Tag: Reusability - Page 5
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Basketball on an Aircraft Carrier: Sports in Strange Places
Basketballs aweigh! There seems to be a trend for sports in strange places. Call it marketing, call it wretched excess, call it college football on the aircraft carrier used to bury Osama bin Laden at sea.
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Moving? Box Rental Company Good Boxes Delivers and Eliminates the Cardboard Waste
You have to buy cardboard boxes or find clean, undamaged ones. Then there's
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Recycling is Boring But Does it Have to be?
For most people, recycling is boring. It's something they know is a good thing to do. But for many, that's just not enough motivation. I see
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Paper, Plastic, or... Kudzu? The Bag Debate Just Got More Interesting
When I wrote about a study suggesting plastic bags might be the greenest option after all, many commenters objected. Pablo's follow up post on the merits and drawbacks of paper versus plastic versus reusable bags provided some
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An Aesthetic Case Against Disposables: 8 Timeless Objects Vs. Their Tacky Single-Use Alternatives (Slideshow)
After experiencing the impact of our consumer society on our environment first-hand during my recent sailing trip with the 5 Gyres project, visiting miles of ocean trash, the question hit me: Why can't we get away from our ridiculous
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An Aesthetic Case Against Disposables: 8 Timeless Objects Vs. Their Tacky Single-Use Alternatives
After experiencing the impact of our consumer society on our environment first-hand during my recent sailing trip with the 5 Gyres project, visiting miles of ocean trash, the question hit me: Why can't we get away from our ridiculous consumption of dispos
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Police Helicopter Swoops on Dumpster Divers for Reclaiming Games Console
Whether it's a police sting on kids picking daffodils or a dumpster diver handcuffed for "stealing" frozen pizza from the trash, there seems to be a spate of law enforcement
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First London Olympics Gold Medal Should Go to the Velodrome
The London 2012 Olympics are coming up pretty quickly. Tickets are on sale, the clock is ticking away (sometimes when it works) on Trafalgar Square and slowly buildings are being completed and unveiled.
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How Would You Reuse Your Television?
The environmental impact of flat screen TVs has been a topic on TreeHugger for some time now. But as flat screens slowly but surely replace traditional sets, and as digital TV becomes the norm in many nations, TV sets are ending up in landfill in huge
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A Dumpster Diving, Bike Riding Garden Company (Video)
With some dumpster divers getting arrested for their efforts, it gets easier to understand why some dumpster divers like The Secret Freegan choose to keep it on the down low. Others, however, are more than happy to
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Prince Charles Shows Eco-House at the Home Show
The Ideal Home Show in London is a big, whopping mother of a home show which has been going on for 103 years! Who knows what they must have showed there in the '20's. We do know that King George V had a display house there in 1935.
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Can You Compost Dirty Diapers?
Disposable diapers are one of those things that most greenies love to hate. But they're still a common element in many people's household waste—even many reusable diaper
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Jens Risom's Classic Furniture from the '50's is Re-Issued
Here's another classic chair that fell out of fashion and now, happily, is back.
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Interview with Karim Rashid, Superstar Product Designer
Photo Credit: Karim Rashid, Inc. Karim Rashid is one of the most recognizable product designers of his generation. In some design circles, he is considered infamous just as much as he is famous. There's no denying that he is prolific with over 3000
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A Home Office Design from Recycled Materials - Working with Contractors on Reuse
We're big into creative reuse here at TreeHugger, especially when it comes to architecture. From trains repurposed as bunkhouses to establishing building reuse centers for
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Chairs Looking Like Corpses by Karen Ryan
Karen Ryan is an English artist and furniture maker whose work hasn't been seen in a while. Last noted at the London Design Festival in 2007, she is back now with a series of chairs pieced together
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The Hub, a Shared Work Space for People Who Care. In a City near You!
Working in shared office spaces is an attractive solution for creative start-ups, and has become more and more sought-after in many of the bigger cities. Green Spaces in Manhattan has turned into a well-working
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Profits Double For Business Selling Pre-Loved Products
Might it be the United State's fragile economy? Or maybe, just maybe, a slow awakening to the inherent fallacy in the myth that bright, shiny new products will make us happy? Whatever the root cause, Americans seem to be embracing
