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US Soldier Uses Recycled Materials to Make Super Cool Action Figures

TreeHugger.com - Jaymi Heimbuch

While stationed in Khandahar, Afghanistan, Private First Class Rupert Valero filled his spare time building toys out of recycled materials. They capture a wonderful mix of imagination, whimsy, and craftiness, and they rank way up there with awesome upcycled goods. 

Valero loves robots and 6" articulating action figures, and so it's only natural that he started crafting them in his spare time.  He states, "The use of found items was based on what was available to me out there. Slowly, I amassed resources like paint and hobby tools”.  Building the figures has helped him to interact and connect with the local people, since toys are universal.

Rupert is now back home and some of the action figures are available for sale at his Etsy store.  You can also view a bunch of photos of his creations on Valero’s Flickr stream.  What he's built goes beyond just cool toys -- these are works of upcycled art.

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Photos - ALR Design

 

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Green Patriot Posters

Grist

Green Patriot Posters is a project dedicated to getting out the message of sustainablity and the fight against climate change.  By using the modern equivalent of the iconic "Rosie the Riveter" poster from World War II, the book features strong graphic designs.

green patriot poster

"I tried to take a lighter approach and focus on a specific action. Eating locally grown produce is not only good for the environment; it also helps build communities ... and is quite tasty!"
Ryan Dumas -- "Eat Local"

 

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Old School Buses Reincarnated Into a Working Bus Shelter

Treehugger.com

At the intersection of West Broad and Alps Road in Athens, Georgia, if you're looking to catch a bus, you can wait at an innovative and recycled bus stop. It's made from three old school buses (years 1962, 1972 & 1977), with the seat taken from a decommissioned Atlanta city bus.

Artist Christopher Fennell says he makes “architectural skeletons from discarded objects.  The materials I use have been cast out by society, for example: demolished barns, broken bicycles and downed trees.  I transform these objects into dynamic pieces and connect them into recognizable shapes.”

Fennell tries to make his work site-specific and to take advantage of the surrounding landscape and architecture when he builds a piece. While he's in the process of building, though, he makes a big mess and, he's said, "Nobody knows what's going on."

To watch a short video about the construction process click on VIEW. See below for photos of the bus shelter; photos are from the artist.

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bus shelter from recycled school bus

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BUSINESS LISTING

Dental Health Care Associates the First Green Dental Office on the East Coast. For more than 50 years, we have been offering a complete array of high quality cosmetic and general dentistry services. Environmentally conscious renovations included, but were not limited to: use of recycled building materials throughout, Geothermal HVAC, underground rainwater collection tank to reduce water wastage, abundant windows and lighting domes to make efficient use of natural light sources and much more. Please check out our website at www.pagreendentist.com or call to schedule your first appointment at 610-485-1991. Free Exam, X-ray, & Consultation limited time offer for New Patients Only.


Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County plays an important role in keeping tons of materials from being landfilled each year. We recycle or resell unwanted items to help members of the community get a new start on life! Whether it’s electronic equipment, furniture, clothing, shoes, books, automobiles or household items, your donated items are sold in our 15 retail stores. The funds from those sales, and revenues generated by our staffing and janitorial services operations, support our mission of improving the quality of life for those with barriers to self-sufficiency through the “Power of Work.”  Visit us at www.goodwillDE.org.


Herbal Vista, LLC is a natural body care company specializing in herbal and/or lightly aroma-therapeutic products designed to build skin vitality.  Our newest product is DermaBliss™, which balances and helps relieve minor skin conditions such as dry skin, windburn, acne, eczema or psoriasis.  ReLeaf™, our first product, is a natural, proprietary, herb-infused oil designed to help improve skin texture while relieving muscle pain and tension deep within the muscles.  We use fractionated coconut oil, which is stable, light, and non-staining.  It does not clog pores.  Both products use light aromatherapy through pure, high quality and medicinal grade essential oils. HerbalVista.com or toll free (877) 209-1331
 


Fischer-Ridge.net
With the help of Fischer-Ridge Associates, your organization’s annual fundraiser can be more meaningful than ever before. Fischer-Ridge is your
one-stop easy solution for green fundraising. It is a distinctive way for nonprofit organizations to have fundraisers that are fun, efficient, well organized,
profitable and earth-friendly.

A smart alternative to popular food sales and magazine sales programs, raising money selling Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL bulbs) makes good sense on many levels. Light bulbs are a commodity, not a luxury, and CFL
bulbs help protect the environment too. It requires no pre-buying and offers convenient online ordering.

 

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Wonder what to do with old tires? Tire Art

These sculptures have been made from used tires, and yet by looking at the image you could hardly tell.  This is what eco art is really all about, the extraordinary talent of people’s creativity to make art from something that is potentially harmful.

To see a few more photos, click on VIEW.

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recycled tire art

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recycled tire art

 



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