Similar to Adrian Kondratowicz’S InDisposed, Greenz.jp points us to another urban beautification project using garbage bags as the medium.

Designer Joey Roth arrived at the Javits center for the NY Gift Fair last week with some of his products, a Japanese hand saw, and a sketchbook. While other vendors bought crates and pallets full of stuff for their booth displays, Joey instead decided to go about constructing his booth at the show in a unique manner – by using the scraps from the other booths . PSFK tagged along with Joey as he built his booth and we documented the process and result. We put together a short video with Joey explaining the inspiration and unique construction process he [...]

Newbury Film Series, a nonprofit in Boston, has launched a webisode series of films that take a second look at waste. They spotlight companies like Patagonia and individuals like Donald Knaack who are innovating with the wastestreams of others. About the series, the web site says:
We live in a culture in which products are designed to be consumed and disposed of in volume. Rarely are consumers or manufacturers held responsible for the environmental repercussions of this model. As a result, individuals have lost touch with product origins and the impact of their consumption.
However, Waste? is not a doomsday story. This [...]

According to the Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption, one third of all that is consumed in Brazil goes straight to the trash. This means that 39,000 tons of food are thrown away everyday. In the meantime, a reported 14 million Brazilians are starving. In order to combat this waste of food, and various other issues directly related to it, the Akatu Institute has launched a campaign to promote conscious consumption. To encourage real change, the campaign focuses on what affects consumers more directly: their pockets. Using a non-aggressive tone, the campaign not only explains how consumption affects the planet but [...]