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On pins and needles

Fiber Arctic show ties crafty art to climate change 1
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
This Schmancy display of embroidery, quilting, felting, and otherwise fiber-fab interpretations of the Arctic's plight features sculpted icebergs, sequined whales, stranded polar bears, and one very sassy reindeer.
The Grist List: From Bikes to Books

Bikers seeking good ride get naked, and more 4
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The best part about World Naked Bike Day: No awkward spandex shorts. The worst part about World Naked Bike Day: No awkward spandex shorts.
You want me to paint you a picture?

Burning Embers design contest seeks new ways to illustrate climate change 0
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Now here’s a great idea: The student-driven non-for-profit Artist as Citizen has a design competition inviting student artists to find new ways to portray climate change trends, causes, and effects.
Not so bright

Why you shouldn’t recycle that bright-orange paper 6
Posted 1 month ago
One of the thorniest questions I used to get as a recycling educator was why 'astrobright' papers weren't recyclable. You know this stuff: the super-dyed paper used by everyone from bands to Girl Scouts to make posters announcing their bake sales and death-metal guitar battles.
Where in the world is the junk wall?

Behind the scenes at Fortune Brainstorm Green 2009 10
Posted 2 months ago
Who would have thought that a chair could be chique, ergonomic, and green all at the same time? Herman Miller did. One of Fortune's #1 Most Admired Furniture Company, Herman Miller has kept a strong focus on the environment from concept to distribution.
Ready, set, action!

Two Seattle film fests focus on green themes 0
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Two film festivals screening in Seattle this weekend are hoping to motivate audiences to make positive environmental change.
Get trashed

Trash becomes treasure at Seattle fashion show 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Frugal is fashionable in this economy, and the creative minds behind Haute Trash have discovered the cheapest (and chicest) way to dress in a depression is to put junk on your trunk.
Without a trace

Art exhibit highlights ecofriendly, recycled media 0
Posted 3 months ago
The No Trace art exhibition will showcase the work of eight local artists who want to paint a different story about the art world.
A floating city takes shape in NYC 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Unnaturalism

Images of an evolving world by artist Don Simon 8
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Art and environment panel discusses price of public art 6
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
ReadyMade: Depression posters for today 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Can teaching art to future scientists help save the planet? 0
Posted 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Wolf Trap Center connects art and nature 1
Posted 9 months ago
It’s like social activism, only artier 1
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Artists and environmentalists team up to create vibrant cityscapes 5
Posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Reverse grafitti 5
Posted 1 year ago
A Whale, and It's About to Set Sail

California license plates will go without Wyland whale tail 1
Posted 1 year ago
July 4th, Memorial Day weekends offer green jams 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Drawing on Experience

Architect R.K. Stewart on building the future of sustainable design 7
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago