Tag Archive | "waste"
Incredible Shadow Art Created From Junk
British born and based artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster skilfully skirt the boundaries between beauty and the shadowier aspects of humanity, playing with our perceptions as well as our notions of taste. Many of their most notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish, with light projected against them to create a shadow image entirely different to that seen when looking directly at the deliberately disguised pile.
Continue reading...Plastic Clothes that Turn into Water
Friday, November 28, 2008
It could have been a story-line straight from a Sci-Fi or Bond movie: A world on the brink of environmental disaster, saved by the creation of a polymer, (or plastic, to you and me), that can be melted by water into a compound, which can be used to harvest seeds. That’s the science bit. The sexy bit is a touring fashion exhibition, called Wonderland, a project that marries couture with conscience.
Continue reading...It’s “Manure Day” in Georgia
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Has Environmental Graffiti reached the point yet that it can get a “Georgia” category to rival the “Florida” tag at Fark? We’ve had a border war, robocop, sugar gliders, and now it’s “Manure Day.”
Continue reading...Scientists Solve the Mystery of the Caterpillar that Looks Like Bird Poo
Friday, February 22, 2008
Researchers in Japan have at last cracked the most ancient and mysterious of scientific secrets. Image by Harald Supfle That secret, of course, is how a baby caterpillar manages to look so much like bird poo.
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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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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