Japanese artist Haroshi makes upcycled skateboard art from salvaged skateboard decks. His sculptures are created from layers of stacked skateboards.
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Green, Recycled, Alternative Use, Upcycle - Environmentally conscious design
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Inspired by an Indian tradition of serving chai tea in clay cups, Israel's Adital Ela has designed Terra - an entire line of interiors made out of nothing but foot-stomped earth! A TED fellow with ...
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Furniture made from the earth that can be returned to the earth. 
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This certainly takes "Cradle to Cradle" to the extreme. Delete the scoop?
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NYC Parking Meters Transformed Into Bike Parking - DesignTAXI.com
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Great up'cycling'!! Delete the scoop?
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Evgeni Leonov Architects submitted a proposal for an egg-shaped block of houses in Nottingham, UK
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These egg shape eco houses are beautifully organic. 
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Whether you're short on space, away from home for the holidays or just looking to decorate in a more innovative fashion this year, there are times when the standard tree just won't do …
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Don't like the thought of all those trees being felled every year just for the sake of Christmas festivities? Well here's a few super cool ideas that I've stumbled across. Delete the scoop?
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London designer Hoyan Ip turns food waste into buttons, buckles, and other fashion trims. Delete the scoop?
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Just think - what if all the cardboard boxes that you receive when you buy online from Amazon or Apple had seeds in them and you could simply put them in your nearest plot of soil and grow some baby trees? Delete the scoop?
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Liter of Light has already illuminated 1,000s of Filipino homes using nothing but plastic bottles, water and bleach. Delete the scoop?
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The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple has found a way to bottle-up Nirvana, literally. Delete the scoop?
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Wonderful pendant lights made from recycled wine glasses. Delete the scoop?
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Project report of The Roaming Forest situated in Bat-Yam, Israel, which challenges the boundaries of city planning.
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Japanese artist Haroshi makes upcycled skateboard art from salvaged skateboard decks. His sculptures are created from layers of stacked skateboards.
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Surely upskateboard not upcycle.
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This year's James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions has officially gone to Dan Watson, graduate of Royal College of Arts, and his sustainable fishing net.
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Simple and effective problem solving - design at its best. Delete the scoop?
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Japanese artist Macaon uses beer and soda cans to create sculptures of superheroes, video game, and anime characters. Delete the scoop?
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Fantastic sculptural design solution to combat widespread habitat destruction negatively impacting on wildlife populations in the city. Delete the scoop?
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Sports retailer Puma opened its first sustainable store in a suburb of Bangalore, India. Delete the scoop?
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This month heralds a world-changing scientific breakthrough as a teenage prodigy has developed a new way to decompose plastic bags in just three months! Delete the scoop?
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If you’ve ever wondered how a discarded plastic water bottle can wind up as someone’s football jersey, this video short by Nike should shed some light. Delete the scoop?
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The Coca-Cola Company has created an eco-friendly plastic bag in the shape of a coke bottle for developing markets. Delete the scoop?
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The Lit concept bulb designed by Elie Ahovi is an extremely elegant and innovative combination of LED and fiber optic technology, and could pave the way for incandescent replacements of the future. Delete the scoop?
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Surely upskateboard not upcycle.