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Mangled Skateboards Catch The Eco-Art Wave
Posted by Bob Kurz
Sun, Feb 28
Emerging out of the California surfboarding scene of the 40s and 50s, skateboarding enabled those who were forced by less than auspicious ocean waves to placate their need for speed by catching a ride down their closest sidewalk instead....
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Soybean Plants as Art
Posted by brigid greene
Tue, Feb 02
There's a certain beauty soybean fields have, like corn or wheat fields. Where I live, they're often surrounded by rolling hills, and might be in that rich loamy soil right next to the Missouri River. These images of soy are all soybean pl...
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Zero Carbon Footprint Eco-Textile Origami
Posted by Linda Lucille
Fri, Sep 04
Shouldn't those of us who are trying to live a more earth-friendly lifestyle give ourselves permission every so often to take a breather from the widespread doom and gloom that persists in the media? Granted, the ecological dramas that ar...
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Recycled "Beetlemania" Crawling Into The Art World
Posted by Elizah Leigh
Thu, Aug 20
What's the first thing that you normally do when an insect crosses your path? If you're easily heeby-jeebied, perhaps you just raise your foot and crunch down with an eek and a prayer. Others may view a wayward bug as a potential food sou...
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Six "Trash-To-Treasure" Furniture Revamping Ideas
Posted by Linda Lucille
Wed, Aug 12
How many people here can admit to giving the ol' heave-ho to slightly scratched, worn or outdated furniture, household and/or decorative items at some point in your life? For whatever reason, perhaps they weren't hip, cool, mod, shabby-ch...
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A Shopping Cart "Garden" and $9,000 Compost?
Posted by Linda Lucille
Sat, Aug 01
Do you think that getting down and dirty in your garden earns you the lofty title of "artist"? For certain green thumbs, working the soil and coaxing life from it is definitely a creative process that can yield a spectacular sea of beauty...
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Rubber Tires – Bouncing Out Of Our Landfills & Into Many Creat...
Posted by Bob Kurz
Thu, Jul 16
If you drive anything that has a couple of wheels on it, perhaps it’s safe to say that you’re rather fond of rubber, whether you realize it or not. Rubber should actually be in our good graces since it helps us to grip the pav...
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Recycle Week Attempts To Inspire Consumers To Recycle For Life
Posted by Linda Lucille
Tue, Jun 23
"Recycle Week" -- sponsored by the U.K. organization Recycle Now -- is currently underway in England, Scotland and Wales and will conclude on June 28, 2009. In its fifth year, the goal of the week long educational event program is t...
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