1-800-RECYCLING - Simone Preuss

Simone Preuss

Simone is a writer and editor at Environmental Graffiti, an innovative green site currently looking for writers! Imagine having your work seen by up to 10 million people every month, writing for one of the Internet’s most trafficked environmental websites and getting paid for it. Whether it is extreme sports, conservation, art or freaky nature that floats your boat, Environmental Graffiti gives you a platform and a voice to share your knowledge, and meet people like you. You control the news, the news does not control you...

September 20, 2011

Natural Landscapes Recreated in Junk

Environmental artist Tom Deininger upcycles old, unwanted junk on a truly grand scale.
September 14, 2011

Cute Little Robots Created from Retro Household Junk

Discover how a bit of grinding, drilling and riveting can transform a pile of rusting parts into wonderful recycled junk robots with their own personalities.
September 13, 2011

Human Bodies Created Out of Dissected Typewriters

Reduce, reuse, reassemble seems to be artist Jeremy Mayer’s recycling motto. He dissects salvaged typewriters and forms astonishingly lifelike sculptures.
September 8, 2011

WWII Shipwreck Transformed into an Underwater Art Gallery

Recycling stories involving objects as big as ships are rare, but here’s one retired and sunken ship, the Vandenberg, that not only fulfills one new purpose, but two.
September 7, 2011

Miniature Robo Planter People Overrun the House

Mario Caicedo Langer’s little creations are awesome examples of upcycling that give a new life not just to defunct objects, but also to plants and cacti.
September 6, 2011

The Cold War Submarine Graveyard of Russia’s Kola Peninsula

Submarine graveyards like the one at Russia’s Nezametnaya Cove may have a certain decrepit charm, but they can do untold environmental damage.
September 2, 2011

Ten Incredible Suits of Steampunk Armor

We’ve found steampunk armor so cleverly upcycled that any time-traveling knight worth his salt wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
August 31, 2011

Trapped in Resin: Dead Insects Transformed into Jewelry

“Nice fly you got there,” is an unusual way to start a conversation, but if you’re wearing a ring with a fly trapped inside it, you’re bound to attract some attention.
August 26, 2011

Ten Totally Bizarre Bike Mods

See the most unusual everyday items become integral parts of bicycles. Repurposing at its best!
August 25, 2011

Old Books Dissected to Create Intricate 3-D Carvings

Julia Strand’s artworks, carved from old reference books and encyclopedias, make for an upcycling book club that we’d join in a jiffy!
August 18, 2011

Thirteen Aww-Inspiring Pet Beds Made from Repurposed Suitcases

Suitcases are often heavy. Pet beds are sometimes eyesores. Now you can solve these seemingly unrelated problems by creating stylish pet beds out of recycled suitcases!
August 17, 2011

Seven Incredible Steampunk Motorcycles

Recycled steampunk dream machines that would make the cut in any ‘Mad Max’ movie — lost, found and seriously upgraded.