What if you could remodel your home using only the materials you remove? One couple, with the help of their 35-year-old home’s original architectural firm, did just that. With only some new materials used in the renovation, all of the removed supplies were reintroduced to the home. (more…)

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Cardboard: it’s not just for shipping your eBay items anymore! Now people are recycling all sorts of materials, like corrugated cardboard boxes, and finding cool new uses for them. Not only are we saving landfills and our environment, but we’re seeing some awesome new inventions – ideas that wouldn’t have been conceived otherwise.

Designer/innovator Jason Schneider creates cardboard furniture that, at first glance, appears to be solid wood construction. But look a little closer, and you can see the layers of wavy corrugated cardboard. (more…)

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These circular-designed Tolou homes in China are a brilliant example of sustainable building. Faced with internal war and conflict since the 17th century, the Hakka people of the Fujian province built these massive structures for protection from invaders. They’ve since become quite remarkable micro-communities. (more…)

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