Simple, Cute and Creative projects using blogs, youtube and social media can raise awareness and funds for worthy causes. Check out The Uniform Project:

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donate something to support this sweet endeavor and/or start your own creative fundraising project for your favorite cause! brainstorm ideas? :)

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Transcript for “eDump” (A Documentary About Electronic Waste Dumping) by Michael Zhao ( Read more... )

The highlight of my whole Miami trip might have been meeting and talking with this artist at Pulse. Hermann Huber has been documenting the Zabbaleen in Cairo (a garbage community) and has fascinatingly haunting photographs and videos...You may know this is one of my major interests...in Cambodia and Nicaragua...for cyclecraft blog, etc. He's also ( Read more... )

I played The Gotham Gazette Garbage Game and sent 1,915,549 tons of refuse across 2,462,169 miles.

So I go to see my friend Jane's show in the permanent collection gallery of the Islip Museum...and then there just HAPPENS to be a show in the main galleries that is allllll on recycled art?? I can't believe how perfect this is to where my head is at.

Making the Most of ItSeptember 19 - November 18 ( Read more... )

I've been enjoying another little recycling obsession/experiment: cutting things up into ittybitty pieces for artmatter. here we have white junkmail paper in front.

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Brainstorming art and life projects using special recycled materials..doing some research and comparisons.

Plastic Lumber(from their FAQ ( Read more... )

I'm fascinated by the recycling process and want to SEE how different materials are made. here's a brief picture essay on recycling post-consumer plastic that would have been sent to landfills into 'lumber'..http://www.itsrecycled.com/process.shtml

and another into pellets: http://www.rkoindustries.com/id26.htmlIf you have any similar links, ( Read more... )

B and I enjoyed this presentation last Saturday at one of our favorite new galleries in our area:
art sites (art+architecture), 651 W. Main St., Riverhead, NY

NO IMPACT MAN
Presentation by Colin Beavan

No Impact Man is a one year experiment by journalist Colin Beavan, where he tries to have no net impact on the earth. In his own words he ( Read more... )