Almost 90% of metals are recycled compared to less than 10% of plastics - interesting TED talk on one man’s efforts to change that.
Say something nice today…
A great way to combine wine and recycling!
It’s wine o’clock (somewhere) …
Time to share a wine-related repurposing find: Corks wired together to make a durable doormat — made by Sarah Racha (spotted in her Etsy shop).
Sarah says:
This doormat measures 29 x 20 1/2 inches and is made up of 284 corks. Each cork has had two holes drilled into it and they are laced together tightly with steel wire.
I inserted metal grommets into the corks along the end of each row so the wire can not cut into the cork. The corks come from all over the world. I collect wine corks whenever I go wine tasting. I also ask at restaurants if they have any corks they were going to throw away that I could have. This could be used indoors or out. I have one of these doormats on my front porch and it has weathered one winter so far with no signs of deterioration. It also could be hung on a wall and used as a large bulletin board.
Want other repurposing ideas? Check out the Unconsumption “wine o’clock” series — a semi-regular series of Friday afternoon posts — here.
Cheers!
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Shipping palette + old soda bottles = vertical herb garden.
The project of using a shipping palette to make an herb garden is one that I originally saw on Instructables.
The concept is that you water the top plant and it drains through to the plant below that and then to the plant below that.
More: How to Build an Herb Garden Out of A Shipping Pallet) Via Vertical Theory.
Urban beekeeping in NYC, and how it can benefit our cities.
The creation of a wall painting, by Supakitch and Koralie.
“When science meets fashion exciting things happen.”
Clothing that purifies the air we breathe…
Bravo to Puma for this shopping bag that dissolves in water!
What does ‘good’ mean to you? Andy Leach, Commercial Manager of The People’s Supermarket in London.
As part of A Good Week, our Creative Director Nin will be speaking at “Good Fashion Perspectives”, a panel discussion on sustainability and ethical fashion. More info and tickets here.
