Eco-DIY: recycle old cardboard boxes into a cool laptop case

I’m particularly obsessed with cardboard boxes at the moment, because I’ve just moved house and the empties are everywhere. Of course I could just take them to the recycling depot down the road, but then I came across this awesome Instructable and just knew that this was what my boxes were destined to be. What becomes of the rest of the boxes cluttering up my house is yet to be seen. If you have any brilliant recycling ideas, please leave a comment. Alternatively, if you live in the C

Greenfield Farms area urges spring cleanup (Bedford Journal)

BEDFORD – Go outside and clean up your neighborhood. That's the message the Greenfield Farms neighborhood wants to promote with its third annual cleanup scheduled for Saturday, May 9, from noon to 3 p.m.

Recycling

While taking a break from work this afternoon, I stumbled across this post in my Google Reader (which is the most environmental way to read your newspaper). It's a good idea to recycle once in a while even if it's recycling ideas. Plus, by spending less time on the computer, I'm saving energy. Happy Earth Day, all. (H/T Laruen)Hipster Christian, You're Not the Only OneIn Retrospect: Exile in GuyvilleLucia's Birthing StoryCrushesDaddy in MiseryWhy Pavement?

On Tonight: Earth Day, And If You Order Now…

The new Discovery Channel series on the personalities of infomercial stars, Pitchmen is actually more about the amateur inventors who try to get the likes of Billy Mays to endorse their products in his incessant and ear-splitting ads. More satisfying to fans of infomercials may be the report As Seen on TV (CNBC, 9 and 1 a.m.). In it, Darren Rovell, obviously a fan of the genre himself, takes a look at the $150 billion industry, which has proven to be on the rise in the current economic c

Pro soccer star kicks around recycling ideas (The Doings Clarendon Hills)

The kids in Kristin Jung's first-grade class at Walker School in Clarendon Hills know a lot about saving the planet. Niko Dimitriou of Clarendon Hills knows how simply picking up trash can help. So it doesn't pollute and so you can recycle, he said. Niko also drew a picture showing how he helps when professional soccer star Natalie Spilger of the newly formed Chicago Red Stars visited his class.

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