If you haven't started using reusable grocery bags to bring home your groceries with, and have a stash of plastic single use bags, here is a creative, festive craft idea to do with your kids while they are home for the holidays. The instructions are simple to follow, and the wreath will make a great holiday gift for friends and neighbors. Materials: 12 guage strength wire or wire wreath … [Read more...]
Artists For Humanity Encourage Environmental Awareness
November 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Artists for Humanity was founded in 1991, in Boston, MA, as a place where teen youth could come to practice and develop their talents in art and media. Artists for Humanity empowers and employs Boston teens in an intensive program of arts and enterprise. AFH partners youth in small groups with professional artists and designers to design, create, market and sell art products. One of the … [Read more...]
Need Help Going Green?
October 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In today's society, people that have been relieved of their duties in their corporate jobs have been busy creating their own jobs. A new and up-coming profession are "Eco-Concierges". Eco-Concierges will come into your home or your business, and help you re-design your space to be more health and environment conscientious. They even run errands on their environmentally friendly bicycles and … [Read more...]
Trash To Treasure
October 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In The Bag is in the business of helping communities start up plastic bag bans one town at a time through art. ITB strives to educate and motivate people to recycle the plastic they have to use, and to use alternative sources where possible. In The Bag does this through lively exhibits hosted throughout the world. In The Bag has helped communities in the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Central … [Read more...]
It’s Just A Plastic Bag
October 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Virginia Fleck takes throw away, single use plastic bags, that would normally end up in a landfill, and turns them into beautiful pieces of art. Each piece is unique as she creates mandalas out of used plastic bags. The intricate mandalas are a collage of color that may contain some print material depending on the bags she uses. Her pieces have been featured in art museums throughout the … [Read more...]