Nuts in May is a Mike Leigh film that not many people seem to have watched. You should do; it's genius. But it's also a fascinating illustration of how environmentally minded people were seen as complete mentalists as recently as the '70s; Candice-Marie and 'Keef' were about the biggest pair of losers you can imagine. Free range eggs, you say? Getting your protein from vegetables? What on earth were they bleating on about? It's a fascinating look at how much things have changed.
Fashion doesn't come trashier than this...Kathy Kasdan has been using plastic bags to make amazing fashion items for some time now, and these are a couple of amazing pieces from her latest collection. The plastic is knitted, woven and melted together to creat the outfits.
What's impressive about Kasdan's work is that she doesn't purchase any materials to make them -- all this is the result of trips to the grocery store. It goes to show just how much plastic we pick up and discard every day. There are more examples of Kasdan's plastic bad dresses here.
Greenpeace would certainly be bumping up Apple's place in the green gadget stakes if this baby were to become a reality: the 'Macbook Earth' — a fictional take by Dvice on Apple's struggle to be greener — is a solar-powered laptop made from clay that can be cleanly disposed of in the garden when you're done.
In their own words: "MacBook Earth: Greenest laptop ever. The MacBook Earth has no electrical cord — save the planet with this wind- and solar-powered notebook. The phosphorescent screen consumes mere nanowatts, and the fireflies it attracts will impress your friends. Best of all, the chassis is a durable clay, making it 100% biodegradable. Bury the MacBook Earth when it’s time to upgrade. Your garden will thank you."
We all know that cats rule the internet, so why not cut out the middle-man and just install one permanently inside your monitor? At least, I'm assuming that was the idea behind this extraordinary piece of recycling: a computer monitor cat bed.
This Etsy shop has a steady supply of the custom monitors, sold at $110 apiece. Maker Alpine says: "I make these out of recycled monitors. The insides are gutted, and taken to a facility to reclaim and recycle the picture tube, and parts, insuring they do not end up in a landfill. After that I paint and decorate the "shell", make a custom fitting pillow."
Ever wondered what two million plastic bottles looks like? That, incidentally, is the amount that Americans throw away every five minutes, and is also what you're looking at in the picture above.
This photograph is just one of many shocking visual renditions of the statistics we try to ignore shown on artist Chris Jordan's website. Other works include a dizzying 410,000 paper cups, equal to the number of disposal hot-beverage paper cups used in the US every fifteen minutes, 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day and 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.
The pictures, at actual size, are so enormous there's no way they'd fit on a screen, but you can zoom in to see the detail, bringing the extent of the waste even closer to home. Seeing them in person, I think, would just blow me away.
Ali G 'ain't never avin' a bath again', but it's got nothing to do with the relative water consumption of tubs v showers. Find out why in the classic video, below...
If you've not yet seen this video, I suggest a quick viewing. It's a humorous take on government ministers' dislike of taking responsibility for environmental matters, and is as relevant now as it was back in 1991, when many people mistook it for a real interview. The performers here are Australian comics John Clarke & Bryan Dawe.
Nuts in May is a Mike Leigh film that not many people seem to have watched. You should do; it's genius. But it's also a fascinating illustration of how environmentally minded people were seen as complete mentalists as recently as the '70s; Candice-Marie and 'Keef' were about the biggest pair of losers you can imagine. Free range eggs, you say? Getting your protein from vegetables? What on earth were they bleating on about? It's a fascinating look at how much things have changed.
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Greenpeace would certainly be bumping up Apple's place in the green gadget stakes if this baby were to become a reality: the 'Macbook Earth' — a fictional take by 
