After the release of a Greenpeace report which found hazardous chemicals in Zara clothes, the Spanish company has avowed to take steps to change this.
This would be great….if only their target date wasnt 2020! I appreciate that they hope to have at least 20 of their suppliers make the switch by 2013, but 7 more years? Leaves something to be desired.
Absolutely gorgeous stuff. These are my fav
Singapore-based Saught is a social business that aims to create an international community of advocates through its collaborative model, championing for peace building efforts.
It produces jewelry from landmines and unexploded ordnance to support sustainability in post-conflict countries such as Cambodia.
Want.
Growing food indoors is usually limited by the space you have. More often than not, that means some kind of vertical placement, as we’ve seen withwindowfarms, mini-greenhouses doubling as lighting and aeroponic systems.
Fogponics — a more advanced application of aeroponics where vaporized water is used to transfer nutrients and oxygen to enclosed, suspended plant roots — is where German design company Vakant Design begins instead with Fogger, a unit designed to give plants that extra boost.
(via Fogponic Unit Stacks Vertically to Grow More Veggies in Less Space : TreeHugger)
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Que cute!
DIY project du jour:
Make a lamp from cardboard and an LED lighting kit.
How-to: Desktop Lamp — Instructables
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I would wear this every day!
Also check out this Community Tool Library! Such a great idea.
Love!
(Source: moorbi)
Levis introduces jeans made out of recycled bottles. Awesome!
(via 8 Bottles, 1 Jean – The Levi’s® Brand Introduces Waste)
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Woot…love this! Amazed by how many Lebanese artists are embracing upcycling. Will definitely visit their store next time I am in Beirut.
Bokja is a Turkish word that describes an intricately worked fabric created to cover a bride’s dowry. Lebanese designers Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri bring a similar passion for detail and history to the furniture which they create under the same name.
Baroudi and Hibri source furniture designs from the 50s, 60s and 70s, unearthed in Beirut’s flea-markets and antique dealerships, and then cover them with exuberant tapestries and textiles from the Levant and the legendary Silk Road countries of Central Asia. Combining ancient culture with repurposed modern design, Bokja is creating one-of-a-kind pieces that offer an explosion of colour, pattern and a richly textured sense of history.
This is awesome.
UTREM LUX is the name of the sustainable design project created by Degross Design & Innovation that reuses bottles to make lighting. What a bright idea!
(via earth911)
I’ve loved blik for years now, so I was super excited when I heard they are launching a new line of custom AND sustainable blik!
Check it out here. Perhaps I’ll order some this weekend (free shipping!)
