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The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, green news and info to the next wave of smart consumers - fresh thinkers who consciously style their lives with their health and the health of the Earth in the forefront of their mind; chic, savvy shopper
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Space Baby Beebo sculpture – recycled stuff
Ah…an eclectic assortment of funky recycled objects converge to become art. Here’s a new member of Reclaim2Fame’s Tin Type Robot series made from recycled and salvaged items, including: in Space Baby Beebo’s case, a vintage ...
Defy - recycled billboard bags with killer style
Chicago’s Defy Bags makes great looking bags from an eco-friendly combination of recycled materials and great graphic art. Each handmade, small-run bag keeps a chunk of a vinyl billboard out of a landfill and gives you the opportunity to add ...
ABOVE Magazine
We just got our hands on the first issue, (summer ‘09) of the reborn ABOVE Magazine and it’s a beauty. Nicolas Rachline has transformed the former glossy fashion mag into a stylish statement on sustainability - with a focus on eco-friend...
Project 30-90: Sound + Sustainability
Concert goers today can green up their acts a bit, if show producers have their green acts together. Case in point: New Orleans-based, Don Kelly Productions’ upcoming Project 30-90, dubbed the intersection of sound + sustainability, schedule...
recyled bike chain ring wall clock
Take one gnarly looking bike chain ring add a heaping helping of recycled wood-grain fabric and you’ve got the perfect timepiece for that Lance Armstrong-inspired man-cave of yours. 32 very reasonable bucks @ the 1byliz etsy shop ...
Mandinka Designs: well-suited handbags
As a lover of handbags, shoes, and the environment, I can appreciate designers who make an effort to reduce waste by recycling clothes. Both pre-consumer textile waste (by-product materials from the textile, fiber and cotton industries) and post-co...
clean energy for America - a work of art
Remember Obama’s Hope, Progress and Change posters? Created by controversial mixed-media artist Shepard Fairey, his latest work promotes clean renewable energy in his inimitable style. Fairey’s hitched his easel and Power Up Windmill to...
Kozo lamps - upcycled plumbing parts
Demo Design Clinic creates these fun-looking steampunk lamps from select, repurposed galvanized plumbing parts. The Kozo lamps are sold at the Design2009 Etsy Shop prices range from $169 to $229. via: recyclart.org ...
