Posts Tagged ‘recycled’

I’m always uncertain what to do with old shoes.  If they’re in good condition, I always give them away to a goodwill charity, but sometimes, they’re just not fit to be worn any longer.  However, it seems like a waste to throw them away.  Well, now I have the option of buying the Earthkeepers 2.0, [...]

I’m always looking for cool bicycle gear, especially bicycle gear that’s recycled or somehow uses old items.  That’s what I found when I checked out these mud guards (basically, bicycle fenders).  They’re very useful for anyone who has to ride in the wet since they’ll keep you from getting splattered with mud.  But they’re also [...]

I decided to make a travel related post in honor of the holidays.  Who doesn’t love vacations?  How about pampering yourself in a eco friendly and conscious luxury environment while leaving a minimal carbon footprint?  Even if you can’t afford any of these trips, it never hurt anyone to dream about it. I’ve put together [...]

In one of the poorest areas of Paraguay a woman named Elsa Zaldivar has made a difference.  She has gathered the local women and created a way for them to sustain themselves by harvesting the local crop of Loofah and creating a revenue stream for themselves.  Originally, the project started out with the women selling [...]

We create energy in our everyday lives, which when unharnessed goes unused.   I’ve been seeing many designers coming up with ingenious ways to capture this energy and use it for the purpose of powering something which conventionally required electric or battery power.  Designer, Deco Goodman, is no exception.  Goodman created a headlight and tail light [...]

A couple of weeks ago we reported on companies using recycled shipping containers to develop homes.  Travelodge has taken it a step further by building an entire hotel in Uxbridge, England out of recycled shipping containers.  Not only is Travelodge doing the environment a favor by reducing their material usage by 70%, but they are [...]

Its amazing the number of useful things people are creating from things normally tossed into the garbage.  In the past I have seen mostly smaller companies taking part in sort of effort to reduce their footprint, which is great, but the real impact occurs when larger entities are involved in recycling.  The larger companies environmental [...]

Hard core gamers can do their part for the environment by placing an order for the Reee chair.  Why?  The Reee chair is made from recycled game console casings.  The seat and back use the rubber from recycled game consoles to wrap around black powder coated steel for cool and comfortable chair.  The Reee probably [...]

While you may be thinking outside the box for work,  you can now live in it when you get home!  More and more people are building homes from recycled freight containers.  The original idea of using the containers for abodes was started by TempoHousing.  Their original idea was to use these old containers as temporary [...]

Want to know how it feels to sleep flat in a 747 but can’t afford the first class ticket?  Now anyone can afford to sleep in a jumbo 747.  Jumbo Hostels of Sweden bought an old 747 from a bankrupt airline, converted it into a hotel, and parked it at the Arlanda airport.    Jumbo Hostels [...]