Category Archives: recycled

Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review

Electropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in [...]

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Skateboard Sculptures of Haroshi

Check out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi.  He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures.

 
His method of wooden [...]

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Beads For Change

Are you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year?  Check out Beads for Change.  This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums.  They are refugees after decades of war in [...]

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Getting In Bernie Madoff’s Pants

They say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants??  Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers [...]

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The Ultimate Solar Light

Here in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity.  It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world.  They’re simply living hand to [...]

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Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles Tees

Talking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale.  Yup, half off!  So, what could you spend half as much on??  Well, they’ve got an outstanding [...]

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Readable Furniture

What to do with those stacks and stacks of old books?  Laura Cahill is a British artist who wondered just that same thing.  She kept a diary of all of the items being discarded within a mile from her town center [...]

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Which Came First??

And I just throw my egg shells in the compost!!  Who knew I was getting it wrong all these years?  Check out Kyle Bean‘s amazing egg shell creation titled “What Came First”.  The detail on the piece is truly amazing [...]

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Hump Day Etsy Find: Girl Geek Boutique

I’ve been around the electronics industry for years as my Dad has run a successful small electronics company for the last 20 or so years.  When they first opened, we’d often spend long hours into the night building various circuit [...]

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DIY Chemical Free Cleaners {Vinegar}

Vinegar has to be one of the most useful items that you can keep in your pantry.  It’s great for what vinegar is well known for — making salad dressing, drizzling over french fries and dipping bread in.  It’s also [...]

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