Every Monday one member of the green blogosphere rounds up great posts from fellow envirobloggers in a rotating tradition called Carnival of the Green. Check out the sampling posted today over at the Savvy Vegetarian and note the shout out to my everydaytrash interview with photographer Andy Hughes.
Archive for the ‘Garblogging’ Category
Carnival of the Green
Monday, February 12, 2007green jams
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Just as I hit save to the formatting for tomorrow’s interview with a surf/trash photographer, my “daily” email from Cool Hunting arrived, alerting me to their recent posting on Planet Earth Green Label.
Weekly Compactor: Blogroll Edition
Sunday, February 4, 2007
This week in garblogging:
- Art For Housewives looks to scrapbooking for reinventing trash;
- Treehugger features the fabulous, trash-reducing blog, Bring Your Own;
- The Temas Blog spotlights Marina Silva, Brazil’s environmental minister;
- Great Green Goods features recycled hearts for Valentine’s day;
- Green Girls Global give us a heads up on an up and coming trash periodical;
- Ecorazzi questions causes celeb;
- Fabulously Green shares some faublous new ecostyles; and
- Olympia Dumpster Divers asks “who wore it better?”
Weekly Compactor: tips from readers
Wednesday, December 20, 2006This week the compactor focuses on two neat things sent in to me by readers. The first is an article reposted on a blog. The second is a program by the WNYC show Radio Lab. Both are fantastic examples of journalists pursuing stories in trash. I love it.
- A little town in Canada with the world’s cleanest water plans to build a dump over it (via Science Notes).
- Oxfordians use ancient trash to solve mysteries (scroll down).
pleasure butters
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A late runner in the eco-friendly holiday gift suggestions: pleasure butters from Good Clean Love.
And on the subject of eco-friendly erotica, check out the company blog, Making Love Sustainable.
green girls global
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Green Girls Global is the blog that rose from the ashes of the now sadly hybernating City Hippy when a group of women editors decided to carry on blogging, this time with a feminista edge. With categories that include “love & relationships” and “fair trade”, the women are doing just that. Check out this greener Christmas link that should have made my roundup of green holiday tips.
coo coo for coco products
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
While I was out of town and slacking on my garblogging duties, my colleague Keith over at The Temas Blog was busy rounding up all the possible uses for coconuts under the sun for a two-part series on recycling their shells. In part one, he informs us of the problem of coconut waste clogging landfills in Latin America…all those discarded husks drunk dry and tossed aside (there’s even a Utube video to demonstrate the draining and enjoying of a fresh coconut). Then, in part two, he offers an exhaustive compilation of coconuts reimagined. I know what you’re thinking, but you’d be amazed at all the coco byproducts out there: seat upholstery for cars, carpet padding, rope and, of course, art. It’s inspired stuff.
-1000 words
Thursday, October 19, 2006Still having photo issues. I did, however, find a website for the paper people!
trash hiatus: check back on October 17th
Tuesday, October 3, 2006everyday trash might not be so everyday while I head to Malawi for two weeks. In the meantime, check out the much toted sidebar of friends, colleagues and bizarre resources. I promise to bring back fascinating stories of African trash. Oh, and did you see the Herbert op-ed in the Times this weekend?
white trash wedding
Monday, October 2, 2006
I met fellow garblogger Diane Kurzyna virtually last week, through blog comments and email after we were both mentioned and thrown some web traffic by the cleaver and creative site, Art for Housewives.
Diane’s artistic alias is Ruby Re-Usable and her art is all about giving a second or third life to junk materials. Perhaps because I have spent the past five days in the Mid-West taking part in a wedding (a very classy affair, I should make clear—this is not a true comparison), but I’ve been particularly charmed by the series of small sculptures entitled White Trash Wedding.
the temas blog
Monday, September 25, 2006
In case you haven’t noticed, the real value in everyday trash isn’t the content of the posts per se, but the wonderfully dense sidebar of wide-reaching resources in garbology.
Today’s recommended click-through is The Temas Blog where environmental issues affecting Latin America are broken off into bite-sized chunks and translated for our convenience by fellow garblogger, Keith R.
Check out his recent post on casa PET in Brazil where two-liter soda bottles are recycled as building materials for homes.
plenty on freeganism
Friday, September 22, 2006
Plenty Magazine printed a story on where my trashies at, yo?
Tuesday, September 19, 2006Garblogging can be a thrilling pastime, but I couldn’t do it without your encouragement and active participation. Thanks to all who have been clicking through as I’ve launched everyday trash these past couple of weeks, thanks to the artists whose work I’ve been reposting and thanks especially to the peanut gallery for the snarky commentary. Please, please, keep it coming!
A reminder on the rules of the game: comments are very welcome, as are tips, feedback and suggestions for future items, new entries are posted at least daily and all posts relate to trash.
umbrella inside out
Monday, September 11, 2006
Today’s the day when Treehugger has promised to start posting the five finalists from their inspired Umbrella Inside Out contest. The idea is to make good use of all those umbrellas thrown away due to poor contruction and turn them into either a better umbrella or fashion item. Either way, the winner will be shown at an ethical fashion show in Paris.
Sidenote: When I was little, my mother read an article about a man who went around collecting broken umbrellas after rain storms and made them into kites. She got us some kite-making books from the library and the next time it rained, we walked around the neighborhood picking discarded umbrellas out of corner trash baskets. I made a bat kite from a black umbrella. She made a more beautiful, but less flyable red box kite. I don’t remember how long it took us, but I do remember many afternoons in the park flying our creations. Also, I remember the pride I felt as a child explaining to anyone who asked that we had made our nifty kites ourselves from things we picked out of the trash.
great green goods
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Glass coke bottles sanded into elegant bracelets, dinner plates made from traffic lights, a briefcase of stacked take-out chopsticks…Great Green Goods is your one-stop shop for trendy gifts on the web. It’s a shopping blog of recycled materials that spans hippie to chic, compiling new and inspired items from green designers around the world. Whether shopping for that millionth friend’s wedding, your strung-out-chic boyfriend in Williamsburg or your European grandmother, there is something made from someone else’s trash that would make the perfect present!
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