Toxins in Leather Shoes
Midway Island Albatross
Midway Island Albatross
Koch Brothers’ Products
Koch Brothers Products and Pollution
Flame Retardants
Flame Retardants are everywhere
Mother And Baby Dolphin
Tribute to Dolphin mothers and calves
Cell Phone Radiation in Images
Cell Phone Radiation in Images
Water Ink Video
To mark World Water Day, Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited rolled out a campaign to build awareness of the scourge of undrinkable water. Water ink _ BDDP Unlimited and Solidarités International – UK from ici Barbès on Vimeo. According to Solidarités International, unhealthy water is the world’s leading cause of death, killing 1.5 […]
13 Year Old Copies Nature to Improve Solar Performance
Thirteen year old Aidan Dwyer was walking in the woods in Upstate New York in the winter and noticed a spiral pattern to tree branches. Aidan realized the tree branches and leaves had a mathematical spiral pattern that could be shown as a fraction. After some research he also realized the mathematical fractions were the same […]
Reverse Graffiti
Paul “Moose” Curtis (the father of Green Graffiti) A 140 foot mural of plants indigenous to California. Commissioned by Green Works – Broadway tunnel entrance, San Francisco. Paul and team used brushes, a spray gun and green cleaners to remove the grime. Those painted patches are covering up painted graffiti. See video below. Dutch Ink Durban, […]
Gourd Lamps
Natural Gourd Lamps by Susan Nonn. Hanging Gourd Lights by Susan Nonn. Gourd Lamp by Graham Ottoson. Ecovillage, Ithaca, NY. handsongourds.com Gourd Lamp by Graham Ottoson. Ecovillage, Ithaca, NY. handsongourds.com Gourd Lamps by Graham Ottoson. Ecovillage, Ithaca, NY. handsongourds.com Gourd Lamps by Graham Ottoson. Ecovillage, Ithaca, NY. handsongourds.com One of a kind Gourd Lamp. custommade.com Carved Gourd […]
Horseshoe Crab Facts
Horseshoe crabs are not crabs, they are in the arthropod family and related to spiders and scorpions. They have been on the planet for 445 million years and they’ve changed very little during that time. The oldest land animals date to about 415 million years ago. Those early land residents were scorpions, spiders and insects; […]
Ilana Shafir
Still teaching and creating beauty at age 87. “My work keeps me open-minded and engaged. It offers a sense of constant renewal and endless inspiration.”* Birds In The Garden, (2010) 60 x 80 cm. Bird House, (2007). Pieces of handmade ceramic, pebbles, found objects and gold smalti are chosen, moved, added and rejected until she is […]
Fruit Skin Sculptures
Craft Medium – Fruit and Fish Skin “Adorned”, (2006) by Jan Hopkins. Cantaloupe peels, orange peels, grapefruit peels, ostrich shell beads, Alaskan yellow cedar and waxed linen. 22” x 15” x 9” Photo credit: © Wendy McEahern Photography. “Oh Eleanor” teapot, (2012) by Jan Hopkins. Grapefruit peel, cantaloupe peel, ginkgo leaves, ostrich shell beads, cedar bark, and waxed […]
A Practically Waterless Washing Machine
A new washing machine that uses just a cup of water, a pinch of detergent, and about 1,000 small recyclable plastic chips to clean clothes is coming to an appliance store near you, by the end of 2012. Cost will be comparable to the average price of a conventional machine. Plus, your clothes come out of […]
Chinese Artist Yao Lu
Mountains of Garbage Chinese artist Yao Lu, photographs mounds of garbage covered in green construction nets and digitally reworks them to re-create traditional Chinese landscape paintings. Ancient Springtime Fey, 2006. Chromogenic print, Edition of 8, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches. Clear Cliff Shrouded in Floating Clouds, 2007. Chromogenic print, Edition of 8, 47 1/4 […]
Upcycled Junk Portraits By Zac Freeman
From Zac’s website: “I started making assemblage artworks of this type in 1999. The artworks are made entirely out of collected junk, found objects, and general trash. I glue the bits of junk to a wooden substrate to form an image, usually faces, which only can be seen at a distance. I was interested in […]
Toys Upcycled Into Sculpture By Kris Kuksi
Unwanted toys, frames and plastic model kits are recreated into fantastic sculptures by Kris Kuksi. By turning old plastic soldiers, dolls and tanks into sculpture, all that plastic is kept out of the landfill, long term. The Deadly Sins, 2007, 40″ x 24″ x 8.5″ The Deadly Sins, detail. kuksi.com Kris Kuksi with Imminent Utopia, […]
Tree Houses! From The Past Into The Future
future tree houses, modern tree houses, treehouse inspiration
Vertical Farming
Vertical farms, urban agriculture, hydroponic vertical farms, urban hydroponics, urban skyscraper farms, urban vertical agriculture, skyscraper farming…
Stacking Firewood
Stacking Firewood
Masonry Wood Stoves
Masonry Wood Cookstoves
Rocket Mass Heaters
Rocket Mass Heaters
Where is the Hunger?
Where is the Hunger? World Hunger Map
Nikon Small World Competition 2011
Nature abstracted. The 37th annual Nikon Small World competition’s theme was “Recognizing Excellence in Photography through the Microscope.” Some of the outstanding entries: Mosquito Larvae in a drop of waterDr. John H. BrackenburyUniversity of CambridgeCambridge, UKLaser-triggered high-speed macrophotography Fish Louse (Argulus) (60x)Wim van EgmondMicropolitan MuseumRotterdam, NetherlandsDarkfield Giant Water Flea Eye (Leptodora kindtii)Wim van EgmondMicropolitan MuseumRotterdam, Netherlands Differential Interference Contrast Stamen – […]
News Journal
Biodiversity-Ecology News & Journals News/Journals: www.iisd.ca International Institute for Sustainable Development,Reporting Services (IISD RS), brings you the latest news, information and analysis from international environment and sustainable development negotiations. Biodiversity and Wildlife Page. www.sierraclub.com Sierra Club Magazine on line. www.wn.com/newecologist World News Network. Ecology News. Links to ecology news of the day. www.esapubs.org Ecological Society of America. Publishes […]
Planned-opolis: Planning the City’s Future
Planned-opolis – Planning the Cities Future
