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The Good Bike project is awesome. Based in Toronto, its mission is to turn abandoned bikes into public works of art. According to Treehugger, The Good Bike began when a local woman spray painted a left bike and planted greenery in its front basket. The fact that the city ticketed… Read the rest
Since 1998, Richart Sowa has been collecting the trash he finds lying along the shores of Mexico and putting it to good use. From the items, says mattermore, such as “plastic bottles to bamboo and plywood,” he once made a two-story home and three floating islands. But when those were… Read the rest
Want to help bicycle and pedestrian advocacy? Want to win a free bike and a trip to Tuscany? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you’d better get digging for the best shot you’ve ever taken of bicycling or walking because The People Powered Movement Photo Contest is… Read the rest
It’s simple; Warm Current‘s mission is “to teach, inspire and support underserved communities and youth through surfing.” Equally as simple is how you can get involved and help. The Faces of Warm Current campaign is entering its final 10-day stretch to raise money for new supplies and a surf camp… Read the rest
If you’ve yet to see the 2011 Academy Award nominated documentary film, Waste Land, you can, at the very least, check out the trailer here. It follows artist Vik Muniz to the world’s largest landfill, Jardim Gramacho, just outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The film teeters between artist’s experiment… Read the rest
Green Living Project is launching a brand-new, unique filmmaking competition, the Student Film Project (SFP), which will take place three times annually and ask students to submit a short video (five minutes or less) that tells “a unique, creative, and compelling story about a local or global sustainability-related project.”
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When you drive your car or travel via plane, you probably at least consider the impact that has on the environment. But when you search Youtube for wipeout videos or Google search hiking trails or… do you think about the CO2 costs of that time?
According to this video, “Every … Read the rest
Designers at NJU Studio have come up with what we believe is a fantastic idea for upcycling that old stack of magazines into an awesome stool and room decoration. The Hockenheimer stool comes as a DIY tool of sorts–you can play with the colors of the magazine spines, switch them… Read the rest
Thanks to Osprey Packs and Red Reel Video Media for making this beautiful short about what some people do to get around, instead of driving.
What do you do to get to where you need to be… instead of driving?… Read the rest
We could say this video is ‘green’ for a few reasons.
1. The gorilla, Zola, is showing how fun it is to play in one of Earth’s most fantastic natural resources, water.
2. Zola’s life is enhanced by said water, thus giving a presumably longer lifespan to Zola.
3. Zola… Read the rest
