Green Options » fun http://greenoptions.com/tag/fun Posts tagged 'fun' Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Woman Makes Wedding Dress Out of Rubber Gloves http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/woman-makes-wedding-dress-out-of-rubber-gloves/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/woman-makes-wedding-dress-out-of-rubber-gloves/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:27:43 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/woman-makes-wedding-dress-out-of-rubber-gloves/ British artist Susie MacMurray used 1,400 inside-out rubber gloves to craft her one-of-a-kind wedding dress.  Guess she has a preternatural fear of dishpan hands.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/woman-makes-wedding-dress-out-of-rubber-gloves/feed/ Guerrilla Gardening: Vigilante Green Thumbs Illegally Plant in Public Places http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/guerrilla-gardening-vigilante-green-thumbs-illegally-planting-in-public-places/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/guerrilla-gardening-vigilante-green-thumbs-illegally-planting-in-public-places/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:41:38 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/guerrilla-gardening-vigilante-green-thumbs-illegally-planting-in-public-places/ Guerilla GardeningGuerrilla Gardening is popular in London, where gardeners illegally, under the cover of night, cultivate plants in public spaces.  Food, flowers, and trees are planted where weeds once grew, providing the public with beauty and free food.  Technically, guerilla gardeners are participating in “criminal damage” under the law.

Via: Web Ecoist

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/29/guerrilla-gardening-vigilante-green-thumbs-illegally-planting-in-public-places/feed/ Grow-Your-Own Architecture http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:44:28 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/ American Friends of Tel Aviv University.)This has got to be one of the coolest green concepts I’ve seen in a long time: shaping the malleable roots of ficus trees into useful, eco-friendly structures like benches, playground equipment, bus stops and even umbrella stands. The “eco-architecture” technique could one day even be used to grow homes, according to the researchers at Plantware and American Friends of Tel Aviv University. (Be sure to check out the mind-boggling gallery of tree-based structures at Plantware’s online gallery.)

Image credit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/21/grow-your-own-architecture/feed/ The Solution to America’s Foreign Oil Dependency: Biofuels made from Liposuction Fat http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/the-solution-to-americas-foreign-oil-dependency-biofuels-made-from-liposuction-fat/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/the-solution-to-americas-foreign-oil-dependency-biofuels-made-from-liposuction-fat/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:44:34 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/the-solution-to-americas-foreign-oil-dependency-biofuels-made-from-liposuction-fat/ This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

Team EarthRace caught our attention on Gas 2.0 for circumventing the Earth powered by biodiesel and beating the world record, but did you know the boat was also powered by the captain’s liposuctioned fat?  Pete Bethune’s fat was converted to 100ml of biofuel. Maybe America’s obseity rates are not such a problem after all if lipsuctioned fat can be made into fuel.

Via: Eco Geek

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/15/the-solution-to-americas-foreign-oil-dependency-biofuels-made-from-liposuction-fat/feed/ Australian Senator Discusses Oil Spill [funny] http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:32:05 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/ This Australian Senator states his position very clearly: It’s not that oil tankers are unsafe, they just need to build them so that the fronts stop falling off! Enjoy this satirical short (under 2 mins.).This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.
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]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/australian-senator-discusses-oil-spill-funny/feed/ Get an (Eco) Room With Pamela Anderson http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/get-an-eco-room-with-pamela-anderson/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/get-an-eco-room-with-pamela-anderson/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:37:10 +0000 mcmilker http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/get-an-eco-room-with-pamela-anderson/

Pamela Anderson Wants You To Spend The Night with her or at least at her new Eco Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

Photo Credit: Indio at Flickr Under Creative Commons License

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/08/04/get-an-eco-room-with-pamela-anderson/feed/ What George Bush (Will Ferrell) Really Knows about Global Warming http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/27/what-george-bush-will-ferrell-really-knows-about-global-warming/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/27/what-george-bush-will-ferrell-really-knows-about-global-warming/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:08:52 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/27/what-george-bush-will-ferrell-really-knows-about-global-warming/ This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/27/what-george-bush-will-ferrell-really-knows-about-global-warming/feed/ Eco Boogie -World’s First Eco Nightclub Launches http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/12/eco-boogie-world%e2%80%99s-first-eco-nightclub-launches/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/12/eco-boogie-world%e2%80%99s-first-eco-nightclub-launches/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:07:33 +0000 mcmilker http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/12/eco-boogie-world%e2%80%99s-first-eco-nightclub-launches/

The first eco nightclub, Surya, launches in London… where cyclists and walkers get free admission and dancers generate the electricity for the club on a high tech dance floor.

