Deborah Lindquist Sonic Fabric Bustier

We’ve covered ties and a fedora made from recycled cassette tapes and now Deborah Lindquist has followed suit with a bustier for the ladies.

Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread.  The fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it! (Visit the youtube channel for a demo here: alyceobvious.)

Recycle-A-Flask. Can I Get An AMEN!?!

When I first laid my hands on the solar powered G-spot vibrator, I was blinded by a thousand white glimmering lights that shined upon me from the skies above..and when I first tasted organic vodka bought from my local BevMo!, I felt blessed knowing I was sipping on bottled up tears from the angels up in heaven..but now I KNOW for a fact that baby jesus is answering my prayers one by one from that time my mom forced me to go to church 2 Easters ago because of this new find– Recycle-A-Flask!

Recycle-A-Flask is 100% recyclable, reusable, BPA-free and sexy as hell!  It carries 5 oz of gods nectar, comes with a funnel and has a clear window on the side so you don’t overfill and waste one drop of the precious juice.  That would be cardinal sin.  See, I learned something from all those years spent in catholic school.

These would make perfect gifts for groomsmen, lushy bachelorette participants or at company holiday parties.  You can even get custom logos or images put on them through Fun Flasks.  They’re also very affordable (under $5) and can be found at Hot Topic, Aahs!! and various liquor stores around town.

Now I’m a believer that miracles do happen!  I have a collection of flasks and I’ve always wanted a plastic one.  Yeah, yeah, I know, not very GG&S of me but the metal ones weigh heavily in my small hand clutch during a night of debauchery.  Plus, plastic goes undetected through those pesky metal detectors.  But the fact that these are recyclable and BPA-free clears my guilty conscious and the liquid gold that goes inside of them helps to clear the catholic guilt I was raised with most of my life.  Ok, it only clears it for one night but thats why I keep on drinking.  Chu’uch!

Welcome to the family Recyle-A-Flask!

Puma.Safe Launches Sustainable Packaging By Yves Behar

After more than ten years of successful implementation of its social and environmental standards (puma.safe), PUMA launched the next pivotal phase of its ambitious long-term sustainability program on April 13th at the Design Museum in London. By introducing its cutting-edge sustainable packaging and distribution system by renowned industrial designer Yves Béhar, PUMA set new standards within the retail industry.

The new innovative solution will significantly reduce the amount of waste and CO2 emissions that traditional product packaging such as shoe-boxes and apparel polyethylene bags generate and underpins PUMA’s target of reducing carbon, energy, water, and waste by 25%, and developing 50% of its international product collections in footwear, apparel and accessories according to best practice sustainability standards by 2015.

Read more about it here.

Thanks Jesus and Candy!!

Sonic Fabric

For the dapper DJ in you.  The sonic fabric neckties and fedora are a limited-edition collabo project between Alyce Santoro and Julio Cesar.  Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread.  The fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it! (Visit the youtube channel for a demo here: alyceobvious.)

No Questions Asked Drug Drop-Off Locations In So. Cal

After just posting about the NY E-Waste event, I started to research where to recycle electronics  in LA and guess what I came across?  A website for safe drug drop-offs at local sheriff stations.  Shit, I’d normally be too paranoid to post anything having to do with drugs and the po-po but this is for a good cause, right?

From the website No Drugs Down The Drain:

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health and Public Works present the “Safe Drug Drop-Off” Program.  The program provides an opportunity for residents to safely and anonymously surrender any unused or expired prescriptions, over the counter medications, “SHARPS” (needles), or any other controlled substances.  There will be no questions asked (wink*wink).  We just want to get it off the streets.

Drop off  at your own risk!

NYC E-Waste Recycling Event 4/10/10

For all my NY friends and readers that write me from time to time asking where they can recycle electronics- here you go.

Tekserve has teamed up again with the Lower East Side Ecology Center to offer FREE electronics recycling on Saturday, April 10th, from 10a-4p. Recyclable items include computers, monitors, fax machines, copiers, DVD or VCR players, radios, telephones, cell phones, televisions, cameras, and stereo equipment.

Certain fully working electronics can also be donated to Materials for the Arts, a reuse initiative to get lightly-used electronics into the welcoming hands of NYC Department of Education classroom students and arts and cultural programs in-need throughout the five boroughs.

