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Upcycling Trash into Birdhouses, the ‘Happy City Birds’ Project

Oct 29

Thomas Winther, aka Dambo, is the mastermind behind the ‘Happy City Birds’ project. Dambo has created hundreds of colorful birdhouses he distributes across four cities in Denmark, including Copenhagen, for free. The coolest part of the project is that the birdhouses are upcycled from trash. Read More…

Former ‘World’s Largest Dump’ is becoming one of NYC’s Biggest Parks

Oct 24

Freshkills Park, NYC. Manhattan is visible in the distance. Source: Jimmy Stamp

Right smack dab in the heart of New York City, you’d never expect to find a sprawling 2,200 acre park featuring rolling hills, baseball diamonds, kayaking streams and playgrounds. Even more surprising is the fact Freshkills Park was once the world’s biggest landfill, processing as much as 29,000 tons of garbage per day during its peak operation in 1986-1987. Read More…

Levi’s Denim Jeans are Complete Junk! (Literally)

Oct 19

Source: Levi Strauss

Levi’s 2013 denim collection will be a bit different than previous collections, not necessarily in the look of the popular jeans, but you’ll notice a major change in the materials used to make them. The company’s new Waste-Less product will feature jeans made from recycled plastic bottles. Read More…

Junk Removal Company shows it’s better to give than to Receive

Oct 08

Junk haulers stumble upon all kinds of interesting stuff when cleaning out homes. We’ve heard stories over the years of junk haulers stumbling upon diamond rings, historical artifacts and cash accidentally tossed in the trash. The latest find was by a Massachusetts-based junk removal service, which came across an envelope filled with $1,000 bond certificates…and lots of ‘em. Read More…

New Mobile App Encourages You to Dominate Eco-Friendly Living

Oct 05

Image from JouleBug.com

A brand new mobile app lets you compete against friends and family members to see who’s living a “greener” lifestyle. JouleBug is its name, and its goal is to get you thinking about how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The makers of the app claim it can help users save about $200 a year by living greener – not bad for a free app! Read More…

Man Builds Helicopter out of Trash, Reminds us anything is Possible

Oct 04

Screenshot from “Everything is Incredible”

Agustin is just a humble shoemaker from Honduras with a dream. His dream is to build and fly a helicopter made from scrap bicycle parts, rebar, 2 x 4’s and other discarded trash. His story is even more inspiring considering he lives in extreme poverty, suffers from polio and has been working on the helicopter since 1958. Read More…

How does that Happen?!

Oct 03

Image source: Newsline Scotland, via: Huffington Post

In today’s weird and flat-out bizarre news…a man in Aberdeen, Scotland spent a portion of his evening with his noggin stuck in a public garbage bin. He claims he was doing a little dumpster diving in search of his lost flat-cap, although a witness at scene stated he was in pursuit of a half-smoked cigarette butt a passerby had tossed in the bin…bad move either way! Read More…

Congratulations San Jose, You Just Got a Little Bit Greener!

Oct 01

Image via Wikimedia Commons; user: XAtsukex

The City of San Jose, CA recently announced a partnership with Anaergia Services to construct a renewable energy facility at its wastewater treatment plant. The plant will extract biogas from sludge and convert it to heat and electricity. Read More…

Sustainable Concept Designs for the Kitchen of the Future

Sep 28

The Microbial Kitchen by Philips

Philips is at the cutting edge of futuristic and sustainable design for the home. Its Microbial Home system, winner of the 2011 red dot luminary design award, uses common household waste in ways you may have never thought possible. Read More…

What does the World’s most Sustainable City Look Like?

Sep 27

An artist’s rendering of Masdar City

Smack dab in the middle of the desert is the location of one of the world’s greenest cities. Masdar City is located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The city is actually still in the early stages of being developed, but several buildings are fully operational, including the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology. Read More…

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