How-To: Make Plant Markers From Vinyl Blinds
Crafting a Green World has a great quickie tutorial on using vinyl blinds as markers for plants.
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Cob flywheel
From the comments: Our friend Rachel just took these pictures last week near Oaxaca (Mexico), and she shared them with us while staying at the Eco Village on her way to Portland. this “bici-maquina” (bike-machine), as they are called in Mexico, is used to power a water pump. i love the technological contrast, claypunkish.
My next home
I LOVE this cargo container home, spotted on New World Geek. I could so live in that thing, provided I owned all the land beyond that window and my property was protected by a high fence, ’cause otherwise, it’s curtains (which would blown the whole effect). Exhibitionist Estates — coming soon to a development near […]
Gadget recycling tips
The Wired How-To Wiki has a piece on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Old Gadgets. So far, it’s mainly about the recycling part, but hey, it’s a wiki, so you can add your own ideas for reusing old gadgets. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Old Gadgets
Trashbag whales
You’ve heard of balloon animals. How about trashbag whales? Spotted on our MAKE Flickr pool. Bertrand, air whale.
Lights made from water bottles
Talk about your village ingenuity. (And yes, clearly, it’s only for indoor lighting during the day). Use a 2-Liter Bottle as a 50 Watt Light Bulb lightbulb hack
How-To: Crafting with VHS Tapes
The always-innovative Diane Gilleland has a great tutorial up on CraftSylish on how to craft with VHS tapes. She makes bookends, loomed flowers, a macrame bracelet, and offers a bunch of other creative ideas. I’ve been wanting to get into using cassette and VHS tape to craft, and this is a great springboard.
