Recycled Cardboard Speakers by Origaudio

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Tim Hurst .

Everyone travels with their music these days. Those white iPod earbuds are about as ubiquitous as the ears they are supposed to stay in. The problem is that sometimes you don’t want to be encumbered by headphones and wires or you might want to share your music with a friend or co-worker — and that’s when [...]

Gardening and Wine Drinking: A Match Made in DIY Heaven?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

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We love to entertain and hate to toss out anything that might prove useful later on. Of course, what that means is quite a little collection of empty wine bottles and the corks to match.
Luckily, it’s time to get our Fall garden planted, and our boozy hoarding behavior might just pay off!

DIY: Recycling Your Candles

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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What do you do with those old candles that have burnt down to almost nothing, or who lost their wicks? You could toss them or you could turn them into new home made candles like Cara Hall. Cara demonstrates on her blog the Failed Feminist how to recycle your old candles into new candles like [...]

DMB Promoting Green with SO MUCH TO SAVE

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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As part of the Bama Project, the Dave Matthews Band is offering a cool incentive called “SO MUCH TO SAVE” to remind concert goers to recycle. According to the band, over 1 million people will attend DMB shows this summer, and they explain:
Imagine if each fan recycled just one can at each show. That’s one [...]

DIY Upcycled Wine Bottle Gas Lamp

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Upcycle an old wine bottle into an eclectic porch gas lamp…
While I haven’t tried this DIY yet I think it’s my new favorite. Erik Anderson of Gerardot & Co. (a team of branding experts, creative marketers and designers) came up with this DIY when he was looking for a Tiki Style lamp to fend [...]

Etsy Find: Upcycled Bike Clock

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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I love bike gears and this is by far the best re-use I have seen to date.

DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Get your laptop off the table and stop hunching over to see the screen with this DIY cardboard laptop stand. It’s small, light, free & green and it will help you cut down on the trips to the chiropractor.

Crafty By Nature Creations

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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The entries are in for CraftStylish’s Earth Month “Crafty by Nature” contest and the judging is underway. All of the are great, but here are my favorites…

HangerPak: Shirt Packaging Doubling as a Hanger

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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“I buy t-shirts online and they always come wrinkled and I always run out of coat-hangers. So I designed a sustainable, reusable way to send and keep your t-shirts.”

Newbury Film Series Launches “Waste?” Documentaries

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Derek Markham .

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A non-profit from Boston, the Newbury Film Series, launched a series of documentaries this Earth Day. The series is comprised of web vignettes profiling people who derive innovation from excess, who are redefining what we consider waste – recyclers, architects, musicians, retailers, and artists.
“When we started this project, we knew it would be interesting – [...]