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...

June 30, 2011

Ten Incredible Steampunk Guitars

Guitars are just perfect for steampunking. Most have been pimped out using pieces of clockwork, piping, metal and wood, only adding points on the recycling awesomeness scale.
June 28, 2011

Seven Incredible Steampunk Praying Mantises

If you had any doubts that the predatory praying mantis is one lean, mean machine, these images of recycled steampunk mantises will clear your doubts once and for all.
June 23, 2011

Weapons of War Made out of Money

Readers who love the smell of money will love Justine Smith’s work. She repurposes banknotes, using them to create art that examines our relationship with money.
June 21, 2011

Seven Incredible High Heels Made out of Bizarre Materials

High heels, not usually known for environmental friendliness, really can be green and thought-provoking if made from recycled or repurposed organic materials.
June 16, 2011

Giant Shopping Cart Circles!

These elegant installations, set in public spaces, draw attention to our ever-increasing consumerism, which, like the carts, seems to be an endless cycle.
June 15, 2011

Ten Incredible Chandeliers Created out of Everyday Junk

What do bike chains, eyeglasses, coffee stirrers and beer bottles have in common? They’re wonderful raw materials for chandeliers. Hard to imagine? Seeing is believing.
June 13, 2011

Steampunk Cyclopean Spiders!

Steampunk spiders are born when old watch parts, copper bits and brass wire are turned into stunning, creepy works of art!
June 7, 2011

A Millionaire’s Playground Made from Thrown-Away Lottery Tickets

Ghost of a Dream’s “Easy Money” series uses recycled materials to create large-scale objects and scenarios that explore our innermost drives and desires.
June 6, 2011

Seven Incredible Uses for Old Graffiti Spray Cans

Graffiti artists, take note: Really cool stuff can be made from old spray cans! The objects shown here are both functional and stylish! Shout-outs to the makers!
June 3, 2011

Tiny Recycled Robots Appear All Over Hong Kong

Though Canbots are shy critters, their creator, Orson Li, snapped some pics of his green friends in their natural habitat of Hong Kong. Recycling with a truly can-do attitude!
June 2, 2011

When Plants Grow Out of Old Manga Comics

Manga fans, take note! If you’re looking for a way to creatively reuse your old comics, here’s a way: manga farming.
May 26, 2011

Freaky Robocritters Created Out of Electronic Junk

Nature 2.0 is where our environment merges with technology. Kasey McMahon turns discarded animal parts and techno junk into Robocritters — funny, strange, thought-provoking artworks.