tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46469947655275499762024-03-15T03:19:22.579+11:00liane rosslerliane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-37251577215430771172010-06-13T02:24:00.000+10:002010-06-13T02:24:14.572+10:00Waste Land<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMz_Za_AdhmAzJ5N-Ty2nwCZeV2StB0H8K4mQm01Kt5dB8oXWNftw7EBOImxCSnG1qugo_8MBzYWKXF_y8W6oIUwm3wjJhnNNLIQAKc3n6a_Uzmq8yiSuHsyTUPFd696d8Gw5zlNTDlLA/s1600/wasteland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMz_Za_AdhmAzJ5N-Ty2nwCZeV2StB0H8K4mQm01Kt5dB8oXWNftw7EBOImxCSnG1qugo_8MBzYWKXF_y8W6oIUwm3wjJhnNNLIQAKc3n6a_Uzmq8yiSuHsyTUPFd696d8Gw5zlNTDlLA/s400/wasteland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>What an incredibly creative, inspiring, joyous and wonderful film <a href="http://www.wastelandmovie.com/">Waste Land</a> is.<br />
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Just released at the <a href="http://sff.org.au/cms/">Sydney Film Festival</a> about the artist <a href="http://www.vikmuniz.net/">Vik Muniz </a>and a team of garbage (recyclable material) scavengers in the world's largest landfill in Rio.<br />
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Watch the trailer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPU5WNgQ2w">here</a> and interview with the film maker Lucy Walker <a href="http://blog.sff.org.au/2010/06/lucy-walker-meet-filmmaker.html">here</a><br />
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Transforming garbage into contemporary art. A process of transformation all around.<br />
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Look out for <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/countdowntozero/">Countdown to Zer</a>o about nuclear weapons, also by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Walker_(director)">Lucy Walker</a> later this year.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is so beautiful, poignant and brilliant. The story of life, love and the sea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-56063885471495852742010-03-21T22:49:00.001+11:002010-03-21T22:50:09.737+11:00Plastiki sets sail.I wrote about the amazing David de Rothschild and his wonderful <a href="http://liane-rossler.blogspot.com/2009/09/plastiki.html">Plastiki</a> made from plastic bottles and recycled materials last year. It is sailing across the world to raise awareness about ocean pollution and inspire rethinking about waste.<br />
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The Plastiki set sail from San Francisco this weekend, and will reach Sydney in 100 days. See more here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDV2bPWB11M&feature=player_embedded">Plastiki </a> and here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ug7CpVkBuU&feature=related">Plastiki</a>.<br />
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The Plastiki has solar power, a vertical vegetable garden and is fully recyclable at the end of its journey. It is put together with a glue made from cashew nuts and sugar.<br />
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Brilliant innovation with an adventurous spirit.<br />
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Wishing them all a safe, happy and successful voyage, and we all look forward to welcoming them to Sydney later this year.<br />
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Follow the adventures here <a href="http://www.theplastiki.com/">The Plastiki</a> here <a href="http://twitter.com/plastiki">Plastiki on Twitter</a> and here <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54617173526&ref=ts">Plastiki on Facebook</a>.<br />
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Each one is a unique little beauty!<br />
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We will have the baskets on exhibition at The Sydney Opera House, as part of over 4,600 actions in more than 170 countries around the world.<br />
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October 24th is the 350.org international day of climate action, where people all over the world make their voices heard, calling on leaders to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere to a safe level of 350 parts per million, and calling for a safe future.<br />
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It is the largest collective display of action to fight climate change the world has ever seen.<br />
