Watch This Brazilian Designer Recycle Wood Into Stunning Pieces (Videos)
October 19, 2010 No Comment
Photos: OficinaEthos.com.br . Rodrigo Calixto is a young Brazilian designer running Oficina Ethos , a Rio-based furniture firm that works with environmentally responsible sourced and reclaimed wood, in pieces often made with traditional joinery techniques that have grabbed the attention of Wallpaper and the likes. Apart from showing his amazing furniture and art, Calixto has also put together a series of videos showing his craft, which really connec… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Screenshot of Sesame Street’s video, “I love My Hair.” Photo: SesameStreet / YouTube Sesame Street recently aired an episode of their popular childrens television series featuring a young brown puppet singing a song about loving her natural hair, Salon.com reports . The video clip encourages young viewers to embrace their hair–whether it’s curly, frizzy, or straight as a pin–and is a broader statement, as
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Image: XS/LA Design used to take up a lot of space, with big draughting boards, huge drawings and interns to do all the repetitive and boring stuff. The computer changed everything and reduced the space and staff required to almost nothing. Andreas Stavropoulos of XS/LA tells Alex… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Audience member applauding at Kenny Ausubel’s opening speech at Bioneers 2010. Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Kenny Ausubel is one of the founders of Bioneers and he along with his partner Nina Simons are the backbone of the event. So it’s no surprise that one of the most awakening and inspiring speeches came from him during the opening of the event. “The revolution has begun. But in fits and starts. The challenge is it’s one minute to midnight – too late to avoid large-scale destruction. We have to fan the shift to ecoliterate societies at sufficient scale and speed to dodge irretrievable cataclysm,”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter There is a local small cheese producer Monforte Dairy , which regularly has a table at our farmers’ market. I often buy a goat cheese from them that has a ash rind. The cheese starts out firm and as it ripens it gets softer, so if you leave it long enough you have a bit of a gooey mess, which is just they way I like it. When I was buying a piece of it the other day, the young woman at the table suggested I try a fresh sheep’s … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Idaho State Senator Answers ‘Call Of The Wild’ – Supports Ignoring Federal Environmental Law
October 19, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons . I enjoy the idea of wolves in the wild – eying me as the competition – and remember a night spent in a cabin long ago surrounded by disturbing howls. On the next morning’s hike I saw the blood of their prey soaking deeply into the snow, packed down during the kill, with bits of hair and hide and bones scattered about. I never felt more alive than at that moment. On the other hand, I don’t have any skin in the cattle business. The mere mention of the US Fish & Wildlife Service-reintroduc… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Transition Town Totnes Community nut tree plantings , permablitz garden make-overs , local currency initiatives and rickshaws powered on waste veggie oil —these are just some of the projects … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cart-opia: Repurposed Trailers Fuel Portland Foodie (and Livability) Movements
October 19, 2010 No Comment
Photo credit A.K. Streeter via flickr and Creative Commons. They are known as ‘pods’ or ‘clusters’ – groups of small repurposed trailers and carts with wheels that have infiltrated every major neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Mexican carts serving soft-shell tacos and bulging burritos were part of the trend’s re-ignition. But Portland has taken its food cart pods beyond the norm – there are now more than 200 carts in the city, and they are an institution, and a great part of the local economy. They continue to introducing city dwellers to such fanciful n… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Black Rose Bag’s “Easy Portage” canvas bike messenger. Photo: Black Rose Bags As the age-old phrase goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Such is the case for the makers of Black Rose Bags , a collective of cyclists, cargo carriers, commuters, sewers, and dumpster-divers. They construct their chic and functional bike bags from reclaimed canvas–found in the dumpster of an awning company–and other hand-me-down objects, includi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: hi-tec We love the National Trust: not only are they the steward of the countryside and the stately homes in the UK, now they are getting into the food, clothing and shoe business. These boots are made for walking… These leather boots, created for the Trust, with their oak leaf symbol on the side, are described as “environmentally considered.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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