4 Reasons to Declutter Your Home and Why It Will Make You Happier

By |2019-07-21T13:00:58+03:00July 6th, 2018|Categories: Home Improvement & DIY, Lifestyle|Tags: , , , |

When you declutter your home, you put your thoughts in order too. Don’t believe me? In fact, there is scientific evidence that a messy house is bad for your mental state. Take a good, hard look around your home. Is it clean and tidy? Or is it, like many modern homes, piled high with bits of paperwork, miscellaneous tech devices, chargers, laundry, ironing, school books, and a million other items? If you fall into the latter category, you need to declutter your home as living

If You Still Don’t Know Why Recycling Is Important, We Need to Talk

By |2019-07-21T14:29:17+03:00August 10th, 2017|Categories: Environment & Planet|Tags: , , , |

It’s easier for us to assume that everyone knows why recycling is important. Still, there is overwhelming statistics that indicate it’s not true. You would think by now, everyone would be on top of their recycling game. After all, we have been talking about it for well over 50 years. Rather than bore you with another list of ways to recycle, we want to focus on why recycling is important. It Isn’t Always Throwing Things into Piles Which is the number one reason why even those

 How to Keep Your Home Clutter Free (It’s Easier Than You Think)

By |2020-03-09T18:07:17+03:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: Home Improvement & DIY, Lifestyle|Tags: , , |

With today’s busy lifestyles and the consumerist mindset that makes us buy unnecessary stuff, keeping our home clutter free may be a challenge. “Cleanliness makes it easier to see the details.” ― Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel The cleanliness of your house is as important as the cleanliness of your body. They say that a healthy body resides in a healthy mind. In order to ensure that your body is healthy, it is important that your surroundings are clean. In case you are a procrastinator when it

This Incredible Artist Creates Amazing Street Art Murals From Trash

By |2019-07-21T21:16:45+03:00July 17th, 2015|Categories: Design, Inspirational|Tags: , , , |

Bordalo II is a promising artist trying to change the world through street art. His works are a way of condemning the “throwaway culture” that dominates the world we live in and transmitting the message of recycling. What a mission, and what an amazing way to achieve it! Bordalo II goes against the flow of overconsumption and rapid obsolescence. Animal suffering due to human exploitation, an overlooked aspect by the majority of modern societies, is the main subject of his "Big Trash Animals" collection. As

The Secret Life of Garbage That You Throw Out – Infographic

By |2020-03-23T19:11:28+03:00May 3rd, 2015|Categories: Environment & Planet|Tags: , , |

It’s a routine chore every week. Sort the recycling and take out the trash. Then, sometime in the morning or while you’re at work, the trash man comes to haul it away. But what happens after that? And where does the garbage go that isn’t picked up? So which is the secret life of garbage we throw out every day? It’s estimated that Americans produce about 250 million tons of trash each year, or about enough to cover the state of Texas twice over. Not all

Gregory Kloehn Repurposes Trash Into Vibrant Houses for the Homeless

By |2019-03-12T14:17:19+03:00June 30th, 2014|Categories: Home Improvement & DIY, Inspirational, Life Hacks|Tags: , , , |

The necessity to shelter the homeless is a prevalent and widespread reality for many urban areas, including Oakland, California, the hometown of American artist Gregory Kloehn who is using his creative capacity as an action for change. As the founder of the ‘homeless homes project‘ — a community has driven initiative — Kloehn has realized a low-cost, practical and imaginative solution for the construction of habitable shelters for those living on the streets. He combs through heaps of illegally dumped trash, commercial waste and excess household items

Coca-Cola Invents 16 Crazy Caps to Turn Empty Bottles Into Useful Objects with ‘2nd Lives’

By |2019-04-04T12:12:40+03:00June 14th, 2014|Categories: Environment & Planet, Home Improvement & DIY|Tags: , |

Rejoice, happy-go-lucky and environmentally conscious Coca-Cola lovers. Thanks to this new "2nd Lives" kit from the brand, you can now transform your empty bottle of Coka-Cola into something even more delightful. Is that just an empty bottle? Nope, it's a squirt gun. Useless piece of trash? Nope, it's a pencil sharpener or the perfect rattle for your baby. Make your children happy. Give them Coca-Cola, and toys made from Coca-Cola. And if you have two empty Coke bottles, you can even make a dumbbell to

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