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Find out more here <a href="http://www.350.org/">http://www.350.org/</a> and follow some of the amazing actions here on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/350">http://twitter.com/350</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Here's a picture of the baskets taken at Bondi Beach.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you fellow gritters Julie, Rena, Floria, Bea, Sue, Kylie, Annie, Paula, Yumi, Tobhi, Sam, Bridget, Taka, Bev, Melanie, Petrina, Vanessa, Finn, Lana, Scarlet, Pepe, Joe, Maya, Di, Harvey, Jackie, Sabrina, Sue, Jessika, Tom, Rachel, Dave, Phillip, Alison, Stefanie, Janos, Sacha, Kirsty, Martha, Sarah, Melanie, Roman, Lola, Piper, Jane, Judge, Sally, Imogen, Felix, Felicity, Kitty, Marti, Tess, Luke, Jo, Bambi, Melissa, Susie, Andre, Kate, Kaye and all the other brilliant Gritters.<br />
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</div>Today we had a fantastic and productive day making baskets. Old plastic bags, bread and fruit bags, newspaper and dry cleaning wrap, garbage bags, mattress wrap...no bit of plastic was safe. Young and old, we wove, crocheted, knitted and plarned. There are 19 days to go until we exhibit our baskets at the Sydney Opera House for the 350.org international day of climate action.<br />
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There are 350 frisbees being thrown in Brisbane, 350 t-shirts being printed in Adelaide, scuba divers, surfers, skiers and lantern walkers all doing things to draw attention to the number that defines our future. 1,736 actions in 139 countries. For actions near you, have a look here. <a href="http://www.350.org/action-list">http://www.350.org/action-list</a> and to find out more about 350, have a look here <a href="http://www.350.org/about">http://www.350.org/about</a><br />
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Come along to GreenUps on Tuesday night and join us in some live crafting action. Bring some old bags and needles. We have made 50 baskets ...300 to go. <a href="http://greenups.net/">http://greenups.net/</a><br />
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We will also be making baskets together next Sunday and the following Sunday. Have a look here for details. <a href="http://knittygrittyandloopy.blogspot.com/">http://knittygrittyandloopy.blogspot.com/</a> You can also drop off your baskets to us on Tuesday night, Sunday or drop them into the Ivan Dougherty Gallery.<a href="http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/galleries/idg/about.html">http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/galleries/idg/about.html</a>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-78620321128952828512009-09-23T15:12:00.002+10:002009-09-29T11:29:16.986+10:00Knitty Gritty and Loopy for 350.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-R9MxuWdkf5e7X7EEnJm0BA-5i5BkBujsXsyTg2sKX73bI28Cw4SFR9lJaXcO-zdOEhGkQ-N5Q_eYLgQIhCnAooar1ZGVIKs0omwu5qul-P3d0fuXIFM63JV1GnKoBqMnNZUFvMNmXLIw/s1600-h/gritty+row+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-R9MxuWdkf5e7X7EEnJm0BA-5i5BkBujsXsyTg2sKX73bI28Cw4SFR9lJaXcO-zdOEhGkQ-N5Q_eYLgQIhCnAooar1ZGVIKs0omwu5qul-P3d0fuXIFM63JV1GnKoBqMnNZUFvMNmXLIw/s320/gritty+row+3.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTnw2B3-133Z8BIhIEtrU-rVJ2x2thVLmwX2wxsdNuBiW62KaI_L-zcl2USqWdMqnwQ5B-reXBrpnB7UHs0kNEKTIIrgagu8kBAnbkaBAwE-qfedi4Ex9N02PiUS4c1Pm6SsLdco1AuFz/s1600-h/grit+3+dryclean+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTnw2B3-133Z8BIhIEtrU-rVJ2x2thVLmwX2wxsdNuBiW62KaI_L-zcl2USqWdMqnwQ5B-reXBrpnB7UHs0kNEKTIIrgagu8kBAnbkaBAwE-qfedi4Ex9N02PiUS4c1Pm6SsLdco1AuFz/s320/grit+3+dryclean+.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz8nMTO_bDZbK0UV5ScGPpI6dHsRDYVTOkWiuREpuob58YGt6Q_R3JNs3JBZtIc1S2wIkoM8TOueQe6wwDB71IdIXmWEQd2DbfNjZvG03XEnE3zvvki1KvHc4362eI3aj0g_zRH7M4jDy/s1600-h/before+dry+clean.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz8nMTO_bDZbK0UV5ScGPpI6dHsRDYVTOkWiuREpuob58YGt6Q_R3JNs3JBZtIc1S2wIkoM8TOueQe6wwDB71IdIXmWEQd2DbfNjZvG03XEnE3zvvki1KvHc4362eI3aj0g_zRH7M4jDy/s320/before+dry+clean.JPG" /></a><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Last night we made more baskets from plastic bags, newspaper wrap, drycleaning bags and mattress cover bags. They were knitted, crocheted and woven, and each one has its own unique character and style.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Please join us in making baskets for 350.org. They're to be exhibited on the international day of Climate Change Action on October 24th. We've made 20...330 to go.<br />
