If you ask me (and I know you didn’t), there just aren’t enough things being done with shoes that recycle the energy you generate as you walk. This project, done by designer JooYoun Paek, combines shoe power with inflatable furniture to create a chair you pump up as you walk. And *so* stylish, too. Does […]
Victoria E has a great interview with a green letter press business, TugBoat Paper & Press, in San Francisco, using soy inks and handmade, tree-free, and recycled papers. Read her interview on her blog here. Link.
We all know how bad plastic grocery bags are for the environment. Research suggests that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. The city of San Francisco will be first city in the U.S. to take a stand and ban plastic bags in large markets and pharmacies. But what can […]
Apartment Therapy Green Home points to Jenny Hurth who makes bags and a variety of other products from discarded vinyl signs or banners. Pictured above are her grocery totes and laundry hampers. From the Jenny Hurth site: Everything you see on this site has been designed & hand sewn in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Will of wubbahed saw yesterday’s post about Knitty’s Everlasting bag and showed us the great knit bag you can make from jute twine — perfect to transporting household and gardening tools. Link.
Knit yourself up a handy tote bag that can easily be stored in your purse! The remaining secret patterns on Knitty.com are finally up and Amy R. Singer, Editor of Knitty, designed this pattern herself. I love that the base of the bag has a solid garter stitch so that everything you pack will stay […]
Here’s a great sewing tutorial by queenofdiy on craftster to make a fabric shopping bag that’s made from a plastic bag pattern. Link.