WIN A MACBOOK FOR RECYCLING:  Anyone bringing electronics to be recycled can register at Tekserve for a raffle to win a new MacBook ($999 value). All participants in the event will also receive a coupon for a $25 discount on any new current model iPod (except Shuffle) or computer purchased within 30 days after the event.

Port-A-Pint Retractable Beer Cup

Summer is almost here and that means backyard bbq’s and kegs galore.  Be the envy of all your lushed out friends and pop one of these babies out.  At least when you’re ten sheets to the wind you’ll be able to find your BYOC out of the sea of unclaimed red cups.

Vivienne Westwood Designs For Sigg?

WHY??  I LOVE Vivienne Westood and  I USED to love SIGG until they left a sour taste of BPA and deception in my mouth.  Yesterday I read that the queen of punk teamed up with the lie tellers to design a new bottle and I thought I was going to have to go back on my word and buy a SIGG again (yes I’m a label whore).  But now that I’ve seen the bottle, I see that’s not the case. Yawn.

Her SIGG bottle design inspired her FW10/11 catwalk menswear designs with the slogan Act Fast, Slow Down. Stop Climate Change.

I still got love for you VW- long live the Queen!

King Of The Wild Frontier Reusable Water Bottle

In keeping up with World Water Day/Week, I reintroduce you to the teardrop Eco Bota canteen- Davy Crockett steez (coonskin hat not included!!)

Fellas, check out this twist on a classic favorite.  Same unique and ergonomic shape of a bota bag, with a high density polyethylene bladder (BPA-free, resists leaking and breaking) – now with a new look!  Using scrap materials, the cover is ecologically sustainable, producing a great hiking or tailgating companion.  All that for only $17.99?  SOLD!

Available in these colors:

The Story Of Bottled Water

I have to admit, I haven’t ditched plastic bottles completely.  I try to remember to fill up my reusable bottles for on-the-go purposes but sometimes I forget or don’t want to be hassled with carrying it everywhere with me.  Cut to this little animated video from the lady that brought us The Story of Stuff.  I think I’ll start trying a little harder to stop being so forgetful and lazy.

Annie Leonard, the activist filmmaker behind “The Story of Stuff” and the above short, “The Story of Bottled Water,” had this to say:

In the last few decades, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle and other big beverage companies have spent untold millions making us afraid of tap water. They’ve told us that if we want to be sure what we drink is pure and clean — not to mention hip and fashionable — we should buy bottled water. After all, nobody cool or environmentally conscious drinks tap water, right?

The thing is, there are a lot of inconvenient truths the bottled water ads don’t mention:

• Bottled water is subject to fewer health regulations than tap water. In 2006, Fiji Water ran ads bragging that their product doesn’t come from Cleveland, only to have tests show a glass of Fiji water is lower quality than Cleveland tap. Oops!

• Up to 40% of bottled water is filtered tap water. In other words, if you’re concerned about what’s in your tap water, just cut out the middleman and buy a home water filter.

• Each year, according to the Pacific Institute’s Peter Gleick, making the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. takes enough oil and energy to fuel a million cars. And that doesn’t even include the fuel required to ship, fly or truck water across continents and state lines.

• Three-fourths of the half-billion plastic water bottles sold in the U.S. every week go to the landfill or to incinerators. It costs our cities more than $70 million to landfill water bottles alone each year, according to Corporate Accountability International.

Kate Moss Models Recycled Mosquito Dress For Malaria Awareness

For the charity Sport Relief, Kate Moss shows her support by wearing a one-off dress woven from recycled mosquito nets. The recycled dress was designed by William Tempest to draw attention to Sport’s Relief commitment to tackling malaria in Africa.

The dress worn by Kate Moss will be auctioned off later in the year and hopes are high that will funnel extra cash for the charity.

TrendHunter

Refurbished Kicks By Gabriel Dishaw

Nike shoes made from tossed computer bits and electronics.  Junk art at its finest.

Gabriel Dishaw

Recycle Obsolete CD’s (And More) At Best Buy

I’ve dropped off batteries for recycling at Best Buy before but I didn’t know they accepted other items such as cd’s, vaccums and fans.

From their website:

Regardless of where you bought it, what brand it is, or how old it is: bring it to us. We’ll make sure it’s properly and safely recycled. It’s all part of our Greener Together™ program.

