Give some moms a big pile of recycling and instead of dropping it off at the nearest recycling centre, they come up with an inspired toy for their kids. This cute WALL-E robot is made out of what “Kitten Muffin” (not her real name, surely) found in her recycling bin, although looking at the raw materials, not much of it is recyclable in my neck of the woods, only the cardboard.
What makes this WALL-E robot project so perfect is that in the movie he’s the guy cleaning up after us humans who leave the planet in a jolly big mess, so why not have him clean out your recycling bin at home too. You can see exactly what was used and how to make your own WALL-E robot out of stuff from your bin at Kitten Muffin’s blog, Filth Wizardry (note to self: file as something cool to do for the upcoming school holidays).
Home made recycled WALL-E [Filth Wizardry]
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This is the first time on an EcoDIY feature that I’m not going to suggest that you try this at home, unless you have the necessary know how to avoid electrocuting yourself, or similar. But I think that this incredible chair is still worth telling you about, check this out.
Lin Shuseng, a 78-year old Chinese pensioner and ex-car mechanic, has spent 8 years building this massage chair for his wife who suffers from painful joints. The incredible thing about this undertaking is that he’s made the chair entirely out of scrap, and from the look on his face in this picture, it’s pretty effective.
The chair started out as a means of administering a neck massage, and has grown into a full-body massage tool that even has a warmed seat, for comfort. The chair remains a work in progress.
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When Suzanne Forsling moved from the US Midwest to Alaska, she discovered this novel idea for keeping her salad crops off the cold ground and away from critters who messed with them. She used new guttering, but there’s no reason why you couldn’t use old guttering, either that from your own home, or from a reclamation yard. This is a very inventive way of gardening if you don’t have a garden. Use a house wall, your balcony or expand your garden if you have one by using a garden wall.
You can read exactly how Suzanne set up her gutter garden in this article from the Juneau Empire.
To conserve water, you could place potted plants under the guttering to soak up any water that drains away from your salad crops.
How does your garden grow? [Juneau Empire]
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