Colin Firth loves the green

UK designer Kate Molson has every reason to fly high in the eco air! Well, if buzz is to be believed famous actor and popular eco-store owner Colin Firth has fallen in love with her latest creations. Apparently, Molson has come up with a unique range of woven hemp material and Firth is greatly impressed with her designs and concept which makes her use only organic hemp yarn that is sustainably manufactured locally and is free of toxins. So not only will Firth be selling Molson’s first bag in his London store Eco Age but the eco-friendly celeb will also autograph a few bags at a special event to be held at the shop soon.
Molson is absolutely ecstatic with her good luck. She feels honoured by Colin’s gesture and is pleasantly surprised with lady luck smiling so soon at her young career. “I have worked only for five months on these bags,” she shares.
Kate will also be showcasing her work in September’s Huddersfield Open Studio Trail (HOST), a leading showcase events for artists in the UK.
Via batleynews

I have the latest addition for your green interior decor but hey it’s meant for the kids’ room. Yes, the colourful Astronomer Stool by QCollection Junior will win you over with its ‘cuteness’. Specially aimed at children, these handy stools are basically meant to help kids reach about things in a world that doesn’t run according to their height specifications. In addition to this wonderful feature, these brick-coloured stools can also be used for seating.
Available in small and extra small sizes, the stools are manufactured domestically from locally-sourced and FSC-certified aspen topped with a non-toxic, water-based finish; which means they are free from any kind of health hazards. Being light weight, they can be easily handled by children themselves and you can be free from the trouble of carrying them around the house trailing your li’l one. And the best is saved for the last. On a summer discount, these adorable astronomer stools can be yours at $95-$105. So what are we waiting for?
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I know how frustrating it is to pick the right beauty product for you. Is it chemical? Will it suit my skin? What if it doesn’t? These are just one-tenth of the questions that hound you when on that search trip to the supermarket. Not anymore because futurenatural is here. An online hub founded by famous makeup artist Emma Pezzak , it is an ode to nature and its beauties. And that does not mean at the cost of quality and style.
Yeah, you get to see the best natural, organic, biodynamic, wild-harvested and artistic beauty products on the futurenatural website. Not only this, the ingredients of each are meticulously listed so that you know exactly what you are getting into. Plus the personal stories are a delight.
For those who didn’t know, futurenatural only sells products free of petroleum derivatives, parabens, synthetic colours, fragrances, formaldehyde or any other harmful ingredients. Of course, none are tested on animals. So, go green, go beautiful!
Via ecofabulous

It’s a fallen tree that inspires eco-artist Rod Surber to make art. The reason is simple. When a tree falls in the forest, Rod hears it. Inspired by the easy availability of local timber that usually rots away, he decided to convert this natural resource into art. Believe it or not but Rod has created one-of-a-kind goblets, platters, bowls, bells, boxes and what not just out of scraps of wood.

Rod spends most of his days collecting the locally harvested wood at green recycling centres and residential yards (with permission, of course). Please note, each of his work is hand-sanded and polished with vegetable or food-grade oils, and is one of its own kind. The finishes and solvents he uses are biodegradable, free from petroleum and toxins. So if you eco-lovers are looking for a gift that no one could top, do make a stop by Rod’s.

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Plastic bags and bottles do more than spread pollution. But hey become good only when they land in the hands of creative people like Joshua Allen Harris. His inflatable plastic bad subway art has got him a lot of recognition esply. his plastic polar bear-the symbol of climate change! This artist has his own style of churning out eco-art in form of recycled and reusable plastic bags and scraps sewn into different shapes and displayed over subways.  The white polar bear (which looks like a puppy) has drawn a lot of attention of passer-bys. Placed on subway grates the polar bear springs to life as it inflates when the train passes on the subterranean route and slowly fades away into a lump. The animated creativity reminds onlookers the fate of these majestic bears as they face extinction threat owning to Climate Change and Global Warming.

 
With his unique oeuvre Harris has gained a fan following which discuss his work online and via blogs. Ever since the polar bear became a hit with New York’s residents Harris has come up with more creative forms and figures including a Centaur, some mythical creates and a Loch-Ness monster too! Jump below and click on the videos to have a look at this amazing art form!

