The new sharecropping has popped up on the internet. There’s a great article on Treehugger about SharedEarth.com, a website that “helps match up prospective gardeners to those with gardens, for free”. It’s an obvious problem in urban and suburban jungles around the country: many people are eager to garden but have nowhere to indulge their …
If I was in London this weekend, COPArt is where I’d like to be. COPArt Live! Bank Holiday Monday (3 May, 10.30am) Londoners interested in the environment and looking for some bank holiday fun are invited to attend a free event that will mix art and music at the Village Underground in Shoreditch on Monday …
It’s Earth Day today, and I’m delighted to be giving away five Energy Seals, worth $16 each, from the very generous Powered Green to 5 of our US readers. An Energy Seal is a sticker made from recycled aluminium that represents a carbon offset for a computer. Each Energy Seal symbolizes that renewable energy sources …
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If you’re in Cape Town this Friday, consider joining the Chernobyl Day Commemoration in Plein Street, outside parliament. [ad#google]
I got an email from Sarah at the Sierra Club this morning saying that 25 finalists have been chosen for “The best internship on earth” that I wrote about here a while back. I’ve been watching the finalists videos, and my favourite is Jessalyn, finalist #25. Who’s your favourite? PS It’s been quiet around here …
Terracycle’s Tiffany Threadgould shares a super groovy cereal box pencil case tutorial at Craft:. Cool, innit? Quick Craft: Cereal Box Pencil Case [Craft:] [ad#google]
We are moving in a few months, and a couple of nights ago my hubby and I were discussing the possibility of planting indigenous saplings on the bare patch of earth that is opposite our new house, both to cancel out the carbon footprint of the building work that we are going to be undertaking …
I was so pleased to find this reclaimed vase tutorial on Craft: recently. It’s the perfect way for me to reuse laundry detergent bottles that can’t be recycled where I live. Beautiful, isn’t it? Flashback: Reclaimed Vase [Craft:] [ad#google]
Rescued Paper Notebooks are made entirely from discarded paper that has been collected and assembled by hand in India. Papers are folded and bound in a direct form of recycling which enables the owner to write on the reverse of the printed pages. They come in three sizes and a variety of colours from Sukie.
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