DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
When I knit, I can become very obsessive/compulsive with my projects. I will just sit and knit and knit and knit, often into the dark wee hours of the morning. I can become all scrunched up, working away, not noticing the dwindling light until I’m squinting to see my project. I also have bad posture [...]
I own a lot of wooden building blocks. Seriously, I own a LOT of wooden building blocks. Some I’ve bought new, some I’ve dumpster dived, most I’ve thrifted, but it all amounts to a hell of a collection for my little kids, who can build themselves a hell of a building block fort over the [...]
Around the globe, we use over one million plastic bags per minute. Yep, per minute. And most of those head straight to the landfill. Obviously, bringing your own bag can help make a difference, but what about all of those bags that somehow seem to accumulate despite our best intentions? Rather than tossing those empties, [...]
In the age of IKEA, it’s so cheap and easy to purchase brand new furniture and housewares. Heck, if it breaks, you can just replace it with another particle board kit fresh out of the box, right? There’s an old saying though that “cheap is expensive.” Sure, it costs less up front to get something [...]
Wooden building blocks are a toy that you can never have too many of. The more blocks a kid has, the bigger and better are their possibilities for creation. Wooden building blocks are also just a terrific toy to provide for kids, on a lot of levels. They promote creative, unplugged play, building math and [...]
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Hello! My name is Bonnie Getchell and overall, I'm a craft nerd! I love making crafts, re-doing furniture, and anything along those lines. I especially love creating items that are from recycled materials like toilet paper rolls, bottles, etc.
I'm the lucky momma of two little blonde daddy-clones--we spend our days doing elaborate art projects, trashing the house, eating cheese cubes and oranges, and waiting for my partner to get home from his day job so we can pester him.
Kelly covers visual arts in and around Washington, DC for DCist and is editor of Crafting a Green World. Kelly has also been published by Bust Magazine and you can find her byline at Indie Fixx and Etsy’s Storque and has taught in Etsy’s virtual lab on the topic of green crafting.
