Upcycling is one of 2012’s hottest design trends but you don’t have to stop at furniture. If you’re looking for some decorative inspiration, get to grips with our guide to making your own eco-fabulous art
… How to...make recycled art Bethany Hubbard | 10th February 2012 … Home Recycling Upcycling Robert Bradford Art Decorating Diy Society Green Living recycledart2.jpg Upcycling is one of 2012’s hottest …
Our age of excess is destroying us, but there is a simple solution.
… has to be taken from somewhere, from the Earth and from Nature. Mass extraction, mass … in our homes and workplaces, and learn the art of living well with less. If 7 billion people on this planet Earth were to accumulate, consume and then …
Real vintage not only adds character to your home; by diverting furniture away from landfill, it does the planet a favour too. Here’s how to get stuck in
… Home Furniture Vintage Crockery Posters Art holding.jpg Real vintage not only adds … shop that specialises in vintage poster art. Most vintage items would be tossed in the … and re-evaluating designs that used to be part of a different generation.’ And with a way …
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative
… factory with 70 employees, Miller says he started small and had to work hard to bring the … can have the same success. ‘Follow your heart and do what you want to do,’ he says. ‘I mean, you only live once.’ Cameron Fry started Liqui Design in a tiny workspace using …
An update from Resurgence & Ecologist editor-in-chief Satish Kumar
… Ecologist website itself by publishing new articles each week. For those who’ve been … environmental courts and linked that to Earth Justice – a performance of a brand new … laws. We’ve also published pieces on how the arts can help imagine a better future, why our …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… your tools of communication and learn the art of speaking in such a way that you will open the hearts of other people. Then you will be able to … of Economics. I asked them: “Where is your department for ecology?” And the answer was: “We …
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seminal book that has inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics.
… even received in the White House by Jimmy Carter, the then US president. Schumacher told … Beauty As a result of our conversation, I started to take simplicity seriously. However, I … and function need to complement each other. Arts and crafts need to be an integral part of …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… your tools of communication and learn the art of speaking in such a way that you will open the hearts of other people. Then you will be able to … of Economics. I asked them: “Where is your department for ecology?” And the answer was: “We …
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
… From earth to mouth: why food is more than just fuel … in India, our motto was “Those who eat must participate in growing food, and those who grow … think globally but eat locally. Head, heart, hands In 1982, together with some other …
They said it would never work but time has proved those critics wrong. As the inspirational and pioneering Devon centre that combines ecology and spiritual learning celebrates its 25th anniversary, founder and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist, SATISH KUMAR, describes the flourishing of this remarkable and pioneering place of learning
… Satish Kumar Education Environment dartmoor.jpg They said it would never work but … about establishing Schumacher College at Dartington in Devon, people told us: "Your … years at most and then fold. So it is both heartening and gratifying to see that after 25 …