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</div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-27160794221709020242009-09-19T01:42:00.003+10:002009-09-19T01:44:42.871+10:00Making the invisible visible.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCXar1-3xaMXMg4Bq23oDqvu6XFa4evtGQBlLaIdun9X2qDDGzgHgIyWucQQu4NOiEjOUb2VjdfjE2bdMNdcnrPj-KgtMQ7nS36-izzzX7lEA9efqr39-kKpYPqLrzTpY54MQ2FBOKlBW/s1600-h/glacier-pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCXar1-3xaMXMg4Bq23oDqvu6XFa4evtGQBlLaIdun9X2qDDGzgHgIyWucQQu4NOiEjOUb2VjdfjE2bdMNdcnrPj-KgtMQ7nS36-izzzX7lEA9efqr39-kKpYPqLrzTpY54MQ2FBOKlBW/s320/glacier-pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382833393667382562" /></a><br /><div>The ice in the Arctic is melting at a rate like never before. If you ever wanted to see photographs and live film of climate change before your eyes, have a look at this talk and the Extreme Ice Survey. </div><div><br /><a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/photographic-evidence-climate-change.html">http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/photographic-evidence-climate-change.html</a></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-19471632568622109612009-09-13T22:16:00.003+10:002009-09-13T22:27:24.642+10:00Age of Stupid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN4mdIg4yCguQlzU3cpL8pyPGGKjqRPy0gpK2Sw1gy36YZ7m2t_Pif3CKQNWUItWYw36BMxOFfaNuW3rioL2YZpmusD809RwzcwpKMHgjCB61NfMFhkZEETOq48uc1LbibmyetCLAs4BX/s1600-h/age+of+stupid.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 117px; height: 64px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWN4mdIg4yCguQlzU3cpL8pyPGGKjqRPy0gpK2Sw1gy36YZ7m2t_Pif3CKQNWUItWYw36BMxOFfaNuW3rioL2YZpmusD809RwzcwpKMHgjCB61NfMFhkZEETOq48uc1LbibmyetCLAs4BX/s320/age+of+stupid.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380925732509481922" /></a><br />Age of Stupid is a brilliant movie that premiered in Sydney in August, and is released globally in over 45 cinemas and 550 cinemas on September 21st. <div><br /></div><div>It shows the world in 2055, and looks at back at real news footage of 2008 in regards to what we are doing to the planet. Why didn't we stop climate change when we knew we could? Why didn't we save ourselves when we had a chance?</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully we will all work hard at making changes now, so that future generations don't look back at us as the age of stupid.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.ageofstupid.net">http://www.ageofstupid.net</a>/</div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-52565136559453738162009-09-12T01:34:00.005+10:002009-09-13T02:22:35.061+10:00October Ups<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUkI0KRQ_QD9URyeijShxDM-gSpPMNCzsjApFhAI7uR84k2_SGaW5JuNC_5PUcXA9rYAO0fue7CIS5jBEfIpe_RSdTMlmlY3lIlKekPqFCAqFfNxWXdOC3dnOWQAgHUeSy9y0ajwBO1fJ/s1600-h/domus+914.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUkI0KRQ_QD9URyeijShxDM-gSpPMNCzsjApFhAI7uR84k2_SGaW5JuNC_5PUcXA9rYAO0fue7CIS5jBEfIpe_RSdTMlmlY3lIlKekPqFCAqFfNxWXdOC3dnOWQAgHUeSy9y0ajwBO1fJ/s320/domus+914.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380617091185070274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZWmjPQk2YaxnGYPdKPXOrvKNpPvOQbVp34QsObx5ICm0wMb4ekaEAjJGup-l-b9VZcxqrOZxbZ9G3IvNfLYznhpp6q9dlmdKoqYpPvw5jbe_sBHoawPfVJkzd0GROSLAP_bFTmr8zo5V/s1600-h/art-and-about.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZWmjPQk2YaxnGYPdKPXOrvKNpPvOQbVp34QsObx5ICm0wMb4ekaEAjJGup-l-b9VZcxqrOZxbZ9G3IvNfLYznhpp6q9dlmdKoqYpPvw5jbe_sBHoawPfVJkzd0GROSLAP_bFTmr8zo5V/s320/art-and-about.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380233747804788642" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span>Please come and join us at October GreenUps on October 6th, 6pm at The Beauchamp Hotel on the corner of Oxford and South Dowling Streets, Paddington. We will be on the roof deck, and will be celebrating Sustainable Art during the the Art and About Festival.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We will have a slide show from The Green Museum, and live plastic bag basket making. Bring some old bags or bits of plastic, some needles and scissors and craft up a storm with us. