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Repurposed Pallet Adirondack Chair

Repurposed Pallet Adirondack Chair

What do you get when you try to solve a neighborhood problem from an industrial design perspective? Designer Shelton Davis did just that and came up with an amazing repurposed chair built from pallet wood that otherwise would have headed for the landfill.

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What a 44 Year-Old Toaster Can Teach Us About Sustainable Design

What a 44 Year-Old Toaster Can Teach Us About Sustainable Design

How $2 bought me one of the best appliances I own I like my toast. I’m one of those people that believes bread simply tastes and performs a better when thoroughly warmed and a little crispy on the outside. So you can imagine my consternation when my toaster recently stopped working.  It’s not that the toaster [...]

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Student Brings Solar-Powered Refrigeration to Areas without Electricity

Student Brings Solar-Powered Refrigeration to Areas without Electricity

There are still many parts of the world without ready access to electricity. This makes it hard to preserve medicines or to store foods that could quickly go bad. But 21-year-old Emily Cummins — previously named as one of the Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and the Ultimate Save-The-Planet-Pioneer in the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women [...]

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Interchangeable Umbrellas: Sustainable By Design

Interchangeable Umbrellas: Sustainable By Design

The Crayella Umbrella may be the answer to all those broken umbrellas gathering dust in odd corners throughout the world. Typically, a cheap umbrella is tossed once a gust of wind or overuse rips the canopy or throws a joint from its support arms. The Crayella is designed (with nearly all recycled plastic and aluminum [...]

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