Articles tagged “Zero Waste”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Donate Sewing Scraps to Schools By NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 31 2011 Kids are back in school, and that means teachers will be looking for cheap or free materials for students to explore art and design. Scraps of fabric as small as tiny squares and triangles left over from quilting can be useful in the classroom. + READ MORE

Don't Be So Quick to Throw Out Expired Milk! By NaturallySavvy.com IN Food & Health Jan 29 2011 Sour milk may smell and it may not be good for drinking, but it can still be used in baking, and even for feeding pigs. + READ MORE

Make Abstract Art with Crayon Nubs By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 22 2011 There are lots of ways to use crayon nubs instead of tossing them, including making your own abstract art. + READ MORE

Forget America Recycles Day, Celebrate Zero Waste Day! By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Nov 11 2010 Recycling is the bottle and can business's way of getting you to do their dirty work, at your cost. Instead lets go zero waste. + READ MORE

There Are At Least 10 R's, And Recycling Is The Least Of Them By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Nov 10 2010 We reprise and reiterate: We need to go zero waste instead of recycling. + READ MORE

Back to the Root's Alejandro Velez on Turning Coffee Waste into Gourmet Mushrooms By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 1 2010 It only takes a few minutes of conversation with Back to the Root's Alejandro Velez to realize that this recent Berkeley grad has knowledge and talent far beyond his years. In fact, him and partner Nikhil Arora started their new venture + READ MORE

10 Reuses for Single-Use Gift Bags By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Oct 3 2010 Reusing gift bags has become the norm, but when they start looking a little ragged around the edges, we have 10 ways you can upcycle them into new things. + READ MORE

Upcycle Denim Waistbands into a Unique Rug By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 6 2010 When your favorite jeans have kicked the bucket, there's nothing to do but find creative ways to reuse them. With the waistband from several pairs of jeans, you can make an awesome one-of-a-kind denim rug. + READ MORE

Peeling Your Fruits and Vegetables? You Could Be Missing Most of the Nutrients By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 29 2010 If you're a regular reader of mine, then you know I'm a huge fan of Christina Pirello and her show Christina Cooks. And over the years her show has taught me some great pieces of whole foods information, namely that we should keep our foods whole. That's right, Christina rarely peels fruits and vegetables because many of the nutrients are found in the peels. It's similar to eating head-to-tale but with produce. None of your precious local produce is wasted and you get all those wonderful nutrients. + READ MORE

Ten Surprising Ways to Reuse Wine Bottles in Your Garden By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden May 11 2010 One glass wine bottle could take 4000 years or more to decompose - longer if it sits a the landfill. Ouch. Those sturdy colorful bottles can provide the perfect material for upcycled project for your garden. + READ MORE

Get Stuffed! Make Your Own Pillows with Upcycled Covers By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Mar 26 2010 Make one-of-a-kind pillows from your favorite textiles, including pashminas, t-shirts and vintage tea towels. + READ MORE

Hello Rewind Stops Sex Trafficking By Turning T-Shirts into Laptop Cases By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Mar 23 2010 If you hop on Etsy.com, you'll find a slew of beautiful handmade laptop cases, many of which use repurposed materials like old t-shirts, jeans or vintage fabrics. But you'll be hard pressed to find any that also help end sex trafficking. That's exactly the unusual and inspiring link Hello Rewind makes as they turn an eco-art into a humanitarian effort. + READ MORE

Upcycle Your Favorite Jeans as an Organizer By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Feb 23 2010 One of the best ways to reuse an old pair of beloved blues is to make them over into an organizer for your home office or car. + READ MORE

5 Crafty Ways to Turn Buttons into Accessories By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 19 2010 If you're looking for a way to use up those odds-and-ends buttons, here are five fantastic accessories that can be make quickly and easily. + READ MORE

Upcycle Broken Zippers into Funky Jewelry By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 17 2010 Don't be so quick to toss old, broken zippers. There are lots of ways you can upcycle a broken zipper into unusual and fashionable jewelry. + READ MORE

Make Cookie Valentines for Your Child's Class By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Feb 4 2010 Heart-shaped ginger snaps are a tasty, waste-free alternative to paper Valentines. + READ MORE

Are You A Green Valentine? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Feb 3 2010 Valentine's Day can be an over commercialized mess if you're not careful. But with a few well thought out substitutions, you can have a green lover's holiday to remember. Learn tons of great green Valentine's Day facts in our quiz: Are You A Green Valentine? + READ MORE

Creative Reuse: Eco-Art Inspired DIY By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 26 2010 Art can be made from anything. What is so inspiring about eco-art is not just the reduce, reuse and recycle factor, it's the creativity behind the application of using trash, or leftover materials or even an old high school yearbook. + READ MORE

Can Yogic Philosophy Save the Planet? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Jan 15 2010 Well, the practice of contentment holds that individuals don't need material things to live. Instead, the text suggests that all we really need to be happy we already have. A materialistic culture, in which the best new car, outfit, or McMansion is prized, will never fulfill us but will, rather, leave us filling empty in the end. + READ MORE

7 Daily Tasks That (Surprise!) Don't Require Paper Towels By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Jan 14 2010 If you're used to grabbing a paper towel for every small spill, spot, and cleaning task, replace them with these alternatives for a waste-free switch. + READ MORE