And we’ll take just about anything electronic, including TVs, DVD players, computer monitors, audio and video cables, cell phones, and more. Most things are recycled absolutely free, with a few restrictions.

• Three items per household per day.
• Nearly everything electronic, including tube TVs and monitors up to 32″, flat-panel TVs and monitors up to 60″, peripherals, DVD players, home and car audio, cell phones, MP3 players, and cables.
• Desktop or laptop computers with the hard drive removed. See this Geek Squad video for Do-it-Yourself instructions, or we will remove it for $9.99.
• Small electrics, fans and vacuums.
• No cost to the consumer.

What about the plastic cases that the cd’s come housed in?  Check out Green Disk to learn more about getting rid of tech trash.

Recycle Your Denim At Gap

March 5-14th, bring in your old denim, doesn’t even need to be from Gap, and get 30% off any regularly priced denim (35% when you use your Gap Card.)

Gap will use the recycled denim to turn into eco-friendly housing insulation. Valid in stores only at Gap, Gap Kids and Baby Gap.

Thanks Claudia!

Gap

It’s A Wrap

People often ask what we do with the clothes we purchase for videos, commercials and movies.  From my experience, they’re usually turned into the production company.  I know much of it is kept or gifted out but sometimes it gets to the point where you just don’t need another pair of jeans or a sweater set used on a mom character in a Fed Ex commercial.

Welcome to It’s a Wrap.  It’s where the clothes used on actors end up and it’s open to the public.  Most of the items are brand new or have only been worn once or twice.   The clothes range from the Gap to various designer labels.  I found an unworn pair of Gucci shoes for  $250 and a kick ass Vivienne Westwood skirt for $75.

Definitely worth a visit.

Bosom Buddy Bra Recycling

Bra Recyclers is a textile recycling company, specializing in recycling bras and providing deserving women in communities who are facing challenges with a basic lingerie staple.  Recycling bras raises awareness about delaying the number of re-usable textiles, such as bras that are unnecessarily being sent to landfills and could be used for women and girls in communities who are experiencing challenges in their lives

The Bra Recyclers would like to do their part to assist deserving women with a recycled bra. A portion of all bras will be distributed to women’s shelters, transitional housing and to support groups for breast cancer support survivors.

Most of the drop off locations are located in Arizona with one in Sacramento, CA and Dallas, TX.  Otherwise they can be sent to this location:

Bosom Buddy Recycling  23844 S. Power Rd, Ste 102-433 Queen Creek, AZ 85142

Gangsta’s Paradise = 2012 Olympic Stadium

Each year, England’s police forces manage to gather an impressive pile of metal in the form of guns, knives, and old keys. Most of the weapons are confiscated off of criminals, while other metal comes from spent ammunition at police firing ranges.

Scotland Yard’s 2009 pile contained 52 tons of metal, much of which is being used as part of recycling projects. One of the major projects for the metal is in the construction of the 2012 Olympic site in Stratford, east London. The weapons will be melted down and reused in girders and other steel that is needed for the construction efforts.

Source Green Daily

Trash Turned Into Shadow Art

Dirty White Trash (With Gulls), 1998

British-born and -based artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster skillfully skirt the boundaries between beauty and the shadowier aspects of humanity, playing with our perceptions as well as our notions of taste. Many of their most notable pieces are made from piles of rubbish, with light projected against them to create a shadow image entirely different to that seen when looking directly at the deliberately disguised pile.

Dark Stuff, 2008

Metal Fucking Rats With Heart Shaped Tail, 2007

Source Environmental Graffiti

Vintage Jewelry By Nola Singer

Thanks to Nola Singer for blinging me out on NYE.  LOVE.

Make Art On Trash, Win Free VIP Coachella Tix

TRASHed :: Art of Recycling celebrates 7 glorious years at Coachella in 2010.

Get TRASHed In Front of 60,000 People & Win Coachella Tickets!!

If you were born with the artistic ability to design a recycling bin like no other…
If your notebook doodles or murals alongside the 101N leave more to the imagination than
the mayans, the ghost kid from three men & baby + the dinosaurs COMBINED…
Then you’re invited to participate in TRASHed Coachella.