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://greenups.net/">http://greenups.net/</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128642708243">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128642708243</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52193147123&ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52193147123&ref=ts</a></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-20348235351246555642009-09-12T01:28:00.002+10:002009-09-12T01:30:29.101+10:00GreenUps<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-pAk-nXS-gdRkSQRAZB3mZNNEXC_9POtCv23tUO8YNZ6_VU2hX60g73ZkPtMPZ_sG-OreG1TL17N5UKKeeljzPmRGYFL4tHurSJR5p18vgz8vc1aEfEE88ulawnFOqTbuVfqBG_3Hkit/s1600-h/greenups_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-pAk-nXS-gdRkSQRAZB3mZNNEXC_9POtCv23tUO8YNZ6_VU2hX60g73ZkPtMPZ_sG-OreG1TL17N5UKKeeljzPmRGYFL4tHurSJR5p18vgz8vc1aEfEE88ulawnFOqTbuVfqBG_3Hkit/s320/greenups_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380232472584730450" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, serif; ">In March this year, a group of us started GreenUps - green drinking to inspire green thinking.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.greenups.net/">http://www.greenups.net/</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">GreenUps is a series of informal 'meet ups' aimed at inspiring people with an interest in the environment and sustainability. People can connect, learn, share, inspire and conspire with other like minded people.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We're part of an international movement of Green Drinks in more than 450 cities around the world.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.greenups.net/"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.greendrinks.org/index.php?country=Australia&city=Sydney">http://www.greendrinks.org/index.php?country=Australia&city=Sydne</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.greendrinks.org/index.php?country=Australia&city=Sydney">y</a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Join up to our Facebook group for updates. We hope to see you at the next one. They are held on the first Tuesday of the month at different venues around Sydney.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52193147123&ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52193147123&ref=ts</a></span></span></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-89118267302706870072009-09-11T01:56:00.002+10:002009-09-11T01:59:20.508+10:00Doing it for the kids<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsASrqidFYdcWlW5QyGFL1j65ZjVc1jDMjJdGvfYhCjTb8k7CkCho0NUuHdZGgSk-skEXqnPqlsL83d8bjEqJ85VxU01l6vAudodE0VeX_EDWeF2ZjedDhd3Jmc-LmNg7AgUunpnrSMa-D/s1600-h/Lighten+Up+133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsASrqidFYdcWlW5QyGFL1j65ZjVc1jDMjJdGvfYhCjTb8k7CkCho0NUuHdZGgSk-skEXqnPqlsL83d8bjEqJ85VxU01l6vAudodE0VeX_EDWeF2ZjedDhd3Jmc-LmNg7AgUunpnrSMa-D/s320/Lighten+Up+133.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379868946173145298" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">[re]design for London Design Week September 2009 looks great. The theme is Doing it for the kids.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Doing It For The Kids is an exhibition of sustainable play design. The project explores play types, the importance of play in child development, how toys help mould our kids’ values and how they impact on the environment. The exhibition will present examples of sustainable toys and other play resources that inspire designers, educators and parents to be more critical and creative.<br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.redesigndesign.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=640&Itemid=53"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.redesigndesign.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=640&Itemid=53</span></span></a></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-52380850314654611072009-09-11T01:28:00.003+10:002009-09-11T01:34:19.650+10:00Getting fungi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK8Eo7C-Q6dKlU2DWmah6v8bcYJS-88mRnQECFo2BtTwPLCyO-fWkQYVxGoQSlSJ6zhKPtNukTTix40JQAXBqo8ShJ79_ThCYyHXk9k979Uws5_Yfhu4v-_4FvrlA97MbML0eySkg7Y6r/s1600-h/fungi_front.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHK8Eo7C-Q6dKlU2DWmah6v8bcYJS-88mRnQECFo2BtTwPLCyO-fWkQYVxGoQSlSJ6zhKPtNukTTix40JQAXBqo8ShJ79_ThCYyHXk9k979Uws5_Yfhu4v-_4FvrlA97MbML0eySkg7Y6r/s320/fungi_front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379861610923631058" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />Fungi is an enigmatic and mysterious life form which is essential to the health of our planet. It infuses all landscapes, and can create an oasis of life. From a source of food to a powerful healing agent, fungi is a magician of air, earth and water.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Make your own fungus at the Fungiverse, and check out some of the amazing fungi facts at the end, including Paul Stamens fantastic TED talk on six ways mushrooms can save the world.