Tag: Reusability - Page 8
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Air-Pots, How to Grow Healthy Trees for Replanting in Urban Areas (Video)
We like trees in our cities and urban zones; they enhance the air quality, provide shade and are also nice to look at. However, to get those trees into the cities is not an easy task. Josep Selga, who reinvented the way we farm
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Is Home Carbonation the Next Big Green Thing? The Return of Sodastream
Back when I was a kid growing up in England, for a brief while it seemed like every cool kid in school had a "soda stream"—a home carbonation unit that would make soda at home using nothing but tap water and concentrated
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DIY Exhibit: TechnoCRAFT from Yves Behar
A chair you beat into the most comfortable shape, green "crutches" to repair chair legs, your own personal style of Puma sneakers. These are some of the many designs and ideas on
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Reuse and Regreen Theme at Dwell on Design
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
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The P26. Patagonia Footwear's Answer to Backpacker's Zero Impact Challenge
Can you make a walking boot with less environmental impact? This is the question Backpacker magazine posed to 60 footwear companies. But only five rallied to their 'zero impact challenge.' Patagonia Footwear
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EcoFabulous Prefab House Up For Auction Today
A one-of-a-kind, cozy green designer home was unveiled Friday at the 2010 Dwell on Design conference in Los Angeles. It's up for sale - fully loaded - at an
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Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards Honor TreeHugger Favorites
It's National Design Awards time, when the Cooper-Hewett, National Design Museum honors "outstanding contributions from the design world, including architecture, fashion, lifetime achievement, and sustainable design solutions." Quite a few of the winners
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There's No Recession in the New York Times Homes Section
The rich are different from you and me; they read the New York Times Home and Garden section on Thursdays, and don't seem to know that there is a recession. But they are beginning to deal with the concept of living with less,
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Malafor: Design More With Less
These Polish designer, who we discovered at this year's Milan furniture fair, and who's colourful tree trunk stools have been featured previously, know how to create more with less. Dematerialisation is one way of designing eco-friendlier objects- it
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Clunker Buses Transformed into Hip Bed and Breakfast Hotels in Israel
We may send old clunkers to the junk yard here in North America, but one family in Israel
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Sleek Furniture With Reused Plastic Crates You Can Emulate
Reusing plastic crates in furniture may not be new, but there are always new ways to do it in a more elegant manner. This time was turn for Brazilian designer Mauricio Arruda to give it a go, and he came up with a collection of
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: Saved by Droog (Part II)
We were very curious to see what the 14 designers, invited by Droog to save 5135 items from liquidation sales and other leftovers, came up with at the Milan Furniture Fair. So we hiked out to their temporarily exhibition space
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: The Green Preview (Slideshow)
Bored of your furniture? What if you could just sit in it to give it a fresh, new shape? That's the idea behind Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's Memory chair, made of crumbled recycled
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Billions and Billions of 3D Glasses: Will Biodegradable Frames Discourage Reuse?
It is estimated that if the 42.1 million pairs of 3D glasses used at theaters to watch Avatar were laid end-to-end, they would stretch more than 3,987 miles. Avatar and Alice in
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Milan 2010 Furniture Fair Preview: Saved by Droog
Designers everywhere are preparing for this year's Salone del Mobile in Milan, and so is Droog. The Dutch design company saved 5135 items from liquidation sales and other leftovers and invited 14 designers to create something new with
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Four Fashionable Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rebel
The Rebel Green collection includes the ubiquitous reusable tote and t-shirt, but also reusable produce bags, and even veggie wash. The kid's line includes a Free Bird bib and Peace Girl reusable lunch bag. While the snappy designs caught my eye, I
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Purpose Restoration Paints New Faces for Old Furniture
Images: Purpose Restoration The following are all well and good when it comes to furniture: zero-VOC paints and glues, FSC-certified wood, bamboo, kirei board, multi-functionality, portability, and so forth. But if you break it down, I'll wager that
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10 Toothpaste Tips: Spring Cleaning With Tom's of Maine
Brushing your teeth with triclosan-free toothpaste is the way to keep your smile clean, your body safe, water drains less toxic, and frogs alive. Tom's of Maine is one to choose,
