Photo credit: Collin Dunn The ballooning rates of people coming to the Galapagos, as residents or tourists , over the past few years has created a variety of environmental concerns for the islands. Not least of these is waste management, as the increasing human presence has created an unprecedented amount of waste. While creating and implementing a zero wa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3 Things the U.S. Can Learn About Recycling from the Galapagos
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Images Credit Tyler Held TreeHugger loves repurposing, even more than recycling. Artists and designers have the opportunity to challenge us with new ideas, new ways of looking at what we used to throw away. But can one have too much of a good thing? Designboom writes that Philadelphia designer Tyler Held “focuses on his process of repair and customization. he exposes the renovation of a once discarded object by highlighting functional and aesthetic hybridity.” In this case, he creates a hybrid between an old stove and a m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Repurposed Stove Turned Into High Power Entertainment System
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I am B Artists do amazing things with garbage; we have shown whole exhibitions of it. I am B ink and media blog gave artist Faith Pearson their empty ink cartridges (do people at media blogs still print?)… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Creative Recycling: Artist Turns Ink Cartridges Into Sci-Fi Art
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There is something so iconic about a Campbell soup can, particularly after Andy Warhol got hold of them. Now William Heefer of Fuse has recycled pop art into light fixtures. He collects the industrial sized cans from restaurants and cafés in Dublin and ” celebrates the cross over between popular culture and sustainability.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Andy Warhol Gets Recycled with Fuse Soup Can Lights
That was fast! On July 1, 2010 the Ontario government introduced an eco fee on manufacturers and importers of goods that produce hazardous waste. The list of 8,700 items affected included cleaning products, asthma inhalers, laundry detergent, paints, antifreeze, fluorescent bulbs, sun screen, potting soil, windshield washers and fire extinguishers. It was expensive for some items: $26. on the new t.v., only ¢6 on sun screen. But it served an important purpose: the goal was to shift the cost of disposing hazardous waste from the taxpayer to the manufacturers and importers and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Ontario Blinks: Eco Fee Canned
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“Peace Bomb Bracelet” by Article 22. Image courtesy of Article 22 . An accessory that creates work for Lao artisans, repurposes war debris from the 250-260 million bombs dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War, and acts as a subtle style statement for peace? Enter the Peace Bomb bracelet by Article 22 . We first heard about this exciting project when we met Elizabeth Suda, founder and designer Article … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Beautiful Bracelets Born from Vietnam War Scrap Metal and Repurposed by Lao Artisans
Gregg Fleishman humanizes prefab homes with visibly joined rhombicubes. Photos by RCruger At last weekend’s Dwell on Design 2010 , the conference showcased design-forward products and projects from prefab homes to green roofs, delivering three days of practical eco-ideas and dream green homes. Speakers included Ed Begley Jr. pushing the SRO audi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image from the Observer The Observer Ethical Awards are the Oscars of the environmental crowd: an important award honouring people whose efforts are an inspiration to us all. This year Gordon Roddick, the husband of Anita Roddick , of Body Shop fame, won the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is someone who has been just under the radar but way out there for years.
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Roddick Wins Ethical Award
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