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><a href="http://www.fungiverse.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">www.fungiverse.com</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-38779303694791578302009-09-11T01:20:00.002+10:002009-09-11T01:23:03.210+10:00Truckfarm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqNhHU2ceEaEWNeCDv7uxLqIZLvxxgYyu087pEwzhBIELgVsJo75GP3SorOw-DAfiA7HFHdBt3OHslf5Y1mpzdhDDlLzYCgpbTfxGjffNBUEHjm7QgaOr_AMGf1JoGOyuI97YsX-RXOz9/s1600-h/truckfarm7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqNhHU2ceEaEWNeCDv7uxLqIZLvxxgYyu087pEwzhBIELgVsJo75GP3SorOw-DAfiA7HFHdBt3OHslf5Y1mpzdhDDlLzYCgpbTfxGjffNBUEHjm7QgaOr_AMGf1JoGOyuI97YsX-RXOz9/s320/truckfarm7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379859208932081970" /></a><br />This Truckfarm could be a great idea for some of those huge cars you see driving around town.<div><br /><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/28/truck-farm-is-a-roving-veggiemobile/"></a><div><a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/28/truck-farm-is-a-roving-veggiemobile/" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/28/truck-farm-is-a-roving-veggiemobile/</a></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-78705533054492518082009-09-11T01:10:00.003+10:002009-09-11T01:15:46.782+10:00Trees and Cradles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8xgAvFlHOpqtjcmjbiYEMtp8MifkJEU4EVzKqsIXBVJWYYbOzgiN9zv2yDoFe8rIH_4_m-tWWL4D4kKVlQd0a9GgWdmyltitvin2nc9xMmaeXbGG5JgBD3owu_FiUljgn4WGdVRZ0lIo/s1600-h/about-box-green.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8xgAvFlHOpqtjcmjbiYEMtp8MifkJEU4EVzKqsIXBVJWYYbOzgiN9zv2yDoFe8rIH_4_m-tWWL4D4kKVlQd0a9GgWdmyltitvin2nc9xMmaeXbGG5JgBD3owu_FiUljgn4WGdVRZ0lIo/s320/about-box-green.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379857637450271666" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What is elegant?<br />Makes oxygen<br />Sequesters CO 2<br />Changes colour<br />Makes complex sugars and foods<br />Fixes nitrogen<br />Distills water<br />Creates micro climates<br />Self replicates<br /><br />Then we knock it down and write on it?</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A TREE!<br /><br />Here is a Cradle to Cradle TED talk by the wonderful William McDonough</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.ted.com/talks/w</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><wbr></span></span></a><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">illiam_mcdonough_on_cradle</span></span></a></span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><wbr></span></span></a><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">_to_cradle_design.html</span></span></a></span></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-78582530148816042022009-09-10T23:03:00.004+10:002009-09-10T23:17:18.568+10:00Interviews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjuiZ5e5FcRcaA41pqPHXnsveUfzmb96FQ4qLQj8Cwg8mYNSHbuKm9sVcNxCd53KguG-kgA5SawrYEBjXBRwetGs7SyiNbIk1PPJypBD8-MDlIikBGcR41KFj_99_u8Rz5yThXiTXNR0S/s1600-h/Bill-McKibben-350.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjuiZ5e5FcRcaA41pqPHXnsveUfzmb96FQ4qLQj8Cwg8mYNSHbuKm9sVcNxCd53KguG-kgA5SawrYEBjXBRwetGs7SyiNbIk1PPJypBD8-MDlIikBGcR41KFj_99_u8Rz5yThXiTXNR0S/s320/Bill-McKibben-350.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379827191011247906" /></a><br />I saw the great Bill McKibben speak when he was in Sydney earlier this year, and he delighted us with a visit to GreenUps to talk about 350.org.<div><br /></div><div>Here is a new interview on Treehugger radio. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://ads.treehugger.com/thtv_files/audio/TH%20Radio/Interviews/Bill%20McKibben.mp3">http://ads.treehugger.com/thtv_files/audio/TH%20Radio/Interviews/Bill%20McKibben.mp3</a></div><div><br /></div><div>They are a fantastic series of interviews, and I like to download them and listen them as I walk around the park.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some other great ones are by Emily Pilloton on Project H, Edward Humes on Eco Barons, Adam Werbach from Saatchi and Saatchi S, Paul Watson - a modern pirate who is saving our seas, Daniel Goleman author of Emotional Intelligence, the people behind the amazing story of Crude ... the list goes on. Great listening and learning.</div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-48358016327101222012009-09-10T22:41:00.003+10:002009-09-10T22:45:48.662+10:00WOW. The Paraty House.