recycled plastic bracelets: garbage of eden design

Made by tightly winding old shopping bags around a brass frame, these bracelets offer chic sustainable style. Available at Garbage of Eden Design.

second line frames: reclaimed wood

Rustic cool, recycled wood by Second Line Frames.

natural yo-yo: eco toys

A lovely woodland style yo-yo made by Ben Floeter.

diengie: upcycled burlap coffee handbags

Amazing reversible tote bags from Diengie, sewn from discarded burlap coffee saks.

egyptian magic: humectant moisterizer

I love this stuff- made with olive oil, bees wax, honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, bee propolis.
Egyptian Magic

mission impossible for squirrels

This just makes me smile.

pablo designs: led table or wall lamp

Great new LED task lamp by Pablo Designs can be used as a table lamp or mounted as a wall lamp.

via Moco Loco

eugenio menjivar: lighting made from egg cartons

Repurposed lamps made from egg cartons by Salvadorean designer Eugenio Menjivar.

via Apartment Therapy

micro car museum: where did we take a wrong turn?

I was just searching the web and by accident found the most amazing museum ever.... the Micro Car Museum! The world could be a much better place if we were all driving around in these friendly little buggers- you cannot help but smile when you look at them.

These cars were all born out of necessity after World War II came to an end in 1945 and Europe lay in ruins. A shell-shocked population came out of the bomb shelters and faced an unimaginable scene of devastation and ruin. Talented engineers once in the aviation industry came up with these fascinating tiny solutions for transportation. Brilliant. Useful in the task of clearing away the rubble with shortages of food, raw materials, electricity and gas.

This Bruce Weiner Micro Car Museum collection is primarily focused on Microcars in the late 1940's- pre-1964 range with Engine sizes of 700cc or less (many are 250cc and 50cc) and 2 doors or less. You may see the collection in person at Dubble Bubble Acres, 50 miles east of Atlanta in Morgan County.

fin catwalk - sustainable style oslo

Fin a Norwegian label, uses organic cotton and fair-trade certified fabrics for comfortable and wearable eco chic. Plus* their factory is carbon neutral.

haute nature on blogged.com: 8.8=great

Blogged.com is a new way to search blogs with ratings. Haute Nature scored an 8.8 yay! Also visit me on Technorati. Check out a recommendation for me too-- on Etsy.

paintings on smashed cans: found object art

Using trash to paint on is kind of a fun idea for found object art, especially when it is nice and funky street art. Rik Catlow (top pic) has a bit of a how to for the smashed can paintings here. And I love the pink art on smashed spray paint cans by Buff Monster (bottom pic).

Also a fun idea for kids, it lets them think out of the box in regards to raw materials for their art. A kids page here.

barge greenhouse: hudson bay new york

The Science Barge in New York’s Hudson river produces food enough food for 25-30 people for one year, sustainably. For maximum yield of vegetables, the barge's greenhouses employ vertical farming methods. Electricity is generated on board with renewable solar and wind power, bio-diesel powers the barge and rainwater is harvested from the greenhouses’ roofs or drawn from the river. Sustainable gardening in the city!

via Eco Friend

plastic beach junk art: fran crowe

Plastic trash from Suffolk beaches exhibited by artist Fran Crowe at A Fly in the Face. She vowed to save one square mile of ocean for a year by collecting 46000 pieces of litter walking on the beaches near her home. Every time she went out, she took carrier bags and picked up all the litter she could carry. Crowe raised nearly $2000 for the Marine Conservation Society through sponsorship and sale of her unique seaside ‘souvenirs’. She encourages people to join the Marine Conservation Society's Coastal Challenge or do a local river or beach clean-up, such as Beachwatch.

In one year Crowe walked over 200kms and carried away nearly a third of a ton of plastic trash.

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jonsteen tree company: arbor day

Steen Christensen with the Jonsteen Tree Company is trying to revitalize and jumpstart Arbor Day-the last Friday in April. The company hopes that the once popular holiday will again gain prominence and have everyone out planting a tree that day.

via Organic Style

robert rauschenberg

One of my favorite artists, Robert Rauschenberg passed away today at 82.

love anna james: graffiti furniture

Love Anna James brings vintage furniture up to day with her hand-painted art. Her Verona collection grabbed my eye with that graffiti and doodle crazy edge.

Reminds me a tad of Burke & Hazelden


via Moco Loco

fiasask: upcycled vintage postcards

Reuse in a tasteful way that improves upon the original material takes imagination and craft. Fiasask from Belgium does just this by upcycling vintage postcards and turning them into keepsake boxes that are very eco chic.

via Bloesem

smock paper: letterpress on bamboo paper

Smock Paper, a sustainable letterpress stationery company printing exclusively on bamboo paper will debut at the National Stationery Show.

plant a green roof: dynamic and beneficial

Planting a green or living roof can help cut down on urban city heat generated by concrete and pavement. They can also reduce the heating and cooling costs of a home or building. The average city is 7 degrees hotter than the surrounding areas because of all of the manmade materials that reflect the sun's radiation as heat. A Green Roof can also reduce the amount of storm water that runs off a building and into the drainage system. Green Roof's can retain 3/4 of the water that falls onto them and allow it to return to the atmosphere as evaporation--natures way. A green roof adds natural beauty as well as providing habitat and food for insects and birds.

Green roofs are typically installed on flat or sloped roofs, with 3-12 inches of soil. A structural engineer will be able to consult you as to which type of green roof to choose.

See more how-to information and products at:

Green Roof Plants
Green Roofs
Dobbies
Green Roofs for Healty Cities
Green Roof Tops
Green Roof Solutions
Roof Scapes

portia munson: plastic installations

Portia Munson is a visual artist living in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Her shocking installations are comprised of found plastic detrius, a departure from her natural setting. She works in a variety of media including installation, painting, photography and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, Canada and Europe in such venues as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland; the Kunstahallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odensec, Denmark; and in NYC at the New Museum, Ace Gallery, Exit Art, and DC Moore Gallery.

organic denim

I can never get enough denim, plus these two companies are organic!
Aoki Jeans

Genetic Denim

javier pelaez: realist oil paintings

Javier Pelaez paints the most gorgeous realism. See more of his current show here.

brook there: sustainable organic fashion

Brook There, based in Portland Maine is the collection of Brook DeLorme. All garments are created using sustainable or organic fibers.