August 1, 2008
New line of eco friendly solar bags have hit the market. Sakku Solar Bags aside from harnessing the power of the sun to juice up electronics and gagdets, is also made using recycled wind sail material.
This is great for many reasons, first instead of having the wind sail cloth end up in landfills, it is re-used and re-purposed into something useful and funky. The solar recycled bags are currently only available in the UK, but plans are in the wo
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July 14, 2008
Eco friendly innovators Terra Cycle have a NEW1 bag out, this one is made with recycled plastic bags.
Terra Cycle fuses about 20 grocery shopping plastic bags together to come up with the Plastic Bags Bag. I think they are quite cute. I cant tell how sturdy they are, so i cant vouch for that. But they do look good, and they do good. There are so many plastic bags that circulate in shops, it is so terribly wasteful.
Terra Cycle clever as always
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March 27, 2008
Post offices across America are now offering free iPod and gadget recycling for FREE to all. Everything from cell phones, MP3’s, to inkjet cartridges will be properly disposed of for you.
Simply go to a participating post office, ask for the recycling envelope, and then drop in your used or old electronics. Yes, the trial run is only available in certain states, including L.A, San Diego, and my hometown, Chicago.
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March 22, 2008
Whether you run a restaurant or a dry cleaner, there are things you can do to lower your carbon footprint. It all starts by taking an assessment of your enterprise and looking around at your various departments. You can do a complete overhaul, or you can start small and build from there.
Educate yourself on green issues and research possible solutions and providers. When you go green it imparts a message of sustainability that will grab the inter
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March 21, 2008
Hi, guys i have found a series of eco friendly futon covers from a loyal reader of our blogs, his name is Matt. I like to call him Futon Matt. He specializes in all sorts of futon mattresses and has been in the futon business for over 7 years. That’s alot of time to be around any one thing. LOL.
Let me get serious for a second. I was perusing the site that Matt has created and on the left sidebar is a section devoted to his eco friendly o
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March 10, 2008
Here is another in the line of recycled gift ideas. This one will leave a big impression for sure. (yes pun intended)
This oil lamp is made from actual surplus military hand grenades. These have to be quite sturdy, and promise to be a conversation starter in any room. These are super cool to me really and quite a good re-use for the surplus grenades.
What do you think of the hand grenade oil lamps?
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Did you read the funnies in this weekends newspaper? Well an artist in Los Angeles, has read the funnies and then taken them to make wallets out of it.
The wallets above are made from recycled newspaper, you get to choose whether the comic section or the finance section. How clever is this. The recycled newspaper wallets are also then plastered with soft but strong laminate to make them shiny and water resistant. These are made in the USA, in
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Taking the recycling trend further, gifts.com profiles a set of rings made from recycled soda and beers cans.
soda can rings
These are really cute, and they make quite a green fashion statement. The recycled product comes from Elsewares, a site devoted to unique items. The recycled soda can rings are made in Vermont, and are unisex.
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March 5, 2008
This Raisinet notepad is great for a dull office desk or to brighten up a kids room table. It is a notepad that uses recycled paper.
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The notepad is bright and colorful and who wouldn’t want this on their desk. I think it makes for a neat office mate gift.
The recycled notepad comes courtesy of our friends at Etsy.
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I wrote on the recycled business card wallet over at my other blog, which carries the same name. This cute wallet is made out of vintage 70’s era fabric.
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The wallet is an Etsy product, which means it is a hand made item. As some of you know i love Etsy and showcase their handmade products regularly here at Keetsa.
from site: “works perfectly for business cards, a whole deck of playing cards, or other stuff,
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February 27, 2008
The Dr Scholls brand is known the world over for creating comfortable shoes, and now they will be known for eco friendly footwear as well. They have recently come out with Renew, a green sandal.
What makes the groovy sandal green? It is made using sustainable wood, has a hemp canvas strap, and uses recycled metal for its buckle. This style of clog sandals usually don’t look comfortable, but surprisingly they are. I like the white strap,
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February 21, 2008
Most towns have local PC repair guys, especially useful are the independent guys. If you happen to have one nearby, look to him or her, next time you are looking to dispose of your used laptop, desktop, monitor, printer, etc.