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03AQUElgL4RblWwjtxxqfPNunbf3gZCOMhgQM6JLtryoXXojf97PLx9412McRrAGRKMfv53MQpfB3TFouKYTVW-TtSuflD_8gRt2J5BtyipeUY4l05odG9tRZudppqHnDbO97vIPEAB41/s1600-h/paraty_080909_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03AQUElgL4RblWwjtxxqfPNunbf3gZCOMhgQM6JLtryoXXojf97PLx9412McRrAGRKMfv53MQpfB3TFouKYTVW-TtSuflD_8gRt2J5BtyipeUY4l05odG9tRZudppqHnDbO97vIPEAB41/s320/paraty_080909_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379818864127689922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br />Have a look at this gorgeous house on Paraty Beach by Marcio Kogan Architects in Brazil. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">More here.</span></span><a href="http://www.contemporist.com/2009/09/08/the-paraty-house-by-marcio-kogan-architects/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> http://www.contemporist.com/2009/09/08/the-paraty-house-by-marcio-kogan-architects/</span></span></a></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-81746506758102026872009-09-10T03:35:00.003+10:002009-09-10T22:50:05.202+10:00Fresh Supplies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPgRABXv8_cwg-jNls_V2JBSGhoSx3F5namf8wOe0RfKdKdfWWNfOCc4Mu3FeoE0O8t9_E8gW3vx-08I1vpI1uXG3sTxxMUBVB8u1ddUfp4C8VEP-9YNB5-tgV3Zssgcv-XnuClOACtuT/s1600-h/food-probe-by-philips-design-21.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPgRABXv8_cwg-jNls_V2JBSGhoSx3F5namf8wOe0RfKdKdfWWNfOCc4Mu3FeoE0O8t9_E8gW3vx-08I1vpI1uXG3sTxxMUBVB8u1ddUfp4C8VEP-9YNB5-tgV3Zssgcv-XnuClOACtuT/s320/food-probe-by-philips-design-21.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379820141852548642" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A novel way to grow food in your living room, this home farm will provide you with fresh fish, fruit and veg, and save on all those food miles.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This Biosphere home farm contains fish, crustaceans, algae, plants and other mini-ecosystems, all interdependent and in balance with each other. Making families all over the world at least partly self-sufficient in this way has obvious appeal.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#231F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#231F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">A concept Food Probe by Philips Design in Eindhoven. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#231F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.design.philips.com/"><br /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#231F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.design.philips.com/">http://www.design.philips.com/</a><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-89950188865589915142009-09-10T03:23:00.004+10:002009-09-10T23:00:52.268+10:00Swoon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrWNqRvW5PrClfLZbUFgY4XxSO6L7DWlKBuICvgHA0vIQSxjNNcw09vWLWw7FVM3fBkIxQpL-Bn7lvFUN1-Wocs0hLUUd9PCqSkXiMNj2aNH_do28USlte32EnosjYOHDSqWN_zpifKt5/s1600-h/pleat13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrWNqRvW5PrClfLZbUFgY4XxSO6L7DWlKBuICvgHA0vIQSxjNNcw09vWLWw7FVM3fBkIxQpL-Bn7lvFUN1-Wocs0hLUUd9PCqSkXiMNj2aNH_do28USlte32EnosjYOHDSqWN_zpifKt5/s320/pleat13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379822949696269842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5bZ7RHkJfCYd9lJuaH65YJIgR9FOHNJNObQ_bqgBTImM4XSazjlD3wnTpceLFjCLzesS-RlqdEDGIZXJKtoXlXEWSb-1Ui6gnq0W06r460uJpM6vFSnj0nwzzrm1c87QJy9YG0ZiWeLe/s1600-h/pleat10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5bZ7RHkJfCYd9lJuaH65YJIgR9FOHNJNObQ_bqgBTImM4XSazjlD3wnTpceLFjCLzesS-RlqdEDGIZXJKtoXlXEWSb-1Ui6gnq0W06r460uJpM6vFSnj0nwzzrm1c87QJy9YG0ZiWeLe/s320/pleat10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379822948435479522" /></a><br /><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Tokujin Yoshioka designed Pleats Please Issey Miyake store just opened </span></span></span><span style="font: 18.0px Georgia; letter-spacing: 0.0px color:#221f20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">in Aoyama, Tokyo.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 31, 32); font-family:arial, serif;font-size:small;">It is a refurbishment of the existing store, and the walls and ceiling are covered in recycled aluminium panels, originally developed as parts for cars.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#221F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;color:#221F20;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">His work is so divine, it makes me swoon!</span></span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="http://www.tokujin.