Tag Archives: upcycling

FLOWER POWER

May 1, 2013
Posted by admin in Action, Activist, Art, Clever stuff, Cute photo alert, Growing stuff, Guerrilla gardening, Resources, Schools, The Green Marine

WOW!!! That’s what we call FLOWER POWER, so who’s been out and about planting? What have you planted recently? Do you have any top gardening tips you’d like to share with the gang???

Take a look around you, beauty is everywhere…

April 4, 2013
Posted by admin in Action, Blogging, Edutainment, Fun stuff, Recycling, Resources, Schools, The Green Marine, Upcycling

Look around you. Beauty is everywhere. It can be seen in the way the shadow falls from a drinking glass on a sunny day. Source: https://www.facebook.com/upcyclista

Upcycling a clothes peg

October 14, 2012
Posted by admin in 3R's, Blogging, Clever stuff, Education, Lifestyle, Resources, Schools, Upcycling

A daily, mundane, banal peg, which we all seem to posses, though we rarely look at these ‘silent servants’ an object so basic yet so useful, one minute a genuine climate change buster and the other a multi function ‘tangle’ tool. Clothes peg we respect you…

Upcycling a banana skin

October 4, 2012
Posted by admin in 3R's, Blogging, Clever stuff, Edutainment, Fun stuff, How to make?, Innovation, Lifestyle, Resources, Schools, The Green Marine, Upcycling, Waste or resource

Did you know? Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. What other kinds of fruit or their skins do you think we could upcycle here at TGM HQ???

A ladder bookshelf, pretty cool!

August 7, 2012
Posted by admin in 3R's, Action, Art, Clever stuff, Facebook, Lifestyle, Things to do, top tips, Upcycling, Waste or resource

We LOVE this simple idea for a bookshelf. Don’t know if you have seen this one….pretty cool though! Source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Backyard-Diva/117483991696529

Great upcycling…erm we mean upskateboarding

July 16, 2012
Posted by admin in 3R's, Blogging, Edutainment, Fun stuff, Innovation, Reduce, reuse and recycle, Upcycling

We spotted this great little idea using an old (or could be your own) skateboard whilst surfing the web for new cool ideas. We love it…great upcycling! Source: http://smileyg.deviantart.com/art/Summer-Stories-124077634

Brighten up your street the Freegle way

June 12, 2012
Posted by admin in 3R's, Action, Art, Blogging, Freegle, Lifestyle, Upcycling

What a wonderful idea to brighten up any street. Why not try it for yourself? The source of this photo comes from Freegle…the fastest growing re-use organisation in the UK!! With the hep of your friends or family why not find your local group http://www.ilovefreegle.org/groups and get freegling too.