Chances are if the electronic is still operational, your local PC shop, can turn around and either resell this item or donate it to a local school or organization. I would start with a phone call and see what options mate
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February 20, 2008
With the sheer load and volume, many schools go through inkjet cartridges like they grow on trees.
Planet Green Recycle, a CA based outfit, is an inkjet cartridge remanufacturing company that takes back used inkjet cartridges and then repairs, refills, and refurbishes them for re-use. The cool thing is they also have a fundraising program in place to make it easier to recycle inkjet cartridges, with it you get collection boxes, pre-paid shippin
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February 17, 2008
Have you heard of Zipcar? Zipcar is the worlds largest car sharing and car club provider.
Car sharing is bringing about significant green benefits, including:
Less Cars on The Road - as many car sharers end up ditching their cars
An Increase in Alternate Modes of Transportation - car sharers tend to bike, walk, and use public transit more
Transportation Savings - some car sharers are reporting annual auto savings of up to $5,000
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February 14, 2008
Reclaimed items are hot right now in many showrooms, be it for clothing, electronics, or furniture. Groovy Stuff.com specializes in reclaimed teakwood pieces.
Their recycled teakwood comes from antique farm implements, yokes, plows, sugarcane grinders, and wagons from the old days. The wood is beautiful and rich in grain. I found this beautiful pair of reclaimed teakwood stump seats on their site.
Their is a catch though, they only sell to
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February 9, 2008
I found a neat set of bags that make it easy to recycle paper, bottles, and cans. The Colored Coded Bags, come in sets of three, one for each of type of recyclable.
Forget about throwing all your recycled items together in one big sack and later having to sort it all out. That is so 2005.
The Color Coded Bags are also an excellent way of getting your kids involved in the household recycling efforts, as the bags come with small illustra
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January 30, 2008
I found an adorable item to store and recycle plastic bags, the Bag A Bag Rooster.
This Rooster shaped sack is a neat way to hold all those plastic bags you get from the grocery store.
Yes, im assuming you dont have or arent using canvas bags. If you have a beef about this sack, do share in the comments section below. This handy dandy Rooster will allow you to re-use the plastic bags instead of tossing them.
Price: $14.95
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January 22, 2008
So you have a stack of retro LP albums in your attic or basement, just sitting their collecting dust. Maybe one day you will put them on Ebay or donate to a local thrift, but consider this idea. (read below)
Recycled Album Cover Notepad
How about taking some of those cool album covers and making cute notepads out of them? Yes, gather up your kids (if you dont have kids, gather up local kids) throw a DIY party, and make recycled album cov
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My roommate owns a restaurant, and i see styrofoam trays alot. More than i care to, really. These styrofoam trays (and the restaurant business) are so wasteful. They are terrible for the enviroment.
Well, here is a neat idea i found over at Crafty Bits, a Styro Foam Tray recycled project that involves turning these horrid trays into something pretty and something useful. The project is quite simple, can be done quickly, and is a great kid-frie
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January 21, 2008
I seem to be coming up with weirder and weirder blog post titles, forgive my sense of humor. The title is in reference to a crank up radio, where we (you) become the battery. (so to speak)
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The Freeplay radio is half crank powered and half solar powered. The way it works is you crank it up around 54 times, and it will give you roughly 30 minutes of play time, then it will feed off the sun, based on a solar panel at the top of
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Will Apple ever cease their wondrous innovations? I know, i know, what a terribly dumb question. Its what they do, its what they are all about. Next up is MacBook Air.
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Im not a techy, so i wont go into the miraculous technological advances of this laptop. But i can tell you, that it is meant for the next generation, the one that is pretty much 80-100% wireless. It comes with 2Gb of memory, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, a 80GB
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January 7, 2008
In Jackson, MS you will find the corporate headquarters of Intechra. Who is Intechra and what do they do? Read on below.
Intechra is not only an asset disposition company, they specialize in making sure PC’s are disposed of in an environmentally-friendly way. As they mostly work with large corporations and government entities, they also do safe data removal. Founded by a group of IT guys, this company knows comptuers and have veste
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