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.tokujin.com/</span></span></a>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-60927391077026852682009-09-10T03:05:00.004+10:002009-09-11T00:06:04.977+10:00Green Pockets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGnrq_iA4NK8i3TuIMf9kjTQdODQUryQG5Ck8SWbLHz1b4sBWNQemNQN_394WYYmYa1s-rhQSMLbUx-Ik6KYCt1JazSmboJcm3S48kAAn_sCyu68han99VdYdmlNht7AlHKb0uUV4eK4k/s1600-h/green-pockets-tiles+lostateminor+maruja+fuentes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGnrq_iA4NK8i3TuIMf9kjTQdODQUryQG5Ck8SWbLHz1b4sBWNQemNQN_394WYYmYa1s-rhQSMLbUx-Ik6KYCt1JazSmboJcm3S48kAAn_sCyu68han99VdYdmlNht7AlHKb0uUV4eK4k/s320/green-pockets-tiles+lostateminor+maruja+fuentes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379821043867366610" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These tiles designed by Maruja Fuentes are made from recycled materials, and you can add a bit of life and colour to an otherwise plain tiled wall.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Verdana; min-height: 22px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They were designed to be used as planters for a wall display or covering, but the uses for these pockets are endless.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 18.0px Verdana; min-height: 22.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><a href="http://www.marujafuentes.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.marujafuentes.com/</span></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 18.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: underline; font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-32618738549520834202009-09-10T03:02:00.005+10:002009-09-10T22:55:40.259+10:00Flying Rubbish. Re-think, Re-cycle, Re-delight.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkNwN2mzha_jY5CMjFzgIQ9sJzybv2Pf2oED7ktjxhQu94yuxkJr_bQcToU9uNL0Mb7x5qtPPs6ZwZtQgxPLpN3tWtaRNxp-KF8le8wHryiG-6imVPeOtcxzSVIuJJvCx-ypTWh7DFFv8/s1600-h/bagseller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkNwN2mzha_jY5CMjFzgIQ9sJzybv2Pf2oED7ktjxhQu94yuxkJr_bQcToU9uNL0Mb7x5qtPPs6ZwZtQgxPLpN3tWtaRNxp-KF8le8wHryiG-6imVPeOtcxzSVIuJJvCx-ypTWh7DFFv8/s320/bagseller.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379821615966703762" /></a><br /><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Artists words: </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A strange kind of cleanliness and tidiness are the rules of society everyone has to obey. That’s why it is difficult for us to recognise the different possibilities of reuse that lay in used products or waste. Imagination is needed for an intelligent reuse of “rubbish”. Just by a new interpretation of the product, by a change of context “rubbish” can get a new function in the world of efficiency and become useful again. This kind of imagination is easier for children. For them there is also beauty in the rubbish. They discover easily alternative ways to use objects of daily life. So the aim is to combine the world of efficiency and the world of miracle! But is it possible to overlay the disgust and repulsion of waste with the joy and fun of the world of the children? </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Weimar, Germany, December 2004: I sold rubbish bags filled with helium to the people visting the Christmas market. The “balloons” are a strange happening and afterwards helpful to carry the waste and garbage. Even so the bags were clean and not used it was difficult for adults to accept the new “prefunction”.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Holger Beisitzer.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:18px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-44422931560351034912009-09-10T02:54:00.005+10:002009-09-11T00:06:27.056+10:00CD Pavilion.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyRYxxNoAav8rn3As_4hDeBMa63fg5cKxPXTEDh3jwdFgEIubZBJtkNTmXIb05l467MN789_XpjRMio1K3kbKFT8SrXZPFkqzxtvV9E_02JGZOMQKECIWN3b1e85AXQQeaKDgehnw7hp8/s1600-h/cd01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyRYxxNoAav8rn3As_4hDeBMa63fg5cKxPXTEDh3jwdFgEIubZBJtkNTmXIb05l467MN789_XpjRMio1K3kbKFT8SrXZPFkqzxtvV9E_02JGZOMQKECIWN3b1e85AXQQeaKDgehnw7hp8/s320/cd01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379823536138323730" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 18.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion being built for the Shanghai World Expo held next year designed by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Its exterior is made from recycled CD cases (no doubt those counterfeits we usually see pictures of bulldozers going over, plus all the BPA filled polycarbonate bottles they can't sell). