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Coral for Jewelry is Devastating Fragile Reefs

coral jewelry. cc photo by flickr user andrew3000

Red and pink coral beads are popular in handmade jewelry as well as in couture jewelry lines. Coral beads are beautiful, but unsustainable harvesting methods mean they’re also not so great for the planet.

Fab Fabrics: Hand-Printed Textiles from Helen Rawlinson

Helen Rawlinson

London-based designer Helen Rawlinson creates her fresh, hand-printed fabric designs in her converted chocolate factory studio. For the past 10 years, she’s worked on designing and hand-printing lampshades, and last year she branched out in to fabrics. She just recently made the switch from conventional to organic cotton, and it’s great to see another designer [...]

TerraCycle’s ‘Green Up Shop’ Opens Today

TerraCycle

At the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, a pop up shop has taken over the space at 8th Avenue and 41st Street. This once empty retail space is now home to TerraCycle‘s Green Up Shop. This innovative store will feature TerraCycle’s full line of over 100 products literally made from common waste [...]

PBS’ Trash to Treasure Competition Starts April 5

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, PBS KIDS GO!’s Design Squad is launching a nationwide 2010 Trash to Treasure competition on April 5th. Kids across the country ages 5-19 are asked to recycle, reuse and re-engineer everyday materials into new inventions. Three young innovators will win a trip to Boston to see [...]