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SCAD student creates waterless sand-removal system using Astroturf and bamboo

Posted by DeshRaj on 21/11/2009

Designed by Casper Krouse, a senior industrial design student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, the system (pictured above) uses collected rainwater, a mat of bamboo poles and AstroTurf. The design-work is the part of a project that asks...

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Eco artists change Houstans poor recycling image with their creations

Posted by AditiJ on 20/11/2009

Not until Divya Murthy and Nicola Parente attended the Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action (SOS) conference held at University of Houston, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts last spring, did they realize that their idea of...

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Rethink Recycling: Styrofoam-made seahorse and squid win sculpture contest

Posted by DeshRaj on 16/11/2009

Philip Custer from Broadneck High School in Anne Arundel County won the grand prize at the Rethink Recycling sculpture contest, a part of America Recycles Day, for creating a seahorse and squid from recycled rope and Styrofoam. The Maryland...

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Restore Relics in Charleston morphs trash into treasure

Posted by DeshRaj on 16/11/2009

The renowned Christian housing ministry Habitat for Humanity International has been doing a sterling job in eliminating poverty housing, and conducting other rehabilitation and recycling programs. One of its affiliates, the ReStore is also...

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Scottsdale resident creates 900-pound artistic sphere from recycled wood

Posted by DeshRaj on 12/11/2009

Wood recycling is nothing new, but applying it to create artistic objects sure deserves attention. Mitch Fry, a Scottsdale resident, along with his son did just the same in making an 8-foot diameter, 900-pound sphere from recycled wood. The duo has...

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