There is something beautiful about light bulbs and the way they were packaged back in the day when incandescent bulbs were new. We take it for granted that bulbs have always been with us and always will. Did you know the invention of the incandescent light bulb starts in the early 1800s. In 1809, an [...]

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You can never predict when SEX will sneak up from behind. It can creep in when least expected. So be vigilant! Be smart! Be protected! Save lives! So says the crew at? Grey Worldwide, Dusseldorf, Germany, in their "Sex is no accident. Always use a condom" campaign (stumbled upon by accident by Mirko Ilic). Well, [...]

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The bottle wars - plant vs. petroleum based containers - are heating up between Coke and Pepsi, notes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (here): Two years after Coca-Cola Co. unveiled a bottle made partly from plant materials, PepsiCo says it is introducing a better one. The Purchase, N.Y. company says it has developed the world's first plastic [...]

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Peek-a-boo: Camouflage is not just a design form, it is an art and science. Among the most vexing and fetching of all camo in terms of art, design and science is the ghillie suit, camouflage clothing specifically designed to break up the human figure and allow the user to blend into nature.? Made from natural [...]

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Who says loving the environment and making a buck are mutually exclusive? Not?Cereplast, who recently?launched the “Make Your Mark" competition in an attempt to?create a global symbol that represents bioplastics. This new logo will indicate that a product is made from green, bio-based material, not petroleum-based ones. The competition is similar to the one held [...]

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We finished building it and hand painting the logo on it last night, it is an amazing 18' tall gorgeous piece of work. I applaud the efforts of Levis, way to go.Now, we sleep. In an effort to promote water conservation, Levi’s has decided to go a different route with their denim finishing process. The [...]

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Other people build houses on land. Richart Sowa, a carpenter and former British rock-band guitarist, has designed and constructed a whole island. This self-sustaining environment for living, about 20 meters (66 feet) in diameter, floats just off Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on 115,000 empty plastic one-liter soda bottles anchored by 11 concrete-filled car tires. When Sowa [...]

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It is estimated that the average worldwide per-capita use of paper is 110 pounds per person per year. On Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, a laid-back Caribbean island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula?best known for good snorkeling and for sipping a slow cerveza under a palapa?Emilio Sosa Medina recycles ten times his annual paper [...]

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Last year, while illustrator Joanna Neborsky was interning at the Brooklyn studio Citizen Scholar, she was asked to create some illustrations to accompany a poster that the studio had made about reducing your impact in the world. The project would eventually become “Things You’ve Been Meaning To Do,” which was posted to the studio’s website. [...]

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Every year I get so upset about the dead trees mid January lining the sidwalks in body bags. I decided to start a little side company, partly because I needed an inspiring side project and partly to do something helpful and beautiful. I came up with a gilt free (I am Jew-ish) alternative, and "The [...]

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