Top 10 Natural, Eco-Friendly and Anti-Pollutant Houseplants | The New Ecologist
– Get rid of indoor pollution in a natural way You must have spent practically thousands of dollars to buy the latest vacuum cleaner and the latest floor cleaners that help you keep your house clean. However, there comes a time when these machines fail to work leaving you to the unhealthy dust particles and other pollutants in your house. Rather than artificial machines, you must opt for natural pollution fighters that come in the form of plants. These plants are quiet unlike the noisy machines when you switch them off. Hence, to get rid of pollution in your house in a natural way, you must go through the top 10 houseplants that you can buy. 1.The Feston Rose plant ( photo by missouristate ) While looking for a houseplant, you generally prefer the one’s that need the lowest maintenance. This houseplant brilliantly tolerates highly saline conditions, lack of water, scorching heat and billowing winds. 2. ( photo by jayjayc ) 3.Phalaenopsis ( photo by mendelu ) 4. ( photo by eco-friendly-promos )
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A Bridge to Nature: Barreau & Charbonnet's "Volet Vegetal" Urban Gardening Concept
Posted by Ray | 27 Aug 2012 | Comments (3) All images courtesy of Barreau & Carbonnet; 'gif' it a second to load We're always curious to see new developments in urban gardening trend as it grows parallel to broader interest in sustainable foodways, from reclaimed spaces to apartment-friendly planters to conceptual experiments. French designers Nicolas Barreau and Jules Charbonnet, based in Paris and Nantes respectively, recently created an innovative urban gardening apparatus that lies at the intersection of all three. Earlier this summer, their eponymous design studio presented "Volet Végétal" at the Jardin des Tuileries as a finalist in the Jardins Jardin design contest. The window-mounted chassis, which holds three planters, is operated via pulley, as a sort of drawbridge outfitted with houseplants and herbs: It looks like the "Volet Végétal" might include 'feet' so that it can be removed from the window as a freestanding, tiered planter. Hat-tip to Sarah
Writable – Table With Writing Surface by Tianyu Xiao
Write on a Table The Writable is a fun and interactive look at how we can spark up the conversation around the coffee table. Three flip panels at the centre house chalkboards on the underside with a chalk discreetly held in place.
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School
I am 28 now. I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Because some of these 16 things in this article a teacher probably spoke about in class. Some of it would probably not have stuck in my mind anyway. But I still think that taking a few hours from all those German language classes and use them for some personal development classes would have been a good idea. So here are 16 things I wish they had taught me in school (or I just would like to have known about earlier). 1. This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think. You can just drop – or vastly decrease the time you spend on – a whole bunch of things. 2. You can do things quicker than you think. 3. 4. 5.
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Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills
© jihyun ryou Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste a lot better if it was never lost in the back of the fridge. They are expensive air conditioned parking lots for what Shay Salomon called "compost and condiments." Some are looking at alternatives to such an expensive and wasteful model. She has developed a series of modern designs that rely on traditional techniques, learned from her grandmother and other elderly people in the community, the " traditional oral knowledge which has been accumulated from experience and transmitted by mouth to mouth." © Jihyun Ryou Here is an interesting and complicated example. Apples emit a lot of ethylene gas. © Jihyun Ryou The designer writes about the Verticality of Root Vegetables: Kris de Decker elaborates: © Jihyun Ryou An egg has millions of holes in its shell.
melted crayon art
all images via Meg Duerksen how amazing is this!? found this DIY and photos on Whatever by Meg Duerksen. i have to make one of these! all you need is: a white canvashot glueblow dryera couple boxes of wax crayons do it: pick your colors and glue the crayons to the top of the canvas – tips facing downheat up the crayons to their melting point with a blow dryer set hot and highwatch the art come alive
The Nature of Ambition
az said... well, that's so true. Soemtimes though, it's not due to ambition. Things just get bigger and bigger until you can't handle them. The important thing is always: do what you love January 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM Glen Isip said... Such a sweet ending! January 15, 2013 at 1:50 PM Kathryn said... lovely ending, in fact the whole comic is lovely. i enjoyed the journey. :) January 15, 2013 at 4:11 PM dean said... Such a beautiful story. January 16, 2013 at 1:04 AM syed said... i still belive, There is nothing spontanous or natural about Human desires, we know what we desire but how do we what we desire, its all created from outside January 16, 2013 at 6:28 AM Grant said... Thanks all! January 16, 2013 at 7:48 AM Catie Chan said... Someone posted your comic on 9gag. January 17, 2013 at 1:23 PM Paintings said... You've really captured the fun in these. January 18, 2013 at 12:18 AM Lisa said... Grant, that is so sweet! January 19, 2013 at 12:31 AM Anonymous said... Saw you reblogged on tumblr! Jull said...
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Practical Ways to Store Food without a Fridge | The Lazy Homesteader
Over the last couple of weeks there has been an article from treehugger.com floating around Facebook, Reddit, and Pinterest highlighting Korean designer, Jihyun Ryou’s five creative ways to store food without a fridge. The designer’s goal was “re-introducing and re-evaluating traditional oral knowledge of food, which is closer to nature,” by using objects to make this knowledge visible. The designs are super modern looking with clean lines and things like sand and water mounted to your wall. And, I have to admit, they do look cool, despite being kind of impractical. In light of their impracticality, and because we’ve lived without a fridge for the last 9 months, I’m offering up some practical answers to Ryou’s modern artworks; while less artistic, everyday homesteaders can apply them to their own kitchens. Symbiosis of apple and potato: Most fruits don’t need to be stored in the refrigerator. My mom had one of these hanging produce baskets. Verticality of Root Vegetables: Like this:
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