No More Plastic Silverware for Takeout
Nothing is more indulgent than picking up the phone, calling in and having dinner delivered right to your door. When I first moved to New York it was actually one...
Stop Drinking Bottled Water and Take Back the Tap
As I end month number four of my no-bottled-water kick, my count for water bottles consumed in 2009 is still at a meager two. I've heard a few Reactions readers...
MSLK’s New Eco-Installation, Watershed
Here at MSLK we are keenly interested in the effects of society’s mass consumption of plastic. It seems that the things that are most transient to us such as disposable...
Watershed, a New MSLK Eco-Installation
Here at MSLK we are keenly interested in the effects of society's mass consumption of plastic. It seems that the things that are most transient to us such as disposable...
Sun Chips Compostable Packaging, Step 1 Towards A Better Tomorrow
As a pick-me-up, my friend Mariel sent along something that certainly made me smile, Sun Chips has announced plans to release a fully compostable chip bag by Earth Day 2010....
Rethinking Product Design
The other day I was at the Supermarket in St. Louis when I happened upon something rather innovative, a composite plastic bowl. It was even called the "Garbage Bowl" and...
Bee Kind. Anthropologie Reminds us that Honey Bees Are Our Friends.
In my humble opinion Anthropologie leads the way in retail design and retail display windows. I am always enamored by their mix of art, fashion, craft, and social causes. The...
DIY Bows from Plastic Bags
One of the great things about our Urban Tumbleweeds project is it has gotten many of our clients and friends talking to us about plastic bags. In fact, several of...