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Giant Plastic Animals Appear Across Europe [Pics]
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Since 1983, colourful giant animals have been spotted emerging right out of the water, while others hang in the balance like some kind of animal laundry between close-knit buildings. Created using recycled plastic bottles by Cracking Art Group, these amazing animals represent the art collective's strong social and environmental ethic while bringing accessible contemporary art to the masses.
Continue reading...The Recycled Newspaper House
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Newspaper House is participatory art, community project and a statement on the environment all rolled up in one – literally! With the most recent incarnation boasting walls, floors and shingles of thousands upon thousands of rolled up old newspapers, Sumer Erek’s installation is a thought-provoking take on the place we call home.
Continue reading...Mutoid Waste Co. MuTATE Britain
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A monster of a street art show, cheekily dubbed MuTATE Britain, ran amok through December in London, leaving thousands of gobsmacked visitors in its aftermath. Billed as an “interactive multimedia pile-up”, the work featured at this free, non-corporate extravaganza leapt out like some orgiastic post-apocalyptic cybernetic experiment.
Continue reading...The Top 3 Eco-Friendly Bug Awards
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Nature is teaming with busy environmentalists, and nowhere more resourcefully so than in the diminutive world of invertebrates. As if their tootsies weren’t small enough, many of these little folks make it their life’s work to reduce their carbon footprints, recycling and reusing whatever is in their field. Without further ado, then, here are the three of the best. But who’ll take top spot?
Continue reading...Amazing House Created Entirely from Plastic Bottles
Friday, September 26, 2008
It’s no secret that our obsession with plastic bottles is turning into a bit of an environmental crisis, and no wonder, in the US alone 70 million bottles are purchased every day yet only a measly 10 million are recycled. So it’s good to see someone doing something useful with the bottles instead of adding them to giant mounds of garbage threatening to suffocate the planet.
Continue reading...5 Ways To Reduce Christmas Waste
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
The turkey has been made into sandwiches, and all the good chocolates are gone, along with the pledge to remain svelte and gorgeous for the New Year celebrations. As we enter our kitchens we find a mountain of bin bags, filled with Christmas cheer. One way we can [...]
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Monday, April 20, 2009
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