I came to this little how-to post from Apartment Therapy via a Lifehacker link and thought it was pretty slick. I may just try it out. After inheriting a bunch of stuff from our grandmother, my sister and my apartment is looking put together but a little stuffy. Or, as the last boy I brought home put it, more like the home of a yuppy family or solitary old lady than of two twenty-somethings. I feel a few upcycled acccent pieces could mitigate that effect.
Photo via Apartment Therapy
Everydaytrash received some TH blog love yesterday for hosting Carnival of the Green (thanks Tree Hugger!). This little shout out plus links back to the carnival boosted Web hits all week. Logical enough. Wanna know what else boosts web hits? Mentioning Robert Rauschenberg, Marcel DuChamp and interviewing Francophone North African trash art curators in Norway. Google searches for Rauchenberg and DuChamp bring in hits every day. In fact, the day Rauchenberg died everydaytrash.com reached an all time record in page views (Heath Leger’s death caused a spike as well as googlers seeking info on “Michelle Williams” clicked through to a post where I once mentioned that she lives in my hood). On a less morbid note, external links to the Trashtastic Tuesday Q & A featuring Samir M’kadmi feed a steady stream of readers my way. Which reminds me, I need to scan some images and post more on Jon Gundersen, a Norwegian found object artist I met in Oslo through M’kadmi.
Photo of pacifiers collected by GUndersen ripped from the Du Store Verden! site
One of the fun things about going out of town and slacking off on the trash research for a bit is that when you finally get around to rooting around for what you missed, there’s quite a bit out there. Treat yourself to this excellent WebUrbanist post highlighting 7 trash artists. You’ll see some old favorites, like the miraculous silhouettes made from trash shadows to the world renowned trash people to street art made from trash. But there are some new (to me at least) discoveries in there as well: turkeys made from scrap metal and this lovely bear head made of woven plastic bags. If you ask me, there’s nothing sweeter than a plastic bag bear.
Photo of an Eden Project sculpture via Flikr via WebUrbanist
I’m not even going to attempt to rip an image for this post. To get the full effect of this amazing interactive map of trashumentary photography, you’ll have to click here and peruse the recent contribution from Last Night’s Garbage to The New York Moon. Thanks for the tip, Joe!
Jonathan over at Wasted Food has posted part one of a two part story on food in college cafeterias. Some students at Virginia Tech have an interesting research question: if you remove the trays onto which kids pile more food than they could possibly eat, will students take less food and create less waste? Control week results are in. Check them out and stay tuned for the exciting finale.
Photo by Andy Sarjahani via Wasted Food.
Ever find yourself deciding between a composting bin and composting tumbler? Or what kind of container one needs to house a worm condo? The good people of Composters.com have a blog that may help to answer some of those questions. Here’s the link.
I found this and other cleverly titled and artfully shot photos of trash here. According to the “about” blurb: ” The Art of Talking Trash is dedicated to showcasing the most progressive and inspiring garbage in NYC and beyond.” Welcome to the garblogosphere, comrad. This photo reminds me of Donna Conlon‘s trash trees in Panama.
Someone out there is ranking garbloggers. Update: the author assures me the blogs aren’t listed in any ranking order. My bruised ego may now begin the process of healing. Note that everydaytrash is now listed first (feeling a little childish now).
This week in greenlogging and garblogging:
The Times reports on the growing cohort of mothers who care about the future of the planet for their children. While I’m not sure this sentiment is new, the terms they use and blogs they follow certainly are. Happy Reading!
This just in, the Norwegian Association of Art Societies is celebrating their 30th anniversary with a trashtastic expo of art made from garbage and found objects. “Recycling the Looking Glass” will travel across Norway this April, opening in Oslo, and will include a group show of international artists, a seminar of trash art and environmentalism via diverse media on the day the show opens and a print publication with contributions from seminar panelists.
Here’s a PDF of the press release in English. I’ve been invited to participate in the seminar and contribute to the publication, the greatest honor yet for everydaytrash.com! Look out Oslo, here I come.
This week, fellow garblogger, The Visible Trash Society salutes Jo Hanson. San Fran’s first sanitation artist in residence. Check out the post and mini-doc dug up from the Internet on the topic.
This has truly been a great week for everydaytrash to learn of co-conspirators. May I direct your attention to the new photoblog, The Art of Talking Trash—“Dedicated to showcasing the most progressive and inspiring garbage in NYC and beyond.” Rock on.
(photo lifted from the site)
You may have noticed a first this week: an everydaytrash post written by someone else. That someone else is tipster cum contributor Kimberly. Stay tuned for more insightful reporting from the wonderful world of trash, perhaps now with a little more regularity.
Check out this sweet CNET article about the wave of West Coast blogs on which trashies are tracking the waste they create and their efforts to create less. You may recognize a certain trashpert quoted. More importantly, it’s a great launching pad full of links to new and entertaining garblogs (oh how the blogroll will grow). Happy Reading!
Photo by Julio Cesar Martinez, via CNET
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