of a sudden I have 3 empty spice tins and of course they are recycable, but what else can be done to keep out of the landfills? You can basically do many of the same things as re-using your altoid tins. The challenge come in with the top pouring square shape. 1.) Store spices [...]
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