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Lights Out Boston Program Means Lights Out Skyscrapers
A city’s essence is captured by its skyline and an illuminated evening cityscape can be a beautiful sight. However, as part of a two month pilot program, Boston will lose its familiar nighttime silhouette. Starting on September 3rd the city will darken its tallest and most characteristic buildings by 11pm each night in an effort [...]
Upcycled: Tupp-a-Lamp and Stuff From My Basement
These kitchy-catchy hanging lamps below are constructed from old school Tupperware containers. You got your Jello mold, colander, and of course the brutally orange mixing bowl to choose from. You can buy them from Oak Boston, but this would also make an easy DIY project for anyone with hand-me-down kitchenware lying around. In fact, you [...]
PBS Public Bike System Plug ‘n’ Play Swipe ‘n’ Ride
A human on a bike is extremely efficient and green as can be. The new PBS riding program is a scalable operation that will make this simple form of transportation available to that hard to reach portion of our society (the lazy!). Some simple hindrances to bike commuting for the average Joe are availability, money [...]
Go Green Even If You’re Dead: ARKA Ecopod
Ah sweet afterlife! We love eco-friendly death. There’s no excuses to not be green these days, even if you’re dead you can still minimize your impact. The Ecopod is a compressed recycled paper coffin designed by Hazel Selina. Hazel has been highly involved in natural birthing processes for much of her life and as the [...]
Saving The Planet Through Decoupage
The Bombus Shop perfects decoupage, or the pasting of colored paper pieces onto an object or surface. Self proclaimed “hoarders” Bombus strives to save “the planet through decoupage!” With vintage fabrics, comics, maps and atlases, the Bombus studio, based out of the UK, produces colorful and visually rich crafts from gathered trash (carefully selected trash [...]
