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Greg Safarik of Hologic describes how the company has begun using custom made reusable shipping covers for the machinery, eliminating the need for cardboard and non-recyclable packing materials.
Creative reuse found at the St Pete Market: a delightful spoon elephant (comprised of spoons, a cup and tea pot).
World Food Programme sack (donated by government of Canada) reused as a curtain in a school in Marcala, Honduras.
Bring the Bag's Create a Bag Monster Event on the Seawall in Galveston, Texas.
Promoting the use of reusable bags in Galveston. We gave away approximately 600 reusable bags and created a Bag Monster from single use plastic bags we obtained from the public on the Seawall and beach.
A fairly interesting Christmas tree comprised of recycled plastic bottles in the Rocks, Sydney. I'll probably come back here with the 5D for a few more shots.
These two sweet little cherubs were sort of "just sitting there" in another part of the garden. They cried out to be the framing elements of the path to the Coastal Room.
I had grand plans of making everyone in my family these reusable shopping totes but after this one took me *all day* with two little ones running around underfoot, I settled for just finishing one. It folds up into its own little pocket for storage.
Maybe next year I can give out a couple more...
Recycle, Reuse & Regenerate...
is not just about building bigger recycling box.
It is about educating & creating awareness amongst the masses on the purpose & meaning of recycling! What can be reuse and how to reuse. AND if we recycle & reuse, we will regenerate our world for our children!
Go green ermmm... in this case go YELLOW! :)
I have about a dozen baby jars. So I grabbed three and made them into hanging lamps with some copper wire I got from my neighbor who is a major re-use kind of consumer. I even had some used tea lights left from last year. All re-used materials!
I imagine hanging these everywhere in the trees.
This is my apartment in Stockholm that I've worked on for a few months. The general idea was two give it the feel of the twenties that it deserved. When I moved there it was a very modern IKEA kind of feel to it. I've used a lot of old materials, doors, a huge old window and some nice old kitchen interior that I've found at different containers and antique bargains.
Fabric sample strip together with pieces of an old skort. I'm especially fond of the reuse of the hem.
The tree is made from brass picture wire, growing out of the case of an old travel alarm clock. The 'flowers' are the hands, cogs and winding handles from the same clock.
It's another example of my idea of strange new life growing out of our discarded gadgets - The scrap yard as compost heap!