Photo Credit: Club4Climate.com

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/12/eco-boogie-world%e2%80%99s-first-eco-nightclub-launches/feed/ Our Impact on this Earth Lasts for an Infinity http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/05/our-impact-on-this-earth-lasts-for-an-infinity/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/05/our-impact-on-this-earth-lasts-for-an-infinity/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:49:55 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/05/our-impact-on-this-earth-lasts-for-an-infinity/ This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

Ever wondered what impact your footsteps have upon the Earth?  Watch this video of people running in a park for 5 days.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/05/our-impact-on-this-earth-lasts-for-an-infinity/feed/ A New Approach to a Green Roof: Artifical Rooftop Lake http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/03/a-new-approach-to-a-green-roof-artifical-rooftop-lakes/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/03/a-new-approach-to-a-green-roof-artifical-rooftop-lakes/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:48:36 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/03/a-new-approach-to-a-green-roof-artifical-rooftop-lakes/ Austrian art collective Gelitin has created an installation titled “Normally, Proceeding and Unrestricted With Without Title”.  You can row around this four feet deep artificial rooftop lake in boats made from from reclaimed timber and junk-store furniture with oars assembled from old chair legs.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/07/03/a-new-approach-to-a-green-roof-artifical-rooftop-lakes/feed/ Sustainable Living Rule #2: Have FUN http://sustainablog.org/2008/06/30/sustainable-living-rule-2-have-fun/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/06/30/sustainable-living-rule-2-have-fun/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:51:21 +0000 Caroline Savery http://sustainablog.org/2008/06/30/sustainable-living-rule-2-have-fun/ If the revolution isn’t fun, you’re doing it wrong.

I often wonder what people imagine when they hear I’m trying to live environmentally sustainably for three months.  Do they picture me living in a tree, hunting rabbits and eating grass?  Do they think “oh, I could never do that for myself,” or do they think I’m lying?

Sure, establishing and maintaining a sustainable lifestyle goes against the grain.  It can be draining, and it may not be possible to implement the chosen lifestyle modifications in your expected timeframe, which can be discouraging.

But to innovate a way of living that is in keeping with your ideals can be the most empowering thing you ever do.  Sustainable living is creative–it will always require imagination and a good dose of gumption.  It gets you “out there,” doing new and radical things that you may have never thought you would do.  That, my friends, is living!

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/06/30/sustainable-living-rule-2-have-fun/feed/ San Francisco George Bush Memorial Sewage Treatment Plant http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/27/san-francisco-george-bush-memorial-sewage-treatment-plant/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/27/san-francisco-george-bush-memorial-sewage-treatment-plant/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:46:34 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/27/san-francisco-george-bush-memorial-sewage-treatment-plant/ San Francisco\'s George W. Bush Sewage Treatment PlantThe Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco will ask voters to change the name of a sewage treatment plant on the coast to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.  The New York Times explains:

Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.

Image: Laughing Squid

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/27/san-francisco-george-bush-memorial-sewage-treatment-plant/feed/ Live Greenwashing about Healthy Food: McDonald’s Lettuce Growing Billboard http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/17/live-greenwashing-about-healthy-food-mcdonalds-lettuce-growing-billboard/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/17/live-greenwashing-about-healthy-food-mcdonalds-lettuce-growing-billboard/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:48:01 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/17/live-greenwashing-about-healthy-food-mcdonalds-lettuce-growing-billboard/ A 2007 McDonald’s billboard near Chicago featured growing lettuce plants stating, “Fresh salads”.  Considering the short life span of such a billboard, McDonald’s reputation for rainforest destruction, and the fact their salads are not organic, fresh (they are prepackaged), or healthy, I can’t embrace this campaign. Still, using plants for advertising is definitely a unique idea.  You can watch the billboard grow in this video.

