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A quick audio intro to permaculture and some links for sites near you!

Look closely to see junk mail, postcards, business cards, greeting cards, cruise itineraries… stand back to see them upcycled into a textural representation of beauty.

  LEDs to illuminate artworks: an interesting and quite unique application with LEDs, where  technology and art do mixes well togheter.

Spazialis has created a spectacular Cross of Light  in the centre of a wonderful glass sculpture by great artist Mario Ceroli in the new portal of the Church of Portorotondo.

Austrian art collective Gelitin has created an installation titled “Normally, Proceeding and Unrestricted With Without Title”.  You can row around this four feet deep artificial rooftop lake in boats made from from reclaimed timber and junk-store furniture with oars assembled from old chair legs.

Home improvement retailers offer many options for low or no VOC coatings, but why aren't these made available in smaller sizes and sold in art supply stores? Take matters into your own hands the old fashioned way: make some milk paint!

Famous marine artist can't agree with state over money.

Last Friday the Medcalf Gallery in London debuted “Flooded London”, a photographic depiction of the future of London as it is overtaken by the rising sea. On Monday, exactly 20 years after warning us about global warming, NASA scientist James Hansen told congress that time’s up and he warned of such apocalyptic consequences...

Howell Sisters create funky, art quality lighting fixtures from upcycled plastic bottles, household plastic containers and recycled scrap metal. You can get $100 dollars off by sending them 72 recycled plastic bottles.

A breathtaking photography project that challenges how we look at and think about our natural habitat. Absolutely stunning and brilliantly moving.

5 cool urban design ideas that bring a touch of green to the drab city gray

Today is Arbor Day. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, National Arbor Day is celebrated to encourage tree planting and care. Here are five ideas for celebrating Arbor Day with your children: Plant a Tree and Give it a Name

This is the classic Arbor Day activity. Whether you plant a native tree or an ornamental in your yard, children love to plant trees and monitor the tree’s growth in comparison to their own. In our family, we name our trees, such as Maggie the Magnolia.

Light passing through the One Day Poem Pavilion’s perforations creates a poem that changes according to the solar calendar. During the summer solstice, the poem is about “new life”. During the winter solstice, the poem’s theme is the “reflection and the passing of time.” Each hour, a new line of the poem is revealed by the passage of the sun.

Released on Earth Day in an effort to promote greener living, these Limited Edition sneakers feature pearlescent green and blue accents along with images of our one and only planet Earth. Partial proceeds from the sale of each shoe benefits the Alliance for Climate Protection.

Impressionists have been called “open air” painters, because they took advantage of the mobility offered by the invention of tubes of paint and went outside for inspiration. Following this art movement’s love of the outdoors, I was inspired to paint with my children outside in honor of Earth Day.

Shopdropping is sort of like reverse consumerism. Artist Ryan Watkins-Hughes switches the mundane packages on tin cans, then sneaks them onto the shelves in stores, such as NYC’s Whole Foods. He thinks of it as reverse shoplifting.