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Help Kickstart a Sustainable Lighting Project

Israeli designer Adital Ela Asks for help with her WindyLight sustainable lighting project on Kickstarter. Kickstarting a new sustainable lighting project that employs wind in...

Rothko-esque Plastic Bags Go From Rubbish to Relevant

Colorful plastic bags are both the canvas and the paints in Aviva Sawicki's artworks. Plastic bags are a ubiquitous and un-eco-friendly material that many sustainable...

Upcycled Tea Wraps Into Miniature Origami Masterpieces

Origami and some creativity saved these Earl Grey tea bag wrappers from the recycling bin and made them functional again. We are constantly surrounded by...

Adi Zaffran Weisler Makes Upcycled Bullet Jewelry, Not War

Used copper bullets found at a firing range transform into sculptural objects incorporated into rings. Bullets are, objectively, ugly things.  They have an ugly purpose,...

Urban Beehive So You Can Make Healthy Honey at Home

Philips has created a plastic, urban beehive. Honey, I am home! When I told my husband that I want to build an urban beehive on...

Micro-Financed Straw Houses For Pakistan Are Quake-Proof

Environmentally-friendly designed straw bale houses are energy efficient and earthquake resistant. Pakistan's poorest groups rebuild lives through Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB) micro-financed project.

Timo Handmade Finds Modern Uses for Vintage Fabrics

Made mostly from used and vintage scraps of fabric, Timo Handmade's new creations have a warm, old-world feel. Fabric scraps can be used for lots...

Nokka Customized Cardboard Furniture for Everyday and Everyone

Upcycled, easily recycled and sturdy cardboard is the base material for Nokka's furniture. Cardboard is one of those miracle materials that has recently been rediscovered...

Making an Ecosexual Stink about Komen’s ‘Promise Me’ Perfume

Breast cancer is the boogey man lurking underneath our breastbones, and organizations committed to eradicating the disease are the super heroines wearing pink capes,...

Lightexture Lamps Combine Ethereal Light and Energy Efficiency

Lightexture's lamps are beautiful and energy efficient. Sustainable designers interested in the field of light fixtures often focus on making the lamp base out of...

Mosaic of Lost Socks feature recyclables as Art

Mosaic artist Ruslan Sergeyev and the "My Wave" recycled ceramic art creation on Netanya promenade.  Festival includes a mosaic of lost socks. Photo by...

Studio Ubico’s Furniture Collection Reincarnates Wood Into Trees

Studio Ubico has upcycled found wooden pieces back into their original form, a tree. Studio Ubico, an upcycling and environmentally conscious design studio working in...

Ron Arad’s Bike Wheels Will Never Go Flat

Ron Arad's bike is up for the auction block: These wheels will add some spring to your ride. Unlike the car, which comes in many...

Michael Tsinovsky Puts Arabic Into Israel’s Melting Pot

Industrial designer Michael Tsinovsky brought together Israel's many local styles in his 'asli' furniture design. When it comes to consumerism, local is almost always better...

PET Bottles Upcycled Into Art Using Glass Blowing Techniques

PET bottles hark back to their glass bottle predecessors using traditional glass blowing techniques. Plastic bottles have pretty nasty reputations for being bad for human...

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Is Qatar paying UNESCO to turn a blind eye on the Seychelles?

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Health Canada approves lab grown milk

Canada's approval of animal-free dairy proteins marks a milestone for precision fermentation and the growing alternative-protein industry. Will consumers embrace milk made without cows?

Before Funeral, Auburn University Creates Environmental Scholarship in Memory of Weston Higginbotham

The James "Weston" Higginbotham Endowed Scholarship will support Auburn students pursuing ecological engineering, ensuring that the work Weston cared about so deeply continues long after his passing.

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The family of Weston Higginbotham,an Auburn University student whose disappearance and death in the mountains near Kyoto, Japan, drew international attention, has declined to publicly release the cause of his death.
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