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Eco friendly roof shades made from used bottles
Plastic bottles have become an indispensable part of our modern lifestyle. Be it on a long distance train journey or some business conference, they are used for drinking water and other liquids but thrown away after the use. Since most of these bottles a
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Sculptor plans to develop coin making in US into an art form
There is no dearth of creative people in this world who keep on working to take their art to newer levels. Seattle-based sculptor Heidi Wastweet is one among those. Wastweet has spent a large part of her life designing US coins and the talented a
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U.S. Government backed deal gives impetus to make fuel from corn waste
Nature always provides a solution to man’s power needs. All that’s needed is a holistic approach toward digging and unearthing those answers. In a similar bid, POET has come up with a ‘Project Liberty’ biofuel plant, to be established in Iowa. The
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War Crimes: Amazing hot bike made from junk
This amazingly detailed hot bike is the work of the two Bjorkland brothers - Carl and Mark - from Washington, US., made by putting together salvaged material. It all started with their purchasing of a junk 1966 Harley Davidson XLCH years back for a good
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Amazing lampshade made by interwoven newspaper
Most of us have an impression about recycled materials not being able to produce a final product with the required finesse and precision that we normally look for. However, one look at this lamp at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York located at Times
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Affordable and delightful 'green' cupcake stands
This great and innovative idea of 'Party in a Box' is the brainchild of the founders of The Original Cupcaketree (USA). This basically comprises of a cute and compact do-it-yourself Cupcaketree kit crafted with recycled material. This kit is a way to tes
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Lilliputian Lamp made of used cups from the dental clinic
The Liliputian is a fine example of recycling and reusing waste material, that is abundant in quantity, and transforming it into a work of art. This project for metamorphosing the used plastic cups from the Dentist's clinic is about cutting them into var
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Eco-artist morphs discarded copper into amazing shoe sculptures
At the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour, would-be and celebrated artists get a chance to exhibit their handmade, locally crafted artworks biannually. This year, noted artist Elizabeth Emison will put her recycled copper-made shoes on public view from...
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Philadelphian bikers bare it all to save the planet
Last year, we let you know how some bike riders thronged the streets of Portland in their first birthday suits to commemorate the World Naked Bike Ride Day. It was all done to pedal the oil-crisis out. The same frenzy has now hit the bike lovers of...
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China outperforms all in adding junk to space
A recent study conducted by the Russian space agency Roscosmos reveals that China has contributed 40 percent of the debris to space until date. Most of it is attributable to the Chinese military, which, in 2007, tore apart a defunct weather satellite.
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