Posts Tagged ‘Green’

How to Compost in the City – Homesteading in the Modern World

November 11th, 2011 | Gear, P.O.V. | 0 Comments

After living in the city for the better part of a decade I found myself wanting to get back to nature more than ever. The funny thing was I had never been a part of nature but when you realize that you go weeks without even stepping on grass – you start to feel a disconnect. Read More

Go Hipster | Go Green

September 23rd, 2010 | Design, Headlines, P.O.V. | 1 Comment


Get your Hipser and your Green on with this bike right here! Having a road bike in the city is probably Read More

Plastiki | A boat made from garbage!

September 1st, 2010 | Design, Headlines | 0 Comments

What do you do with your garbage? Throw it out? That is sooooooo 2009. These granola lovin’ patchouli stinkin’ R.E.I. shoppin’ tree huggin’ pube growin’ Earth lovers took their trash, your trash and my trash and built an ill yacht out of water bottles and now they are beating the great ocean garbage patch at it’s own game. Read More

Boston Thins and Fats at Proletariat

June 13th, 2010 | Gear, P.O.V. | 0 Comments

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We just got some more Boston thins in at the shop. These are no different than the white ones we used to sell but we wanted them to get extra Boston-y by dying them Yellow. Why Yellow? Because the brand new Boston Fats are GREEEEEEEEEEEE Read More

Nokia’s Bicycle Powered Phone Charger

June 4th, 2010 | Gear | 1 Comment

How cool is this? Hook this charger up to your bike and every 10 mins you bike creates 30 minutes of talk time. These were originally designed for the African market where apparently everyone has cell phones but not adequate power sources. They will only cost 30 euros or about $35. Read More

New at Proletariat | Colored White Out Pens

May 7th, 2010 | Gear, P.O.V. | 0 Comments

This was one of those, “Why didn’t I think about this moments…except I did!” We have replaced that boring old white correction pen with new, vivid colors like blue, purple, pink, and green. If you’ve never rocked a white out pen, bring me $3 asap…you will love it. Or just order them online.

Letters to myself while stoned….BEING GREEN

December 4th, 2009 | P.O.V. | 0 Comments

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ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE BEING GOOD TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS KITSCHY? LIKE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SELL SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT AS A COOL THING TO DO! IMAGINE IN 20 YEARS WHEN OUR KIDS SEE THE OLD ADVERTISEMENTS AND IT IS 120 DEGREES EVERYDAY AND OUR KIDS WILL THINK WE ARE TARDS.

New uses for old hair! Jewelry, Dresses, Oil spill cleanup?

September 18th, 2009 | Headlines | 0 Comments

The green movement has inspired people to take a second look at everything we throw away. Today we are looking at the recycling of human hair. Alabama hair stylist Phil McCrory watched the eco-tragedy television, and when he saw the oil-soaked animals, he got an idea. He noticed how the fur on otters helped to trap the oil, so he thought about using human hair to clean up oil spills. McCrory showed his idea to NASA, and the rest is hair history! His idea helped inspire the OttiMat, which soaks up about 7.8 gallons of oil in less than 3 minutes. It can also be wrung out and reused more than 100 times. [source]
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