Everyone from Hunter S Thompson to Fugazi has represented during the past 7 years.
Now here’s your shot to make the history books and get your redesigned recycling
bin in front the world.

There’s two rounds of competition. Winning Northern America and then the world competition.
20 finalist will be selected each receiving tixs and vip passes for Coachella Festival 2010.
Submit your artwork and be considered to design one of the 20 recycling
bins featured at Coachella. What’s even better is that the non offensive redesigned bins
will be placed in schools throughout Southern California after Coachella to inspire the future
recyclers of the world! Next steps? Send a link to your artwork, concept and/or website.

On January 31st, 2010… 20 artists and 5 alternates will be selected to redesign 96 gallon
recycling bins.

For more info go to Global Inheritance Email:  Coachella [at] globalinheritance [dot] org

Los Angeles Recycling Centers Are Disappearing

Thanks to that little bugger called “the economy crisis” recycling dispensaries are diminishing along with “green” jobs for at-risk youths , high-school dropouts, former gang members and parolees.   FTW!

Pic Ricardo DeAratanha / LA Times

Marc By Marc Jacobs Goody Bags

One good thing about living in the shopping district of Melrose and Fairfax is the shopping.  Most of the shops are pretty pricey but I can always count on finding something cheap and chic when visiting MJ.

My latest find was a bright yellow reusable shopping bag for $9 and a small clutch made from recycled plastic for $14.  Win!

8410 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90069

Rent A Living Tree For Christmas

Founded in 2008, the Living Christmas Company, a socially conscious-based business headquartered in Redondo Beach, Calif., introduced a new concept of celebrating the holidays: Renting the highest quality local varieties of living Christmas trees as an environmentally conscious alternative to traditional cut or artificial trees.

You get a live, potted tree delivered to your doorstep. Simply choose from a wide variety of locally-grown trees and they will deliver it to your home or business. After Christmas they ‘ll pick up your tree and return it to their nursery until next year. You can even watch your tree grow as your family grows by adopting the same tree year-after-year.

This year, Living Christmas paired up with Goodwill, so if you have any clutter you want to unload, just have it ready when they come to pick your tree up and they will deliver your donations for you!

I don’t do holiday decorations any more but this is making me want to, especially if the owner- Mr. Scotty Claus is doing the deliveries himself. *wink*

Intolerable Beauty: Portraits Of American Mass Consumption By Chris Jordan

Cell phones #2, Atlanta 2005 44 x 90″

Crushed Cars #3, Tacoma 2004 44×60″

Recycling Yard #6, Seattle 2004 44×59″

Haunting and thought provoking comes to mind when viewing the photographic works by Chris Jordan, a Seattle-based photographer and environmental advocate.

Every day, 426,000 cell phones are discarded.

Photographer Chris Jordan heard statistics like that and wondered “what, exactly, does that mean? What does that number look like?”

His answer resulted in a unique photographic document that puts into perspective precisely how much is thrown away by otherwise responsible citizens.

I love his work. Check out Running the Numbers and Midway: Message from the Gyre

I have to admit, while house cleaning recently, I was tempted to throw away my Sonicare toothbrush. On the Phillips website, they claim you can recycle the battery and they listed Best Buy and Radio Shack as places to take them to. Well guess what? They fucking lied! I went to both places and my ass got denied. I was so frustrated, I just wanted to toss it. But I came home, read how to take out the damn battery myself and then took it to an e-Cycle drop off. Total pain but I felt good for making the effort.

Please take the time and effort to recycle your gadgets. Don’t toss them in the trash! The electronics don’t recycle themselves. You buy ‘em, you take them to e-Cycle heaven.

Source Lost In A Supermarket

The World’s First Recycled Surfboard Is Here

Business partners and surf industry veterans, Joey Santley and Steve Cox introduced two first-of-their-kind revolutionary endeavors, Green Foam Blanks and ReSurf Recycling, at the Action Sports Retailer (ASR) trade show in San Diego, Calif. earlier this year.

With deep roots in the surf industry, both Santley and Cox recognized southern California as an epicenter for surfboard manufacturers with more than 1,000 surfboards being produced per day between Los Angeles and the Mexico border. Additionally, nearly 20% of the foam needed to shape each board is rendered as waste and inevitably ends up in landfills.