 The video underneath was done for NY magazine:

 
 
 
 
Via: FYI mag

The concept of eco-interiors was talked about at great length by Jeanie Pyun, editor of Sprig along with famous eco-interior designer Kelly LaPlante on Discussion on WashingtonPost.com. The strongest point of the show was the little tips that were offered to help you green your style. And that was not all as the hosts gave guidelines on finding healthy food and products. Even FAQs like “What is a green roof” and “What does VOC mean” were answered by them. Since the discussion was hosted online, the two eco-friendly women could post web-links directly to the chat to give readers easy, direct access to the tips being discussed. Other areas of concern were, “why it is still so difficult to find healthy products and why are they not cheaper?” as well as “what is a single mom hoping to green on a limited budget?”

Now isn’t Washingtonpost.com really cool as the discussions there are like an interactive blog, where readers can ask questions in real-time to experts on a variety of subjects.  For those of you who did not know, Pyun was the former editor of Organic Style magazine and co-editor of In Style Home magazine. LaPlante owns a furniture showroom in Venice Beach, CA, is the host of Brilliant Green on Ovation TV, and recently published her first book Ecologique. 
C’mon let’s go green because the experts say so.
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Robot Jewelry makes funkiest robot earrings, pendants and ornaments from used parts of old TV and VCR. The original, humorous bots are assemble from capacitors, wires, resistors - anything that can be form body, arms, legs and head of his small creations. Robot Jewelry has been making these robots since 1980’s which makes him an Eco action jewelry artisan long before it is became in thing.

He says, “Every old TV is robot in kit form”! Young from time to time groups them in whimsical pendant sets - similar to two big brothers with a small sister bot or constant a six pack set. Recycled Robot is making great gifts for children which explains addition of a trading card inside every bag or for your favorite computer geek. Recycled Robot is absolutely one of the majority creative ways to recycle old electronic parts I’ve seen.

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This world is full of creative people who like to stretch their creativity in unusual manners. Today dear readers, i came across a lovely collection of eco-art. Some artistic individuals have taken inspiration from the animal kingdom and crafted fishes, frogs, spiders, birds, crickets etc from junkyard stuff! Metal scrapes pins, wires, used engines parts, ball-bearings, pistons etc. You name it and nothing is being left from getting converted into something as beautiful as these crafted animals are!

I liked these so much that I decided to share some of these with you all and i am sure these will delight you too. I’m sorry folks, I don’t know the names of those individuals who have done this brilliant work but I will surely upload the names the day i learn about them.( That’s a gentlewoman’s promise! ). For the time being just enjoy this eco-art which reuses stuff nobody uses anymore:

And more,

Do you know that baby spiders’ travel by “ballooning”- a process, in which they emit a small thread and float on the wind!

Look at the wings!!

And the fish scales. Aren’t they amazing? Hope you enjoyed all of these.

Via: thecontaminated

His designs are modernist marvels and his intentions reveal a fashionable way of dealing with the global food crisis. He is French designer Mathieu Lehanneur and his latest ecological – wonder design: The Local River Plant Aquarium has created ripples of excitement among viewers at the Artists Space in NY. His aquarium which is a unique combination of DIY vegetable garden and fish hatchery was on display from April 21st to June 21st, 2008.

His creation is an installation of local river ecosystem self contained in special glass tanks which is connected to the mini vegetable garden above which purifies the air in a neat glass capsule.

The futuristic design is one you can’t stop gazing at! And there’s no doubt that it can increase the beauty of your indoors manifold once installed and fully functional. This eco-art come modernistic décor piece infuses the use of hydroponics.

The veggies growing above in glass pods use water from the fish tank (this water is nitrate-rich as fishes excrete their wastes in it); extract nutrients from it and inturn filter the water which then gets consumed by the fishes in the hatchery below. This aquarium responds to the fresh food needs of those who don’t have enough outdoor space to grow vegetables!

For more details on the installation process click the video underneath:

Via: mathieulhanneur

PS1 Gallery current Art Center, an arm of MOMA, celebrates 10th year of Warm Up, PS1 Gallery is a annual summer music series, in New York. This year folks who go to catch DJs and live music will be have opening to also visit a farmers market, dip their feet in a cool pool, and in general chill in shade of Public Farm 1, by Work Architecture Company.

PS1 Gallery is a series of eco-friendly cardboard tubes that grows rainwater-irrigated veggies while provided that solar-powered cell-phone charging and community play space.

Among interactive mechanism of PS1 Gallery are swings, cubby hole seats and a periscope, and columns that offered dissimilar tactile and acoustic experience– like being fuzzy or sounding like nighttime. PS1 Gallery is a thought as vital to sustainability as term “organic.” Plus that wading pool looks actually nice for a hot day.

Via Arch Daily