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CraftyPod #122: A New Dress a Day, with Marisa... →
Another great episode from @SisterDiane: “I talk with Marisa Lynch about her current project: revamping one (rather hideous) $1.00 thrift-store dress into something cute and fashionable every day. She blogs about it at New Dress a Day.”
Very interesting stuff!
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Spotted in Copenhagen: CDs Repurposed | Bike... →
excellent reuse of the ubiquitous shiny objects. i’m doing this to my bike today!
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“Forget the “conspicuous consumption.” Go for the conspicuous...”
– Advice for the “Poor Rich” - WSJ.com
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The Design for Reuse Primer →
The ultimate in green/sustainable building materials are those that are reclaimed. most green builders focus on sustainably-harvested materials, etc. while pre-used or so-called waste materials find their way to the land fill.
The primer is a free, 125-page, thing of beauty—get it now!
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Swap for Good →
A nonprofit that encourages and makes it easy to host a swap, for a cause:
Swap for Good is a simple idea – you invite some friends over for a clothing swap, and ask for donations at the door to help support your local domestic violence shelter. It’s a win-win – everyone leaves with a new free wardrobe, and some of the money that you’ve saved on shopping goes to help a good cause.
Via...
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Increased recycling could create 50,000 jobs,... →
The Friends of the Earth waste campaigner Julian Kirby said: “Recycling is a win-win for the environment and the economy – saving precious resources and creating many more jobs than expensive and outdated incinerators. “The government must be ambitious in setting recycling rates – better product design, as well as action to stop supermarkets and producers selling products that...
the farm proper: a mobile urban farm in the barrio →
an experimental project created by a collaborative of artists, designers, and backyard growers to inspire urban cultivation and pocket farms. the farm properthe farm proper is a set and drift project [barrio logan, san diego].
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From big box to big green box
“They’re the bane of urban and suburban areas alike: the vacant, boarded-up K-Marts and Home Depot Expos, squatting like concrete cowpies amidst a landscape of weedy parking lots. But where most people see blight and a waste of space, San Francisco Bay-area entrepreneur Gene Fredericks sees opportunity: to grow food. Lots of food.”
Full story: The New Agtivist: Gene Fredericks...
Technomads Take Almost Nothing in Extreme Travel
The flexible, open nature of the internet creates the ability for graphic designers, software engineers, and writers to travel the globe for extended periods of time.
This minimalist existence is supported by the always-on nature of the web. “Technomads” find rooms in new towns through friends-of-friends on Twitter, get temporary gigs from their Facebook friends, and jump to the next...
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Bring solar power back to the White House →
Bill McKibben makes the case — practical, and symbolic — for putting solar panels (the same ones Carter put in that Reagan removed!) back on the White House.
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Why simply "feeling like part of the solution"...
Probably, if you care about climate change and ecologically responsible consumer behavior, you’ve encountered articles that explain why this or that purchase or action is really not all that helpful. Possibly, you’ve encountered that very sentiment in writing by, um, me. Which might make you wonder what the point of Unconsumption really is — it would be easy to characterize this...
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The Quantified Self's roundup of energy-tracking... →
“This week’s tool roundup is on Energy. Here are all the energy tools we’ve found so far, ranging from activism-based tools that help reduce consumption to Twitter-based tools that help save money.”
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Pay $1 to use plastic bags? Texas city to impose... →
“… California recently rejected a ban on plastic shopping bags, but Brownsville, Texas, is moving ahead with such a ban next year. It recently agreed to allow shoppers who forget to bring reusable bags to buy plastic ones — for an extra dollar.” The money will be sent to the city for “clean up and environmental projects.”
Related: Mexico City bans bags
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