R. Stern made a nice FedEx lunch bag, good use/reuse for the Tyvek – I made my boyfriend a reusable lunch bag out of a FedEx Tyvek mailing envelope. I modeled it after a paper lunch sack. To keep glue away from our food, I used a sewing machine to do up the seams. Because […]
Kathreen @ TreeHugger has a round up of plastic bag fabric projects, she writes – Plastic shopping bags are a scourge on the environment. What to do with all those plastic bags that seem to be just hanging around everywhere. One idea that seems to be a hit amongst the DIY and creative arty crowd […]
Kath at Treehugger has a great write up on all the crafty things you can make from plastic shopping bags. Check out her great roundup! Link.
Emily Kircher: Blog Online store Flickr name: recyclingartistemily Emily Kircher makes wonderful crocheted rugs and handbags, when she’s not making charming bottle cap magnets, cat toys or mosaic tiles. Best of all, almost everything she makes is crafted from recycled materials, giving old sheets and t-shirts and even bottle caps new life. I first fell […]
Treehugger has a great story about artist Anna Roebuck who makes jewelry from plastic shopping bags. From the article: The bags and other materials are collaged together, using heat to bond them. Each piece is built up in layers, gradually creating an intricate design. They are then formed in to different shapes, using specialist tooling. […]
Another story about the man coming down on DIY biodiesel’ers, why do these gas saving criminals hate America so much? – Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil. So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to […]
You can call a glacier to check up on it…kinda sad. With the help of sponsors, Virgin Mobile and Dolphinear, Paterson was able to drop a hydrophone into the icy lagoon where the glacier is disappearing and pick up the sounds. The waterproof microphone is linked to a phone and amplifier housed in a tent […]
