- My Trash House, from start to finish
- My Trash House, from start to finishPosted 348 days ago
One year, $1,500 and a lot of dumpster diving got me a finished house.
- 13 super rad things to do with plastic bottles
- 13 super rad things to do with plastic bottlesPosted 446 days ago
Don't just recycle those bottles! Turn them into useful things that'll actually make your life easier (or at least more awesome).
- Cleanup in Cairo, part 1
- Cleanup in Cairo, part 1Posted 455 days ago
The Egyptian revolution created an ad hoc city in Tahrir Square. When it was all over, I joined the volunteers who came to clean up the trash and rebuild Egypt from the gutters up.
- The Up-Cycled Skirt!
- The Up-Cycled Skirt!Posted 479 days ago
I took the worst offenders from my pants collection—two pairs of dusty Carhartts—and upcycled them into a fun and flirty skirt.
- DIY Mason Jar Chandelier
- DIY Mason Jar ChandelierPosted 482 days ago
Old jars can be more than ironic beer glasses: they can be ironic (and beautiful) light fixtures!
My Vegetables Are Subsidized by the Military Industrial Complex
Corporations are starting to pay attention to "green" programs. How cutting costs may equal more responsible choices.
Posted in Change Your Life, Food, Omnivore, Revolution, Take Action, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged change, corporations, crazy ideas that just might work, Food Comments closed
Try This at Home: Sprout Your Own (alfalfa, that is)
With a jar, some water and five days, you can have fancy alfalfa sprouts. Nutrition city!
Posted in Change Your Life, DIY, Food, Omnivore, Radical Homemaking, Revolution, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged adorable vegans, delicious health food, DIY, how to be awesome, sprouts, things hippies are right about Comments closed
Meatless Monday: Zucchini shirred eggs
A whole new way to look at zucchinis, and an easy-yet-fancy recipe for my foodie friends.
Posted in Food, Omnivore, Vegetarian Tagged delicious health food, fancy, meatless monday, recipe, trying new things, Vegetarian, vegetarian recipe, zucchini Comments closed
DIY Giant Water Balloon Slingshot
Make a catapult that shoots water balloons, and get out there and do some damage!
Posted in Build This, DIY, Things We've Tried Tagged DIY, DIY weaponry, fun, how to be awesome, slingshot, Try This at Home, water balloons Comments closed
Control over Nature: Amon Tobin vs. Tessa Farmer
Combining experimental music with miniature fairyscapes creates a fantastical, tiny, twisted wonderland. Tim Burton eat your heart out.
Posted in Art, Audible, Digital Life, Featured, Revolution, Visual Tagged Amon Tobin, Art, art art art, creativity, dead stuff, experimental music, freaks, music, Reuse, surreal art, Tessa Farmer Comments closed
I Went To MoMA And… Project Gathers Museum Visitor Experiences
The amazing “I went to MoMA and…” Project lets museumgoers leave their mark.
Posted in Art, Change Your Life, Participatory, Revolution, Visual Comments closed
A Bloody Knuckles Battle
Help one of our Artists of the Week get back on her feet after suffering a violent crime.
Posted in Change Your Life, Heal The World, Revolution, Take Action Tagged artist of the week, bloody knuckles, fundraiser, knird Comments closed
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