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Handprinted, Sustainable Hemp Fabrics by Pippijoe

Becky — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:09:05 +0000

I posted this morning over on Crafting a Green World about Pippijoe’s beautiful hemp and hemp-blend fabrics using Earth-friendly inks. Each piece is hand-printed with her original designs.

Pippijoe.etsy.com

Ecolocalizer on greening your holidays

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:56:15 +0000

I have to admit, I have a vested interest in this particular post by Ecolocalizer because I am mentioned in it!

Check it out for ideas on making your holidays greener and happier!

Reusing those Peanuts

Becky — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:44:41 +0000

[photo by ThrasherDave]

Genius! The fine folks over at Re-Nest posted a fabulous tip today on dealing with those pesky packing peanuts. Places like Mailboxes, Etc. will accept them if you have them boxed of bagged up and reuse them for packing purposes! Of course, you don’t know what the package’s recipient will do with them, but even if they only get used one additional time, that has doubled their lifespan!

<3,
Becky

Rain Barrels

Becky — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:41:39 +0000

Dave actually gets all the credit for the rain barrel awesomeness at our house. The barrels are sitting up high on concrete blocks, one on each side of the yard. He ran drip irrigation hose out of each one and snaked the hose through our flower beds. The bit of elevation creates enough water pressure that rainwater that the buckets collect trickles through the flowerbeds and keeps our pretty flowers happy! Our setup is pretty much perfect for our back yard’s needs.

I was out taking pictures around town today and stumbled on this awesome rain barrel on display at Donna Van Gogh’s! Maybe our perfect setup could use a little bit of color! Rain barrels seem to only come in black, white or green. Why shouldn’t reusing water be totally colorful and shiny? A plain rainbarrel from a hardware store seems to run between $80 and $100. The custom painted barrel goes for $149 – not bad for such a big piece of custom art!

<3,
Becky

Wing Zone Recycling Their Veggie Oil!

Becky — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:25:27 +0000

Wing Zone is working to fit their delivery cars so they can run on their own used up veggie oil! They launched the very first car on June 30th in the Marietta location, and the plan is to convert more and more of their cars! High fives, Wing Zone!

[via The AJC]

Recycled Gift Bows!

Becky — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:18:16 +0000

WOW! I am totally in love with these recycled gift bows from Belly Buzz! She has them made from all manner of different magazines, though these WIRED ones might be my favorites! I want to put them on everything I give to everyone!!

[via Rachel-Marie]

<3,
Becky

It’s a pun AND a good idea.

admin — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:44:39 +0000

China Sacks Plastic Bags.

This article from Scientific American is an interesting look at the recent government decision to force shopkeepers to charge for bags thinner than 0.025 millimeters. While it’s just one step, in a country as large as China, it’s a pretty big one.

~Liz

Ps. I am in love with the title of the article too. A pun! Thanks, SA!

Resource Revival

Becky — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:47:56 +0000

Check out Resource Revival! This super-rad business started when owner Graham Bergh blew a bike tire and realized it made a great cradle for his stereo speakers. The Oregon-based company grew from there and now creates all sorts of awesome products from used bicycle parts! I am especially in love with their Tea Light Holders:

What an awesome idea! I love some good upcycling. Get it? upCYCLING??

<3,
Becky

Cradle to Cradle

Becky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:08:23 +0000

In this TED Talk, William McDonough talks about the ethics and true intent of design. This topic in particular is really close to my heart…it’s at the core of what I’m trying to do with my business and McDonough just puts it so beautifully here in his talk about cradle to cradle design.

Here is probably my favorite excerpt, where he describes the cradle to cradle vision of America:

Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy and just world with clean air, water, soild and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.

I have to admit I got a little teared up right there. No sense denying it.

<3,
Becky

Ex-Barbie Pincushion

Becky — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:32:58 +0000

Check out this amazing pincushion by artist Elsa Mora! Elsa named the doll Mitra and transformed her from trash into an awesome way to store her pins and a pair of scissors! I just love the details she added, like the eyebrows. You can learn Mitra’s story over at her blog.

<3,
Becky