Remarkable Repairs

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

Nothing’s greener than getting your mend on. Of course it’s easy to do the conventional fix, like sewing up a torn seam. Sometimes, though, it’s fun to take a peek at some more creative solutions.

Platform 21 recently held a Remarkable Repairs Contest, and they’re picking their favorite on August 30th. Here are a few of [...]

Handmade Reusable Lunch Bag

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

If you are going green on the go, when it’s time for lunch you need to lose the brown bag, tin foil, seran wrap and paper napkins.  You could fill your pockets with potato salad or get a reusable lunch bag and a bento lunch box.  Our friend and write  Becky from Glue & Glitter [...]

Space Saving DIY Upside Down Herb Planters

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

I was reading some comments on an organic gardening post in which apartment dweller were lamenting that they don’t have the room to garden.  Don’t tell that to Mike Lieberman (@CanarsieBK), the force behind UrbanOrganicGardener.com.  Actually, I’m sure he’d be happy to hear from you and he’d share some great tips, like these upsidedown hanging [...]

DIY Vertical Herb Garden with a Shoe Organizer

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Confounded by vegetable digging cats and toiling in the vegetable patch, Instructables member pippa5 came up with this cool DIY vertical garden  solution.  In case you don’t recognize it, she used an old closet shoe organizer.  Meant to keep your shoes off the floor and save you some space, this new use saves some space [...]

Etsy Finds to Help You Waste Less in the Kitchen

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

So we’ve made the switch to recycled toilet paper in the name of saving virgin forests, but it turns out that the bathroom isn’t the only room in the house with the potential for producing lots of waste. Between paper towels and napkins and those sandwich baggies, your poor trash bin can fill up [...]

Curbing Conspicuous College Consumption

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Being a college student isn’t a license to carelessly ravage through raw materials, but we also can’t expect a 19 year old to buy an heirloom set of furniture that they intend to keep for the rest of their days on earth. There has to be a better way to accomodate the transient lifestyle of a student while reducing the volume of furniture that they consume.

Reuse Old Socks: DIY Dog Toy

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Paula Mitchell Bentley .

This is a great way to use up those socks and fabric scraps without throwing them away. Animal shelters, dog foster families and rescue foundations are always looks for toys for the dogs to play with as well. If you don’t have any dogs, consider making these chew toys up anyways and donating them. These toys save money and rescue items headed for the landfill into a new use. If they’re going to eat your socks anyways, you might as well just give the socks to them!

What Do You Get When You Turn a Soccer Ball Inside Out?

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Paula Mitchell Bentley .

A purse of course is what you get when you turn a soccer ball inside out! Check out this clever reused ball that’s being sold through Branch. It’s on sale until the end of the month for $98. When the sale is over, it’ll cost you $198! Each ball is used which makes each purse truly unique. This is a “must have” for all the soccer moms on the go in their hybrids!

Reduce & Reuse with the Green Box Pizza Box

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Here’s another great packaging innovation called the Green Box. Basically it’s a regular pizza box that is pre-perforated so it can serve several uses: 1) Pizza Box 2) Dinner Plates & 3) Space Saving Storage Box.

DIY Vertical Garden with Reclaimed Gutters

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This is really a great space saving idea for those with green thumbs and not enough yard to exercise them. Personally I think these would go great along a deck railing or cut down to be mini-window boxes. So next time someone you know replaces their gutters snatch them up and give them a new lives as planters.