Via:  AzSustainability.com

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/17/live-greenwashing-about-healthy-food-mcdonalds-lettuce-growing-billboard/feed/ ZapRoot: Mad Max Switches to Wind Power http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/11/zaproot-mad-max-switches-to-wind-power/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/11/zaproot-mad-max-switches-to-wind-power/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:19:08 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/11/zaproot-mad-max-switches-to-wind-power/ This story contains additional media. Click here to view the media.

It’s been a while since we republished a video from ZapRoot, but this is a good one: wind turbines in Road Warrior country, and the new feature on greenwashing (appropriately titled “These Guys are Full of **it!”). Enjoy!
]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/11/zaproot-mad-max-switches-to-wind-power/feed/ Shades of Green: Where’s the Good Food? http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/shades-of-green-wheres-the-good-food/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/shades-of-green-wheres-the-good-food/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:29:54 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/shades-of-green-wheres-the-good-food/

OK, we’re all guilty of this one (and you’ve likely heard it a lot if you’ve got kids!). Thanks to Brad and Peter for another good one. Check out more of their work here at Ecoscraps, and on their Green House website. And, of course, check out good food at Eat.Drink.Better.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/shades-of-green-wheres-the-good-food/feed/ Sheep and Cow Farting Vaccine to Reduce Climate Changing Methane Emissions http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/sheep-and-cow-farting-vaccine-to-reduce-climate-changing-methane-emissions/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/sheep-and-cow-farting-vaccine-to-reduce-climate-changing-methane-emissions/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:37:40 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/sheep-and-cow-farting-vaccine-to-reduce-climate-changing-methane-emissions/ sheepMethane is a potent greenhouse gas, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat. New Zealand scientists have developed a vaccine to cut down on livestock flatulence, which should help farmers avoid a proposed “flatulence tax” on the methane their livestock produces. New Zealand cows and sheep are responsible for about half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Via: It’s Getting Hot in Here

For a more in depth post on the anti-farting vaccine, please visit Planetsave.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/09/sheep-and-cow-farting-vaccine-to-reduce-climate-changing-methane-emissions/feed/ Naked Car Protesting in Madrid http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/08/naked-car-protesting-in-madrid/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/08/naked-car-protesting-in-madrid/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:56:24 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/08/naked-car-protesting-in-madrid/ If you want to catch someone’s attention, go naked (I hear this is also a good way to stop Jehovah’s Witnesses from coming to your home)!  Yesterday in Madrid, protester rode bikes in the buff to protest the expansion of automobile usage and draw attention to the benefits of bike riding.

Via (including image):  Interesting World

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/08/naked-car-protesting-in-madrid/feed/ Shades of Green: Karma Works Online http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/02/shades-of-green-karma-works-online/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/02/shades-of-green-karma-works-online/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:06:00 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/02/shades-of-green-karma-works-online/ “Shades of Green” comic strip about email karma and “The Secret”

It’s no “secret” — karma works online! Thanks to Brad and Peter for another good one. If you liked this, take a look at other “Shades of Green” strips.

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/06/02/shades-of-green-karma-works-online/feed/ Shade of Green: George Bush… Ready for Pruning http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/shade-of-green-george-bush-ready-for-pruning/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/shade-of-green-george-bush-ready-for-pruning/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 21:01:52 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/shade-of-green-george-bush-ready-for-pruning/ Shades of Green comic strip on blogging about President Bush

That’s right… blogging can be a bit like that “Telephone” game we all played as kids. Thanks as always to Brad and Peter!

Read more Shades of Green comic strips

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/shade-of-green-george-bush-ready-for-pruning/feed/ Green Porno on the Sundance Channel http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/green-porno-on-the-sundance-channel/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/green-porno-on-the-sundance-channel/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 16:33:04 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/26/green-porno-on-the-sundance-channel/ Green PornoGet your minds out of the gutter: Green Porno is not about rainforest condoms or green brothels!  This Sundance Channel show by Isabella Rossellini features short films about bizarre sexual mating habits of insects, bugs, and other creatures.

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