This unusable foam, partnered with other somewhat toxic materials required to finish each surfboard, equaled an incalculable amount of waste coming from the surf industry. Green Foam took that waste and created the world’s first recycled surfboard blank.

Totally bitchin’ dude.

Source NY Times

Get LOST In A 727 Fuselage At Hotel Costa Verde

Hotel Costa Verde, a resort near Quepos, Costa Rica, opened its newest suite earlier this year in a refurbished Boeing 727 airline fusilage.

The vintage 1965 aircraft, which was once owned by Columbia’s Avianca Airlines, was transported piece by piece from San Jose airport, and mounted on 50 foot tall pillars in the hotel’s coastal location in Manuel Antonio National Park.

The 727 is not the Hotel Coste Verde’s only example of airplane recycling, however. The hotel’s El Avion restaurant, cafe and bar make use of a refurbished Fairchild C-123 cargo plane.The cargo plane was previously owned by the US government and involved in the controversial Iran-Contra affair in the 1980′s. Escándalo!

Source Lost In A Supermarket

Lace Your Lobes

Switch out those door knocker earrings for these lovely earrings made from reclaimed vintage lace pieces.

One sale now for only $10 at Otherlovelything’s Etsy shop.

I Love Nola Singer Jewelry

I LOVE how Nola takes bits and pieces from precious vintage jewelry and crafts them into her personal art of adornment. I would rock these over a Tiffany’s ring any day.

Jewelry by Nola

Play Your Cards Right

Been having random game nights with the girls as of late and one of our favorite games is Speed! I almost peed my panties when I came across this deck of cards at Ralphs of all places.

The Bicycle Eco-Edition deck is dedicated to the environment. Bicycle affirms “Our Playing Cards are crafted from sustainable forest paper, starch- based laminating glue and vegetable-based printing inks. This pack of cards is recyclable. The 54 card deck is a standard poker size Bicycle deck but with an impressive combination of green colors. The packaging is an eco-friendly brown cardboard box with the recyclable symbol right on it. No cellophane wrap, who needs it?

♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ Bicycle

Vinyl Is Not Dead

WrecordsByMonkey is a Brooklyn-based design company that bridges the worlds of fashion, art and music. Using reclaimed vinyl records, they create handmade accessories with a low carbon footprint that can be incorporated into anyone’s individual style.

Their niche product, the Wrecord bracelet, comes in designs from silly to sophisticated. WBM’s full line includes bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings and t-shirts, all inspired by the idea of relating to music lovers of every generation.

Love the new pieces. Would love it more if they made a Los Angeles plate necklace. Wink, wink Patrick and Brian.

Source Ecouterre

10/03 Jungle Gurl Sale. Pool Party. Thompson Rooftop

Summer may be officially over, but not for those of us that live in S. Cali.

Enjoy cocktails under the sun while shopping for Jungle Gurl- one of a kind bikini’s made from recycled fabrics- on top of the beautiful Thompson Hotel in B.H. See you there.

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Terracycle Wants Your Wrappers

Todays theme in my posts: junk food. Bad for us, but we still eat them.

I check in with Terracycle from time to time to see what new recycled wrapper products they’ve come up with.

I loved flying kites when I was a kid. And I also loved Oreo cookies dipped in milk. Now, not so much. But this kite made from recycled wrappers for the low price of $5.99 is pretty slick.

The holidays are less than 100 days away and although my Candy Spelling manic wrapping days are over, sometimes a bow on a plain box or bag adds just the right touch.

Go to Terracycle to find out which retail locations carry their products or join their online brigades to raise money from your wrappers to donate to a charity or your favorite school.

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Hello Kitty Recycled

My Hello Kitty days ended a long time ago and I probably wouldn’t want to advertise my guilty pleasure of the occasional Diet Coke around my neck but I have to admit these necklaces upcycled from trashed sodie pop cans are cute.

All under $5 at the Funky Recycling Etsy shop.

Source The Lipstick Diaries

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Join The Coastal Cleanup..Even Chris Brown Is Doin’ It

Ok, well he’s not doing it by choice, but I couldn’t resist.

I almost forgot about the big annual coastal cleanup happening this Saturday from 9a-12p. There are several locations at different beaches, lakes and parks in southern California. Go to the Heal the Bay site to find a location near you.

