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I go by Dyl for short
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Boston//Northeastern
Post-college getting everything together for grad school. Sort of.
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Bicycle Phone Charger
In Tanzania, the majority of people live without electricity, yet a third of the country uses mobile phones. Bernard Kiwia, a trained electrician and vocational-school instructor, collaborated with the for-profit social enterprise Global Cycle Solutions (GCS) to design a phone charger from scrap bike and radio parts. Made from spokes, brake tubes, clamps, motors, and capacitors, the device generates power when its roller comes in contact with the bike’s spinning wheel as one rides it
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Cool vertical gardening idea — repurposing cracked or broken teacups, coffee cups and mugs as planters.
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An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
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Why not turn discarded plastic bottles into mini-planters — and get a bunch of bicyclists to strategically place them on bike posts on streets that lack vegetation?
A group in Toronto did:
My Street Has No Trees (MSHNT) is a public and participatory installation that utilizes the vestigial design of Toronto’s Ring-and-Post bike lock-up spots as armatures for micro-gardens. The intent of the project is to raise awareness about the imbalance between the hardscapes and softscapes of our streets, to encourage people to think critically about the transformative possibilities of our everyday environments, and to increase the beauty and joy of our neighbourhoods.
The result?
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This is such a fantastic idea! It reminds me of the urban enhancement project in Paris where small potted plants were placed on streets’ traffic-control bollards (previous post about it here).
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Awesome Rooftop Brewery Container Garden | greenUPGRADER
“The Brooklyn brewery Sixpoint Craft Ales features damaged kegs and reclaimed bathtubs full of edibles like eggplants, strawberries, leafy greens, corn, potatoes, and melons. But they go beyond growing their own. The brewery has a rainwater catchment setup and also keeps chickens.”
I would eat here everyday if I could.I bet the food is amazing.
There is nothing I don’t love about this article
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Today I learned how to make a landless garden with a burlap bag, a few sticks, and a bit of gravel and soil. It a really neat and inexpensive way to create a mini vertical garden. I’m planning on starting one on our back porch soon. :)
PS it’s compostable when you’re finished with it!
Also, I learned this at the Boston Skillshare. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should!
GPOYS. I found half of a folding mitten outside today. I decided it would make a cute change holder so I weaved a piece of hemp cord through to cinch it closed.
Voilà! A new change purse that happens to match my favorite old man sweater. Little impromptu projects like these always put a smile on my face.
Matthew Levesque’s new book, “The Revolutionary Yardscape: Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials to Create Containers, Pathways, Lighting, and More” (Timber Press; $22.95), is filled with photos and how-to instructions for the projects that fill Levesque’s own yard, from an acrylic downspout filled with eyeglass lens blanks, to garden lighting fashioned from chrome closet poles, to patio areas paved with scraps of granite and marble salvaged from kitchen redesigns.
Full story and other photos: Matthew Levesque reimagines, repurposes gardens — sfgate.com
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this looks like it could be the solution to my watch too much tv and don’t read enough problem.
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Jeffrey Gerlach is an Industrial and Interaction Design student at Syracuse University. Together with fellow design student Andrew Stanley, they’ve been designing around themes of urban life, DIY, and sustainability.
The Public Works Department chair is modern and sustainable take on the classic Adirondack chair and is constructed by rearranging only a few nails.
