Drew University students are due to come back soon and much of them are stocked up at the McLendon Hall Dormitory. While many would simply go through the motions of fixing their rooms, a “green treat” awaits them as the building has been environmentally redesigned.
What they may not notice is the building’s environmentally friendly touches:
Cardboard has taken its use to another level. By expanding the vivid imagination towards how these corrugated cartons can be conceptualized into attractive home furniture solutions, Diseno Cartonero has created functional and elegant pieces of furniture from cast-off cardboards often collected by garbage collectors.
Besides being nice
What happens to your old mattress when they have already used up their reliable product life? Throw them away and wait for the garbage collectors to collect? Give them to charity or the needy? If you have an old mattress, hold on for a moment and see what things you can do with it. Something like re-use or recycling perhaps?
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I know its not exactly BBQ season however its always a good thing to be prepared! Make your own BBQ PC by using parts from an old PC.
Step 1 – Find a Doner PC
I find dual 350 mhz SCSI enabled tower to be an ideal candidate. This PC has been sat under my desk for years and had already had its disks salvaged. In it’s day it operated on 128MB of super slow ram (though I think even 32MB would suffice). Be sure to ask the owner of the PC if you can “borrow it” or make sure nobody is
It is an indirect way of recycling but turning to used furniture sales can be a joy if you get your hands on great looking furniture that can still be used. Though it does not directly point towards a green way of living, making use of discarded furniture such as dining tables, sofas or
Make unique lamps and vases from leftover bottles by following the instructions posted here.
Method 1: Dip a piece of common string in alcohol and squeeze dry, or as dry as it will get without dripping. This string should then be placed on the already marked glass and tied tight. Light the string and let it burn off. Immediately, while the glass is still hot, plunge it into cold water. Be sure the container of water is l
If you liked these textiles cups then head over here for instructions on how to make them at home. Personally I found the cups quirky and fun but wonder if they are a tad impractical since they can be used only once.
Reclaimed wood from demolished buildings, barns or schools don’t necessarily have to be left out as raw materials left to rot. If paired with the right people who know what to do with them, they can come back in the form of catchy furniture designs that can really mislead anyone into believing that they are good as new.
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Now here is something even we can try at home. Designer Felipe Morales has used old Atari (remember those?) joysticks and has turned them into coat hangers. Neat isn’t it? Via Coroflot
Cardboard use has been the common thing we see these days and it looks like people are getting quite creative with them. Ranging from the standard magazine racks, lamp shades and even chairs, it seems that cardboard use has been inheriting the creative minds of people towards being more eco-friendly.
Among the people leading the pack are Santiago Moraha
