Just wanted to draw your attention to a quick-and-easy craft project I spotted over at Home by Sunset. They’ve taken a plain vase and wrapped it with a natural placemat (reed, bamboo, etc.) for instant organic chic. Find step-by-step instructions here. Photo from Home by Sunset.
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Abigail Percy on botanical design
Jewellery designer Abigail Percy guest blogged on Design*Sponge last week, and her posts are all themed around botanical design. She’s pretty well-positioned to provide her perspective on the matter, too. Her own designs, which I have long coveted, are botanically-inspired — like her anemone earrings, above. (*Drool*) Abigail says, “I love seeing just how many different ways the same […]
Book review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Subtitled “A Year of Food Life,” it’s a personal account of back-to-the-land living crossed with an inquiry into the (big) business of food. It’s not a new book (it came out last spring), nor is it a new concept. But whether Kingsolver’s arguments for eating […]
The Story of Stuff
Have you seen The Story of Stuff yet? You can watch a teaser below, but I urge you to watch the full version here. What is it, you ask? It’s a 20-minute film that’s a provocative look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns; about “all our stuff–where it comes from and where it goes when […]
Ikea green hacks
Ikea Hacker has a great post showcasing “hacked” Ikea products used to create planters and even a mini greenhouse. I like the Asker utensil holder converted into a hanging planter, above, and the table, below, which utilizes three different Ikea products to make a table with built-in planter. And of course there’s the Heavy Petal hack: Fniss […]
Moss art by Edina Todoki
Check out this new brand of moss art by artist Edina Todoki I found via Inhabitat. Todoki, who describes herself as a “culitvator of eco-urban sensitivity,” says of the project, “City dwellers often have no relationship with animals or greenery. As a public artist I feel a sense of duty to draw attention to deficiencies […]
Take that, Monsanto
Percy and Louise Schmeiser took on Monsanto. Would you? Congratulations to Canadian farmers Percy and Louise Schmeiser for receiving the Right Livelihood Award in recognition of their struggle against agro-chemical giant Monsanto. The Right Livelihood Award (“for outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people”) was awarded to the Schmeisers “for […]
Flora table
Mmmmmmm… pretty. It’s Columbian designer Danilo Calvache’s Flora Table. Lo amo. Via MocoLoco.