WHAT TO DO WITH THE GRASS YOU PULLED UP TO MAKE A GARDEN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X6Na44FfaM

PHYSICAL TO CYBER SPACE

THE BODEGA PROJECT CREATES CYBER SPACE FOR ALL THE NEW YORK BODEGAS THAT EXIST IN PHYSICAL SPACE (THE STREETS).

VISIT: http://www.ilikenicethings.com/bodegas/

Bio-Degradable Packaging

This plastic bag dissolves in water! It also is completely biodegradable so you can easily just throw it into a compost bin and voila!

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/plastic-bag-dissolves-water/18393

Welcome to Vörland

"What will happen if the Planet keeps getting warmer? Will we have to drink water from puddles, move to igloos in the North Pole, shave the fur of polar bears or always carry a hurricane kit in our bags? Colors tried to find out by moving the editorial team into the future and visiting Vörland, an island off the coast of Scandinavia where the climate is perfect and there’s also lots going on.

For centuries Vörland was thought of as a freezing, inhospitable island. But it not only brilliantly survived the hard times at the end of the Petroleum Era and during the Sixth Mass Extinction, due to global warming, it has also become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Here the temperatures are mild, vegetation is lush and the beaches are wide and sandy, a far cry from the torrid summers of Southern Europe. And the locals – most of them are Scandinavians covered in a double layer of sunscreen – paid attention to the alarm sounded by scientists on climate change and worked to turn the island into a green oasis, able to use its resources without any wastage.

A few examples? Certainly: if you want to get to Vörland forget airplanes. They’re too polluting. You have to get on Mr Lennart’s hot air balloon taxi and hope that Nature will be kind to you. To buy anything, you need to give some of your time or pay with karbons, which has been the official currency since the euro fell into disuse and the economy switched to carbon dioxide. If you’re in the mood for a chat, drop in on Klara Åkerlund, the seven-time champion of Vörland’s Clean Energy Award. She’s a true genius in the field of energy self-sufficiency. Or visit VörAir’s headquarters and ask company owner Felix Vindsson why he switched his business from the production of airplane components to the green business of making turbines for harvesting wind energy. One last thing: if you’re looking for a petrol pump you’ll find one near the biofuel fields. Abandoned for years, it’s now the Monument to the Petroleum Era."

EDIBLE ESTATES

LONG LIVE FRITZ HAEG!

(EDIBLEESTATES.ORG)

hill hut

visiondivision

julia selin

julia selin is an art student at the art academy of Umeå, Sweden. she has a nice blog and some nice work! http://juliaselin.blogspot.com/






here she constructed a house out of found wood and grew potatoes inside!

converted houses

(found on http://windydaysblog.blogspot.com/) also on amazon

NO IMPACT MAN MOVIE AND BOOK ADVERTISEMENT

THE "NO IMPACT MAN" DOCUMENTARY GOT A LITTLE TOO PERSONAL AND WOULD MAKE ANY CLIMATE CHANGE SKEPTIC HATE ACTIVISTS BUT I ENJOYED IT. HOWEVER I ENJOYED THEIR ADVERTISEMENT METHOD MUCH MORE. INSTEAD OF A POSTCARD SEED PACKETS WERE DISTRIBUTED!

ZODIAC SEEDS

http://miekewillems.blogspot.com/2010/02/vegetable-zodiac.html

ONE OF THE BEST BLOGS OUT THERE HAS POSTED THIS AMAZING THING! ZODIAC SEEDS, WHAT AN GREAT IDEA!

das park hotel

DAS PARK HOTEL are free rooms located in Linz, Austria. They are made from drain pipes. The interiors are "humanized" with wall decorations and a comfy beds.

FUCK THE LAWN/GREY GARDENS LIFESTYLE

BIG AND LITTLE EDIE HAD A LOT WRONG (MAYBE IT'S BETTER NOT TO EAT CAT FOOD) BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE THING RIGHT AND THAT WAS THEIR ANTI-MAINTENANCE PHILOSOPHY WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR GROUNDS. LAWNS ARE BETTER WHEN THEY ARE NOT MAINTAINED. MAYBE THEY ARE NOT EVEN LAWNS ANYMORE. WELL, WE SUPPORT THE GREY GARDENS BRAMBLES NONE THE LESS AND ENCOURAGE THE STYLE FOR WIDESPREAD USE.

corn craft

by gallery fumi and studio toogood.

vintage plant

"Here you can buy and sell plants with a history; second-hand plants that need a new home or third-generation cuttings with an old family-tree. Instead of throwing an old and tired plant in the bin you can come to us and we will try to find it a new home. This website is about the stories plants can tell us, how they have followed us through our lives and experienced good and bad times. We usually don´t see them as valuable but some have been in families for generations and have been passed on like family treasures. This project aims to give the plants some deserved recognition. Our plant´s journeys will be traced and written down for you to view on this website. By doing this we aim to create a library of plant stories. "

www.vintageplant.com

Photographs on Grass

these aren't the nicest pictures but its a really cool idea! based on how much sun exposure the grass gets, it will grow into a picture!

FASHION/COMMUNITY CLEANUP

PROJECT DONE IN 2008. FOR A FASHION SHOW AT THE JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART FOR AWKWARD MAGAZINE. I MADE AN OUTFIT THAT CELEBRATED ITHACA. THE FABRIC IS FROM AN AMAZING PROGRAM IN ITHACA CALLED SEW GREEN THAT SELLS USED SEWING MATERIALS. THE TRASH WAS PICKED UP ON A LONG WALK FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO THE STRIP MALL AREA THROUGH THE TOWN.