Make & Craft Magazines Embrace Recycled Paper — All future issues will feature 30% post-consumer recycled content paper — Gareth @ MAKE writes: Our Benevolent Overlords at O’Reilly Media have announced that future issues of both MAKE and CRAFT (starting with volumes 12 and 5 respectively) will have 30% recycled paper content (up from the […]
Fashion designer Ted Baker and Jam Design teamed up to create this amazing eco fabric garden for the 100% Design in London event. The hanging fabric vessels are actually reused lampshades! Read more about it at Inhabitat. Link.
My favorite store in Los Angeles, ReForm School, has a beautifully redesigned new website–and this one offers online shopping! Now even those of you who don’t live a block away from the shop like yours truly can enjoy the amazing selection of eco-friendly and handmade products owners Billie and Tootie have put together. (If you […]
Treehugger has put together a fun roundup of bikes with reel mowers bolted onto the fronts of them. Not sure how effective this is as a mower, or rideable as a bike — this might be more Chindogu than workable hack. Has anyone made and/or ridden one of these? The Cutting Edge: Bicycle Lawnmowing – […]
Rainwater Harvester This is a nice DIY rainwater harvester built by Amy Franceschini and Mike Swaine (both of FutureFarmers). Link to Images
Designer Yuko Taguchi has created this ingenious wind-up lamp: “This is for people who can’t sleep without the light. Also, people who read in the bed sometimes forget to turn off the light. The key functions as a switch and a timer. Wind-up to turn the light on before you go to bed. The light […]
Sally writes in – Hi- I wondered if you might be able to help me find a way (if there is one) to construct a backup battery power system for keeping household appliances (fridge), lights, etc running for some time in the event of an emergency (I live in L.A.). Any suggestions? To purchase these […]
