eBay for Cooking Oil
The new online platform StayGreen Oil is matching vendors and buyers of used oil, increasing the efficiency of the marketplace. Typically the realm of informal and grassroots connections, secondary...
View ArticleNairobi's Dandora dump and the informal value chain
An informal chain of about 6,000 middlemen and women has long done the dirty work for recycling companies. The self-employed pickers scavenge through the sprawling 30-acre rubbish dump from dawn until...
View ArticleTaTapping into REculture for marketing, branding, sustainable design and...
Tata Chemicals have just launched a premium version of their IDEA design awardwinning, eco-friendly water purifier, the Tata Swach LaVita. Details of colour options and engraved floral patterns aside,...
View ArticleFrom Cycling to Upcycling: Maya Pedal's "Bicimaquinas"
From Cycling to Upcycling: Maya Pedal's "Bicimaquinas" via Core77 on 9/24/12 Bicycles are all the rage these days; Interbike notwithstanding, we've seen several concepts lately, from the FLIZ to the...
View ArticleKenya's slum dwellers are suing their plutocrat landlords for the right to...
Mr Nyakundi's story is not exceptional in a city where 2.65 million of its four million inhabitants live in slums. He is part of what is known as the "invisible majority" of Nairobians who face...
View ArticleRagpickers in the informal economy, Gangnam style
An informal settlement under Youngdong Bridge #5, in Seoul’s Gangnam district. The residents have lived under the bridge since 1982 but received a notice on July 18 from Gangnam district office...
View ArticleREincarnation
Spotted in a Barcelona backstreet, these little ashtrays and knicknacks by an Afghan refugee who made his way here via Turkey. He learnt Hindi from the Indian Army and we had a little chat. He makes...
View ArticleA novel market swaps rubbish for vegetables in Mexico City
A new monthly market run by the city government takes paper, glass, plastic and aluminium in return for tokens that can be swapped for locally grown food and plants. Since it began in March the...
View ArticleSeed drying repurposing
In the storefront of this shop in Chongqing specializing in afterlife currency (what one burns for one's deceased family members who will then receive the dividend in the afterlife) all eye-level,...
View ArticleRe-purposing spotted in NJ
@gkofiannan tweeted this Instagram photograph today of Tide containers being used to collect petrol (gas) in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleMusic REcultured
Spotted earlier this summer in Helsinki, Finland. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleFurniture and lighting from recycled newspapers and old socks
Via DesignBoom Designed by Jay Watson Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleRecycling as a Gamification Business in Lagos
From the recent MakerFaireAfrica held in Lagos, Nigeria comes this innovative concept: Since August, 4 creatively modified bicycles have been making the rounds of Lagos in just one neighborhood,...
View ArticleMaker Faire Africa 2012: Lagos, in Pictures
Maker Faire Africa 2012: Lagos, in Pictures via AfriGadget by Erik Hersman on 11/11/12 As one of the founding organizers for Maker Faire Africa, I’ve had the privilege to be a part of this unfolding...
View Articlerecycled beer can art by Macaon
recycled beer can art by Macaon via Spoon & Tamago by Johnny on 10/5/12 images courtesy macaon | click to enlarge We don’t really know much about Japanese internet user Macaon except for the fact...
View ArticleTaking ‘scraps’ and making art
Jakarta’s Salihara Gallery was full of smiles and laughs one evening, with visitors amazed by the 1,078 small, framed paintings filling the exhibition hall.The many artworks sat on the walls of the...
View ArticleRepair is Beautiful by Paulo Goldstein
Repair is Beautiful by Paulo Goldstein< via Design Corner by Jaime Derringer on 12/3/12 Brazilian, London-based designer, artist and all-around maker Paulo Goldstein has lended his model-making...
View ArticleRepair is Beautiful by Paulo Goldstein
Repair is Beautiful by Paulo Goldstein via Design Corner by Jaime Derringer on 12/3/12 Brazilian, London-based designer, artist and all-around maker Paulo Goldstein has lended his model-making talents...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....