Upcycle

Our family tradition of wrapping presents in fabric gift bags began as little brown paper bags. When my parents were first married in 1942, they lived in a basement apartment, the ceiling crisscrossed with pipes. For one of Mom’s birthdays, when Pop couldn’t afford Read More

Image consultant Keila Tyner offers creative solutions for upcycling old t-shirts and explains why it is so hard to get rid of them in the first place. Read More

Tom Szaky, CEO of TerraCycle, teams up with Recycle Across America and Pivot TV's "Human Resources" reality show to help consumers recycle right and upcycle waste. Read More

Coke 2nd Lives upcycling campaign raises issues of safety, and diversion from real solutions. Are there better ways to encourage upcycling? Read More

Heard about blood diamonds and dirty gold? Is it time to re-think our obsession with diamond engagement rings and gold wedding bands? Around the globe, society has been taught to covet expensive — and planet-wrecking, jewelry. The DeBeers company alone has spent millions Read More

By Jacquie Ottman and Michelle Cashen Love the new iPhone 5 but hate the waste? Apple is notorious for releasing new versions of its products and accessories that loyal customers must buy to keep up. In this case, the seemingly subtle design alterations of the iPhone 5 will lead Read More

Where do you store the myriad of things left over from home improvement projects? You know, the kinds of stuff that you’re certain will come in handy one day even as a nifty arts and crafts project — but can overrun your garage or workroom in short order?  I decided Read More

“C’mon Bonnie, let’s go out,” I say, as I clip on my earrings and get ready to leave the house. But Bonnie isn’t a person or a pet—she’s my late mother in law, who passed away over 25 years ago. Bonnie made those earrings by gluing clip-backs to two pewter-colored buttons. When I Read More

By Melissa O’Young Dinner was full of deep conversations and good wine, and with our full bellies we toppled out of the restaurant and decided to go for a walk. We talked some more until my friend stopped and said, “I wonder what happened here?”. I looked to where he was Read More