Tag: Upcycling

The Landfill Harmonic: Making Music Out of Trash [Video]

By Cat Johnson

01.09.13, 8:02am Comments (0)

How one Paraguayan town is transforming itself and the future of its children by building instruments out of materials found in the local landfill. Read more »

10 Awesome Upcycling Projects You Can Do Today

By Jamie Billing

12.04.12, 2:37pm Comments (0)

Time to get crafty with your waste. Here's 10 ideas you can do today courtesy of Co-product.org. Read more »

Abandoned Walmart Recycled As Public Library

By Beth Buczynski

07.05.12, 5:46pm Comments (3)

What happens when Walmart abandons ship, leaving behind a cavernous empty space? You turn it into a library, of course. Read more »

Reclaiming Miami Transforms Trash Into Sculpture [VIDEO]

By Paul M. Davis

04.20.12, 1:04pm Comments (0)

Artist Lucinda Linderman constructs wild and abstract "upcycled sculptures" out of the discarded trash she finds around Miami. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

03.31.11, 8:42am Comments (0)

Here are our links from around the sharing web. As is our weekly practice, enjoy and pass them along. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

03.03.11, 3:43pm Comments (0)

Hey folks, it's finally Thursday again, which means another set of sharing links for your browsing pleasure. Enjoy and don't forget to pass them on. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

01.04.11, 4:09pm Comments (1)

Here is our first link roundup of 2011, we hope you enjoy. Read more »

Could Port-au-Prince be Rebuilt from Itself?

By Jeremy Adam Smith

03.02.10, 3:09pm Comments (0)

Independence Recycling of Florida has made a fascinating proposal to recycle the debris of Port-au-Prince

The capital city of Port Au Prince looked like it was hit by a giant wrecking ball. Whatever has been left standing by the 7. Read more »

Shipping Containers Morph into an Office Building

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.05.10, 3:11pm Comments (3)

Jay Cox-Chapman at Stack Design Build in Pawtucket, Rhode Island sent me this awesome time lapse video of 32 shipping containers being upcycled into 12 incubator office/studio spaces in a neighborhood that (he says) needs it. Read more »