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 18.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Polycarbonates are thermoplastics that can be heated and reformed, and the architects suggest that when the show is over the whole thing can be melted down again.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; color:#1f1f1f;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Pavilion also features a 1600m2 solar heat-collecting tube on the roof to provide electricity and water heating. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; min-height: 21.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; min-height: 21.0px"><a href="http://www.fcjz.com/eng/main-e.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.fcjz.com/eng/main-e.htm</span></span></a></p>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-71117927924070028292009-09-10T02:43:00.004+10:002009-09-10T03:13:35.482+10:00Moss Carpet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4b7Myc3wRlKTawH_xyX8xAsBPORiw7sskripCL2sU9aIcfsXVTzuUdMH7barPlUnagr6zlHTzoWU2xc20QZ_Nz9PDt3BN7z3IiE6YcTrL8SBgqjdA484pefnrkG90z1QBCOtZqUP5OS-a/s1600-h/moss.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4b7Myc3wRlKTawH_xyX8xAsBPORiw7sskripCL2sU9aIcfsXVTzuUdMH7barPlUnagr6zlHTzoWU2xc20QZ_Nz9PDt3BN7z3IiE6YcTrL8SBgqjdA484pefnrkG90z1QBCOtZqUP5OS-a/s320/moss.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379510807449464098" /></a><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is a biodegradable moss planter that was shown earlier this year at the Tokyo Fiber Senseware </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">exhibition. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 14.0px; font: 18.0px Eurostile"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Japanese flower artist Makoto Azuma collaborated with Unitika and planted an assortment of mosses in a material called TERRAMAC, which is a biodegradable fiber that returns to the soil. The result is beautiful organic carpet. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 14.0px; font: 18.0px Eurostile"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Moss is a green carpet that keeps on living. It grows by absorbing moisture from the air with its whole body, not just through its roots. Even if it dries out and looks dead, its cells can recuperate when given water. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Eurostile"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the characteristics of living things is that they spontaneously evolve continuing to be a part of nature. </span></span></span></p>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4646994765527549976.post-75085422347430046482009-09-10T01:20:00.003+10:002009-09-10T01:32:47.511+10:00Project H and the Hippo Roller<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoi6Mp5uaSo0in0_9tWGwM_EjLgNr9QW-gjh763_oAjstip1Ht1z7Wk7xXbMS7pdU6Q6LmCJ1XLJF1Q_tghBo71ScL02tZyaQP5Ouh98oEEx2c6M139N1q_9mck9v3Dt0RMH9dE-qjFPq/s1600-h/hippo.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoi6Mp5uaSo0in0_9tWGwM_EjLgNr9QW-gjh763_oAjstip1Ht1z7Wk7xXbMS7pdU6Q6LmCJ1XLJF1Q_tghBo71ScL02tZyaQP5Ouh98oEEx2c6M139N1q_9mck9v3Dt0RMH9dE-qjFPq/s320/hippo.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379490449487957042" /></a><br />Project H started the Hippo Roller project in 2008, to make it easier to collect and distribute water. Instead of carrying 90 litres of water on their head, as they had been doing for hundreds of years, the Hippo Roller was designed to make life easier. Traditionally, women and children are responsible for collecting the water, so this simple invention has freed up their lives for education and other nice things.<div><br /></div><div>1 in 6 people don't have access to running water, and for only $100 each, the Hippo Roller has transformed people's lives. All the kids at my daughter's kindergarten chipped in to buy one, which was nice. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://projecthdesign.org/projects/hipporoller.html">http://projecthdesign.org/projects/hipporoller.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a great interview with Emily Pilloton, the inspiring founder of Project H. You can download it to listen to.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/th-radio-emily-pilloton-hippo-roller-1.php">http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/th-radio-emily-pilloton-hippo-roller-1.php</a></div>liane rosslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00859639522510463215noreply@blogger.com0