I’m completely enchanted by Makazi’s Guesthouse. It’s built out of sandbags, and is kitted out with solar heating, composting toilets and recycled furniture. The house has been beautifully decorated (inside and out) and all profit made is used to fund the community-based Indlovu project, including a crèche, youth centre, clinic and soup kitchen

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Makazi’s Guesthouse: sisonke singenza amahluko

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UK urban land artist and guerilla gardener Anna Garforth turned 2-litre milk bottles into cute characters with green hair-does and put them out in the streets for everyone to enjoy. She calls this project “Head Gardner”. [via Recyclart ] This blog post is cross-posted at ecojunki

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Head Gardener: urban eco-art

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Mmm, they say when you press a board to your nose, you get the very pleasant smell of oak and vanilla. This reclaimed whisky barrel flooring from McKay Flooring in Scotland is not cheap at £149 a square metre, but it is beautiful.

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McKay reclaimed whisky barrel flooring

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You only need an empty can and a pair of pliers to make this cute flower cookie cutter. Full instructions at Instructables: Quick And Simple Flower/Clover Cookie Cutter From A Soup Can

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EcoDIY: Quick and simple flower cookie cutter from a soup can

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Most think of mending as drudgery.  Some think of it as another way to be creative, while extending the life of a pair of jeans and saving money, and **being green** . The Unpredictable Geography of Mending [dainty time]

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The unpredictable geography of mending

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These sweet bottle gardens are made of glass bottles, cut in half and tweaked to take soil and herbs or other small plants and look gorgeous on your window sill.  Full instructions here . we like it wild: bottle gardens [Design*Sponge]

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EcoDIY: bottle gardens

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If you’re in Cape Town this Friday, consider joining the Chernobyl Day Commemoration in Plein Street, outside parliament.

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Chernobyl Day Commemoration in Cape Town

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Terracycle’s Tiffany Threadgould shares a super groovy cereal box pencil case tutorial at Craft:.  Cool, innit? Quick Craft: Cereal Box Pencil Case [Craft:]

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Eco DIY: cereal box pencil case

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I was so pleased to find this reclaimed vase tutorial on Craft: recently.  It’s the perfect way for me to reuse laundry detergent bottles that can’t be recycled where I live.  Beautiful, isn’t it? Flashback: Reclaimed Vase [Craft:]

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Eco DIY: reclaimed vase

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A cool urban pool made by lining a dumpster. Brainchild of Macro/Sea. Dumpster pool [Recyclart]

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Dumpster diving v.2

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