cardboard box duvet set - is bum-chic the newest trend?
i think i can say with near certainty that no one has walked up to a bum and said “bum, i would like to live vicariously through you.” unless it was someone who was a more boring bum.
but now we have this:
a crystal clear commentary on life on the streets, i must admit that the “home” duvet by peggy van neer is dripping with verisimilitude. the price for just the single duvet cover, £33.95, is quite a bit more than what a hobo would be able to shell out, but people seem to be willing to pay for the cheeky “relevance to our times” factor.
i wonder if ms. van neer was influenced at all by the “i’m not a plastic bag” bag or the “i’m not a paper cup” cup which were both designed with the environment in mind. while i can’t say that the home duvet cover is doing the earth any favors because last i checked, bedspreads weren’t on the top landfill polluters list, i like the fact that it pays homage to what i consider recycling’s unsung heroes by donating 30% of the gross profits go to centrepoint, the uk charity for homeless young people aged 16-25 which provides support and housing for 800 vulnerable homeless young people every night.
pre-order yours here.
thanks for the heads up geekykhan!
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so easy, you can do it sitting down
sitting! at an outdoor concert! not on your shirt, backpack or the grass/dirt, but on a chair that you don’t have to lug there yourself.
i know. i know, it seems mind-boggling, but it is possible. and when you throw in ample advertising space and an eco-conscience, things get interesting.
greenseat is a chair made out of 100% recyclable materials (i’ve asked axel, the ceo, whether or not it is made out of recycled materials, which i think is just as important as being recyclable). the chair is collapsible and could easily be brought home after the concert or given to people on the street that really, really look like they need to sit down.
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how to get people to recycle their beer cans without resorting to violence
intriguing, i say. i don’t think there is any need to explain, because a picture = 1000 words.
idea by brenda osorio / rodrigo ambriz
via idealist
seems like there is some contention about the fact that the concept might fail because partygoers love to leave floaters. what happens if a half-full can is inserted into one of the slots in the cardboard? things would be so much easier if people would just drink their whole drink!
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swyyne has always been an experiment for me. with all of the other super eco sites out there, i've been feeling like i want to contribute something just a bit different. so for now, here are my random musings.
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