Memories of indoor games are littered with the lingering odor of adolescent sweat, the squeak of plimsoles and those gymnasium floors lined up for basketball et al. But those gym floors don’t last forever and as it turns out they can be recycled into some surprisingly desirable home products. The clever people at mademansion.com are stocking [...]
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Gym Class eco-heroes
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, tagged ethical products on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Patagonia
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The US outdoor clothing manufacturer has been a big player in ethical fashion since the mid-1990’s. They’ve lead the way with innovative manufacturing processes that allow them to use recycled plastics as the principle material source for their fleeces and puffa jackers. There’s little question that they where their principles lie in terms of ecological [...]
Garden furniture eco-style
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, tagged ethical materials, reclaimed materials, recycled materials on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With spring now in the air many a homeowner will be inspecting the garden furniture ready for another year. Although sustainably sourced wooden chairs and benches make a good choice. By the time you factor in the maintenance and protection required to achieve their full lifetime they are hardly the choice of the discerning eco-warrior. [...]
A new life for spent jeans
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, tagged ethical materials, ethical products, green home improvement, recycled materials on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think I must go through at least one pair of jeans a year. Sure they get a gradual retirement, probably a years service for decorating and jobs around the house. But there’s a point when every pairs of jeans doesn’t have the right feel when you pull them on – and that’s when you [...]
Taking recycled materials to infinity and beyond
Posted in recycled materials, Uncategorized, tagged eco building, green building, reclaimed wood, recycled materials, recycled wood, sustainable building on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of London’s most interesting ethical projects this summer has been The Jellyfish Theatre. A pop up theatre made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials. The project was developed by Kobberling and Kaltwasser, award winning Berlin based architects, and was assembled by an army of volunteers from recycled pallets and discarded doors and chairs. You [...]
Flotsam and jetsam
Posted in Ethical product, recycled materials, Uncategorized, tagged eco building, ethical mater, ethical products, living green, reclaimed materials on June 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As any beachcomber will tell you identifying the flotsam from the jetsam is the least of your worries. The world’s oceans are becoming choked with assorted debris that has roughly the same half life as plutonium. Naturally the way to highlight the woe’s of the world’s ocean’s was to build a pop-up hotel from 12 [...]
Airport security? … yeah that’s going to go well
Posted in recycled materials, tagged ethical bag, ethical product, ethical products, recycled materials on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not like passing through airports became a more elegantprocess over the last decade. Jacket off, metal detector sweep, pat down, shoes off, jacket off, laptop into the ‘sniffer’ etc…. . It’s a little bit like having your pockets checked for chewing gum at school – but without the thrill of having a genuine chance [...]
Shattered glass
Posted in Glass, tagged eco wine glass, ethical homeware, ethical products, recycled glass on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I just type a seemingly random word into Google, not because it is a search engine but because it is a marketing machine – a roulette wheel for businesses seeking punters. I’m not searching for anything in particular, just curious about who would want to pay for that query. Provoked by that mornings java [...]
Shut up fool
Posted in recycled materials, Welding, tagged ethical materials, recycled cars, recycled materials, Welding as art on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was somewhat surprised to see last year that knitting was back with the cool young things of London (the chicks at least). I realise the credit crunch is bringing a little austerity chic back into vogue but it’s hard to know if the act of knitting or the final product is the most [...]
Since when did fur go out of fashion?
Posted in fur, recycled materials on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure I’m not the only one spending the long autumn evenings weighing up the best use of grandma’s old fur coat. I mean they don’t quite ooze glamour the way they did back in the 1930’s. Well our Canadian cousins have found the solution to all those fur recycling issues. Furteddybears.com does exactly what [...]
