Tag: Reusability - Page 7
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Woman Has Used the Same Christmas Tree Every Year Since 1928
In this age of consumerism, particularly around the holiday season, sometimes its easy to forget that the things we've used the longest often have the most value to us -- but the virtues of reuse just seem come naturally to some
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In Italy, a 300 Year Old, Fire Ravaged Farm House Is Restored
We always say that the greenest brick is the one already in the wall: that it's better to revamp or refurbish an existing building than to build an entirely new one, even if the newcomer is as green as can be. Now the
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In Tanzania, Recycled Bottle Christmas Ornaments Give Hope To Disabled
These beautiful Christmas stars were made in Tanzania by Shanga, a small company with a heartwarming story.
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Reuse Community Takes Facebook By Storm - With More to Come
Image Credit: Reuse Connection Repurposing a stove into a high-powered entertainment system might not be to everyone's liking, but we still love reuse—warts and all. When I asked how we identify that fine line between reuse and hoarding, the
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London Designer Brings Semi-Permanent Inflatable Buildings to Market
Need a spare room, but only for a few months? Want to make your outdoor jacuzzi an indoor one for the winter? Thanks to Airclad, by Inflate, now you can. The London based designer, which has been producing temporary
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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies
Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair.
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Is This the World's Most Famous Chair?
Is this the world's most famous chair? It is certainly the most ubiquitous; spotted everywhere from front porches to cafes to garbage dumps to beaches across the world.
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Valencia Design Week 2010: Only 1ºC! Mina Kwag's Design Products Raise Awareness About Climate Change (Photos)
I came across these cute cups at the Designboom Mart at the Valencia Design Week last week. Not at all doomsday products, Mina Kwag's designs are fun and useful, and yet, they let you know that something isn't quite right. The
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Valencia Design Week 2010: The Three Little Pigs, a Cardboard Fable (Photos)
Here's a fun installation by Spanish design studio Sanserif Creatius, called The Three Little Pigs. It is a fable about the value of the materials with which we design. Exposed in the
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Another Reason To Love Reuse: It Creates Lots of Jobs
I am very sorry that I am unable to attend the ReuseConex conference next week; some are calling it the Woodstock of Reuse. I have always made the case that it is far better than recycling, which I consider little more than a
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London Design Festival: Chairs are Us
There is something so elemental and fascinating about chairs. Travelling around the London Design Festival, one sees the endless interest that they hold for new designers.
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Dragster Powered By Six Circular Saws Wins Power Tool Drag Race
TreeHugger is a big fan of creative repurposing and reuse, so the idea of a power-tool powered dragster intrigued. Yesterday's big race in Yeovil, Somerset, was won by Bolt Lightning, with 36 horsepower supplied by six gasoline powered
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NYC Grad Students Reimagine Disaster Relief (Photos)
At an exhibition at the Pratt Insitute's Brooklyn Campus last Thursday, two graduate industrial design students presented to the public their ambitious idea for revolutionizing disaster relief efforts worldwide.
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2 Billion Pencils* and A School Supply Quandary
Last year at around the start of school, I just said no to new school supplies. We went through our house and found 90% of the supplies we needed (the pencils we gathered were a combination of unused and stubs we
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YouGoods Eco-Invention Contest Draws to a Close: Cast Your Vote for the Winner Today!
Earlier this month, we told you about UncommonGoods' open design contest, looking for the next great eco-friendly invention. This week, the judges of the YouGoods contest, including TreeHugger founder Graham Hill, chose three finalists, based on the
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Boxsal, a Pretty Fun Picnic in a Cardboard Box (Photos)
Summer is the prefect time for picnics, pretty much anywhere! On roof tops, in Central Park, at the beach, open air cinemas or the zoo, a good picnic is special. But how often do you make the effort and unleash your creativity to put together a
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Reuseit.com Makes Disposable Seem So Passé
Three years ago we ran a piece on ReusableBags.com and their cloth shopping tote bag. In a world rife with product churn (out with the old, in with the new) it's pleasing to see they still offer the exact same bag for hauling
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Libraries as the Next Big Pop Culture Phenomenon
We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop
