Last year, a new laptop inspired me to transform an old sweater into a laptop case. The sweater I used had a complicated Fair Isle design and a gaping hole on the sleeve. It was too short to repair and wear. It’s magical the way a sweater will shrink up in the washer and dryer [...]
Entries Tagged as 'reduce'
Cuff Cup Cozy: The Easiest DIY Project Ever
November 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · crafts, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Knitting
Living With Green Music
September 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Music, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
Green-leaning musicians have been on the forefront of the environmental movement since its inception. From staging benefit concerts, to converting tour buses to biodiesel fuel, to creating solar recording studios, creative eco-conscious musicians have been reducing their impact on the planet. My son is a musician, and I’ve been trying to infuse eco-friendly elements into [...]
Tags:crafts and design·DIY·green home decor·home decor·Music·musicians·recycle·reduce·sound
Trim The Waste: Zero-Waste Design
August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping, Sustainable Living
Here’s a quick Q&A: 1. Do you eat organic food? 2. Do you bring cloth bags with you when you go shopping? 3. Do you recycle? 4. Do you compost? 5. Do you buy clothes that are made from leftover scraps of fabric? If you checked the first four in the affirmative, and puzzled over why [...]
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Sea Senses: Beach-Inspired Home Decor
June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Design, DIY, Green Home, Inspiration, Nature, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to [...]
Tags:beach·decor·DIY·green home·healthy home·Home·natural cleaning·outdoor·recycle·reduce·reuse·summer
Free Green Tutorials For Every Room
June 12th, 2010 · No Comments · DIY, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living
Freebies and tutorials make my day. While the attraction may seem obvious, I’ll just elaborate: I love these online project tidbits because they present the ingenuity of the DIY spirit in all its flying colors! Tutorials are popping up all over the web. DIY tutorials are instructional lessons that lead the viewer through a series of step-by-step [...]
Tags:Bathroom·bedroom·crafts·decor·DIY·Eco-Friendly·green home·Kids·kitchen·living room·recycle·reduce·reuse·tutorials
Ten Surprising Ways to Reuse Wine Bottles in Your Garden
June 12th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Design, DIY, Garden, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
According to A Recycling Revolution, every year we throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill a giant skyscraper. The energy that could be saved from recycling one glass bottle could provide 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution. One glass wine bottle takes 4,000 years or more to decompose – longer if [...]
Tags:Design·DIY·Garden·green home·Home·recycle·reduce·reuse·wine
Scrap Happy: 6 Ingenious Things to Make From Scraps
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Design, DIY, Knitting, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse
Breathe new life into old objects and reduce landfill waste by diverting leftover odds and ends that would be relegated to the dumpster into useful items. Call it repurposing, call it recrafting, call it creative reuse, or call it trash transformed. No matter what you call it, this concept of “cradle to cradle” is one [...]
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Reduce, Redecorate and Reconsider What Belongs to You
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping, Sustainable Living
Can you reconcile reducing consumption while creating a cozy and stylish home? I am a bit of a redecorating junkie. While I would like to always practice what I preach, on occasion I am guilty of impulse buying for my econest. I can’t kick myself too much because on close inspection, if I hold a mirror up [...]
Tags:antiques·clean·green home·modern design·organizing·recycle·reduce·renovate·repurpose·reuse·Shopping·vintage
Recycling Can Make Being Green Hilarious (VIDEO)
April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Design, Eco-Friendly, Family, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living
The folks who design for our future are looking to us for clues to helping people go greener. How about using humor? I recently wrote about how designers are incorporating people’s behavior in their “design thinking.” This ‘power to the people’ premise only goes so far (although, it is virtuous to always consider the consumers needs). The [...]
Tags:garbage·humor·recycling·reduce·Spain·sustainable design·video