Don’t worry, you won’t have to don an orange vest.

Chris B. pics Miss Info

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Dear Yellow Pages, My Fingers Do The Walking..Online

Please stop delivering this mess to our doorsteps. Most everyone in my apartment complex tosses them bagged, unopened and right into the recycle dumpster. There’s a new kid in town and it’s called the INTERNET!

Thanks.
Thuy Nguyen

Julia Stiles Eco-styles

Not really but she does a good job of taking jabs at celebrity designers. And although you can’t actually buy any of the items..there’s a website with descriptions of the pieces. Such as this one.

SAVE THE LAST SHANTS

Ever been wearing a shirt and thought “I sure wish I could also wear these as pants.” Now you can with this trendy one-piece that can cover either your top or bottoms halves. Save time and money, for when your shirt is dirty you can wear it as pants!

$470

Source I’m Not Obesessed

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Jewelry By Nola Singer

Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Nola Singer was inspired to create one-of-a-kind necklaces from vintage brooches, shoe-clips, earrings, buttons and other vintage pieces.

I recently visited her home to pull pieces for the Maria Menounos x Coco Eco Magazine shoot and was in awe of Nola’s workspace and vintage accessory collection. The handmade, unique pieces are made with excellent artistry and have graced several celebrity to date.

Recycling at it’s finest.

Visit Jewelry By Nola

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DIY Bag From Plastic Bags

I don’t use messenger bags but here’s a good video showing how to fuse plastic bags together to make a DIY bag. Find a pattern you like, pull out the plastic bags from under your sink and get creative.

Thanks Jason!

Source Fixed Fiend

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Samsung Reclaim Eco-phone

The Reclaim is created from 80 percent recyclable bio-plastic material, its packaging is compact and made from 70 percent recycled materials and printed with soy-based inks. Samsung offers only an electronic manual for the phone, available on the Sprint website, in an effort to save paper. It also includes a more efficient Energy Star phone charger.

Two dollars of each Reclaim purchase will benefit Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre conservation program. Sprint also announced efforts to support other green initiatives. It has established environmental design standards and as a corporation it has pledged to reduce paper usage by 30 percent over the next five years.

With technology today, consumers upgrade their phones after 1-1.5 years. That’s a whole lotta electronic waste. Cell manufacturer’s need to take note. Until then, I’ll be patiently waiting, Blackberry.

Source Ecofriend

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Thanks To The Recession..

Sales of polluting, plastic water bottles are down.

And sales of home water filtering systems are up. Yay! Target is having a sale on Brita filters (which are now recyclable) and pitchers until September. On top of that, you get a $5 Tar-jay gift card with every Brita purchase.

Then all you need are some of these eco-friendly, good for the planet, non-leaching (good for you,) reusable bottles and ta-dow! How you like me now?

Hello.. Keith Herring Sigg bottle?? So much sexier than a plastic water bottle. (I got mines at Whole Foods.)

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Let’s Trash The Beach PSA

I’m sure ya’ll know this is a jokey times video.

I love it.

Keep California beautiful!

Source Huffington Post

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NAGL At Trader Joes

Guess who felt like an asshole for leaving her reusable bags at home?

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Reuse That Brown Paper Bag

Paper bag + Sharpie + chain = Chanel bag

Source Jak and Jil

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Recycled Camera Strap

Love these camera straps by Photojojo, made from salvaged seat belts of junked cars. They also made guitar straps out of reclaimed belts for Wilco and TV on the Radio.

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Decades Two

Decades Two is an upscale consignment store that carries vintage couture. I’ve been there several times shopping for styling jobs and each visit is pure torture. The prices are sky high but definitely worth the investment if you’re into recycled chic fashion.

8214 Melrose Ave. LA, CA 90046

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Nike Reuse A Shoe

The Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program collects worn-out athletic shoes of all brands at Nike stores and other locations worldwide.

The shoes are recycled into Nike Grind, a material used to help build sports surfaces and playgrounds. Nike is also working to incorporate more Nike Grind and other environmentally preferred materials into consumer products like shoes and apparel.

Learn more at Nike Reuse A Shoe

Since 1990, they’ve collected more than 21 million pairs of athletic shoes and countless pounds of manufacturing scrap, giving new life to what is viewed as trash.

