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Did you get a new PDA, mobile phone, laptop, iPod, or other fun gadget for Christmas? If you did, make sure to recycle your old unit. There’s toxic heavy metals and other stuff that can end up in our air and water if it’s just tossed in the garbage. Making it really simple to make [...]

Do you have designing hands? Get some creativity in your holiday (this would be fun to make into a competition among family or friends too!) by creating a chair for Design Within Reach’s annual Champagne Chair Contest! No, not full-size ones….miniatures made from what would normally be thrown away from your celebratory Champagne during Christmas [...]

I’m loving Jen Ramos’ cards (that’s her above) and I just bought 2 packs for myself this year of the reindeer design below. Check her stuff out at Made By Girl! Fabulous designs all on acid-free, recycled post-consumer paper. The girl loves color, and so do I. Jen’s definitely an Eco Chick! Check out what [...]

Flora Recycled Notebooks

Colorful Recycled Tabs
Because I spend so much time at my desk, I feel totally justified buying cool stuff for it. Plus, I like pretty, designey things, not plain.
See Jane Work has lots of fun stuff for the office, but I’m especially excited because they have a whole eco-friendly section, which has recycled paper [...]

These cool rugs, called Mad mats, are not only made from recycled plastic, they are inexpensive too! And since they’re made from plastic, you can use them on your patio, porch, or deck, or in the garden, or even in a kids’ room (or college dorm). To clean, just hose off!

Look at these gorgeous bags!! Ashley Watson designs them from Vancouver, Canada, where they are also produced (no sweatshop labor!). Not only are they pretty, super-soft and fairly made, Watson crafts the bags from old leather jackets (so that’s where all those 80’s style cheesy motorcycle coats went!). Not exactly vegan, but as a vegetarian [...]

Not sure what to do with those dead batteries sitting in the drawer? Do you have some old paint sitting in the garage waiting to be properly disposed of? Earth 911 is an excellent site that will help you find local recycling centers. There is also information on composting, conserving energy, and how to teach [...]

In my mind this company definitely takes sustainability to the next level! The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company Limited
is focused today on the production, innovation and marketing of all sorts of fun products made from elephant poo!
Visitors can visit the company’s “poo-tique” to buy all sorts of paper gift items made from elephant [...]

If you’re an eco-minded fashion designer, The Afterlife is the event of the year to participate in! AIGA San Francisco is currently rounding up green artists/fashion designers/graphic designers to participate in its 2007 Gala event with the main focus being a recycled paper fashion show/auction.
Help rescue paper from recycling limbo with a benefit auction of [...]

My little pile of separated drycleaning materials
I do have some clothes that need drycleaning and as I’m getting ready for Autumn, I’ve been making sure my sweaters and wool pants from last Winter are ready to go. You never know when you’re going to wake up in the morning with frost on the window (I [...]