It’s all part of Nike’s journey toward a closed-loop business -– where waste at different stages of their operations, from their contract factories to transportation and eventually the product at the end of its life — can be recycled into new Nike products. Learn more about Nike’s environmental vision here.

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What’s The 411? And Having Technical Difficulties

Hey kids, I always throw up a picture or vid with my posts but something’s broke- it’s either wordpress or my brain- so I’m currently trying to fix that shit. And by “fix that shit” I mean having a noontime cocktail while staring at the screen and wondering why it’s being like that.

Be back soon. For now, please use your imagination- the picture I was going to use was the one of Obama and his fine self walking out of the ocean in Hawaii, dripping wet and..damn, I’ll stop here.

Obama declares June National Oceans Month. The Daily Green

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono urge for ‘Meat Free Mondays.’ Think you could do it? Winnipeg Sun

Tila Tequila writes anti-fur post on Global Grind and Russell loves her for it. See his post here.

Pasadena gets solar powered trash can-compactors. Must LA always be last? CBS2

Oooh Target stores get busted for dumping hazardous waste. Green Biz

Sitting on your ass collecting unemployment? Start training for ‘green’ jobs now. Just Google it damnit.

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Get Rid Of Old Sets Responsibly

Television sets that will become obsolete with last weeks switch to all-digital broadcasts can only be disposed at approved locations.

A 17-inch television with a cathode ray tube typically contains about two pounds of lead, a known toxic substance. Larger sets may contain as much as 10 pounds of lead.

To avoid polluting the soil and groundwater, the state Department of Toxic Substances Control has banned disposing of televisions in landfills, and ruled that they should instead be taken to centers approved to accept electronic waste.

The Sanitation Bureau will leave flyers on recycling and trash containers with the locations of the approved centers in Los Angeles. The locations are also listed on the city’s Web site, www.lacity.org.

Here is a list of locations in Los Angeles where television sets can be disposed and their hours of operations:

• 7660 W. Imperial Highway
  Playa Del Rey
  Saturdays and Sundays
  9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• UCLA
  550 Charles E. Young Drive West
  Saturdays
  8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• 4600 Colorado Blvd.
  Atwater Village
  Saturdays and Sundays
  9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• 11025 Randall St.
  Sun Valley
  Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays
  9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

iRecycle – Earth 911.com iPhone App

iRecycle is an iPhone app that helps you find over 100,000 recycling and disposal locations in the U.S. for over 200 materials where you can drop-off your old cell phones, water bottles, cans, motor oil, and other recyclables. Use iRecycle to get directions and find out what else they accept.

Features:
- Find additional information for each location like hours of operation, other materials accepted (hey, maybe you can recycle all those plastic bags from under your kitchen sink), their Web site, etc.
- Call locations directly from search results
- Auto-complete saves time typing so you can spend more on finding a location convenient to you
- Check your search history to replay old search results

With information provided by local governments, industry insiders, organizations and everyday consumers, you can recycle hundreds of products from packing peanuts to computers. Find out where to go using your iPhone and the free iRecycle app.

This 3rd Party App is available at the Apple iTunes AppStore

Earth911.com

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Eco-Cup 2009 June 12-14

What: Harmony Festival, Rude Boyz Present, and Megaramp Productions announce first ever Eco-Cup Skate Competition with musical line-up at 31st annumal Harmony Festival.

When: June 12-14

Where: Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA

Some of theworld’s top skate legends including Steve Caballero and Christian Hosoi (holler!) will be present for demos, judging, and Meet and Greets. The Eco Cup trophy will be created out of recycled and repurposed mixed media, and the steel and plywood-constructed Eco Cup skate zone will be reused, making this a truly eco-friendly attraction.

Entrance to the skate zone is included with paid admission to Harmony Festival. $30 pre-sale and general Harmony tickets are available online now ($40 at the gate) and at participating Whole Foods stores and dozens of other retail outlets (see web site for locations). This year, kids age 7-12 are $10 and kids 6 and under are FREE!

Tickets and detailed Festival information is available at www.HarmonyFestival.com.

Watch the trailer for Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi. The rise, fall and rebirth of the “rock star” of skateboarding. From his early days in Venice Beach, his bad boy persona, revolutionary skateboard designs, record-breaking tricks, his abuse, to his current inspiration of today’s youth.

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