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Feast of Fields Ticket Giveaway

Valerie Williams — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:10:00 +0000

Mark your calendars – it’s that time of year again, when the best chefs and food producers in our local communities come together to put on the delectable Feast of Fields event.

Farm Sanctuary Internship

Valerie Williams — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:31:00 +0000

It’s week one of my internship at Farm Sanctuary in Orland, California, and, I have to say, I am already having the most incredible experience.

The Wheat Grass Machine

GreenMuze Staff — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:06:00 +0000

The Transform Bar, by Hong Kong-based artist Kacey Wong, is a recycled wood hawker booth where you can grow wheat grass and Wong will make you healthy juices from fresh produce.

Shell Arctic Ready Spoof

GreenMuze Staff — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:47:00 +0000

The Yes Men have been up to their tricks again, staging a faux Shell Arctic drilling launch party called 'Let's Go!' in the Seattle Space Needle. During the event, an alcohol-spouting oilrig replica failed and leaked over the guest of honor.

Dog Drinking Fountain

GreenMuze Staff — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:34:00 +0000

The Doggie Fountain is great way to provide cool, fresh water for your dog companion, especially as summer approaches.

Exile Mobile Homes

GreenMuze Staff — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:06:00 +0000

'Exile' is Cuban artist José Ángel Vincench’s current art installation at the 11th Havana Biennial Art Exhibition which is held every two years in Cuba, and is aimed at promoting “Third World” contemporary art, giving voice to unheard and ignored artists.

To Bee Or Not To Bee

Anne Sherrod/Watershed Sentinel — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:35:00 +0000

Canada has been suffering unusually high losses of bees each winter since 2006. That’s the year when a new and unexplained set of symptoms called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) began to be recognized. The impact to the hive colony was the large-scale disappearance of the worker bees.

Underwater Sculptures

GreenMuze Staff — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Renowned sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has a series of limited edition prints, sculptures and films on display in an exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York June 30 to July 28, 2012.

Veganism for Kids

Ruby Roth — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:31:00 +0000

“Propaganda, brainwashing and child abuse!” Who knew that children's books could provoke such charges? My first book, That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, was internationally well-received, but also caused some controversy—garnering attacks in online parenting forums, animal agriculture trade magazines, and even from Farm Bureau CEOs.

Shadowlands Fukushima

GreenMuze Staff — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:59:00 +0000

Shadowlands is a Greenpeace presentation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the displaced people, and the human cost of a serious nuclear accident and features the work of award-winning photographer Robert Knoth and documentary maker Antoinette de Jong.

Spherovelo Kid's Bike

GreenMuze Staff — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:33:00 +0000

The Spherovelo Bicycle is a funky, fun, pre-school first bike for kids (one to three year olds) that is a safe approach to teaching children to ride and comes with removable internal stabilizers.

Seed Bomb Fashion

GreenMuze Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:21:00 +0000

New York designers Brooklyn Industries and GreenAid have a new weapon to sow wild plants everywhere with their Seed Bomb Bracelets.

The Rainbow Machine

GreenMuze Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:55:00 +0000

The Rainbow, a creation by artist and professor Michael Jones McKean, literally bathes The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, in Omaha, Nebraska in a shower of natural color.

Vegan Toilet Paper

GreenMuze Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:48:00 +0000

Most people keep politics out of the bedroom, but how about the bathroom? People For The Ethical Treatment (PETA) have come up with a rather unusual way to grab people’s attention when they are sitting on the toilet. The often controversial animal rights’ organization has created an anti-meat toilet paper designed to raise awareness about the reality of meat production.

Wind Turbine Photos

GreenMuze Staff — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:54:00 +0000

American artist Ellen Jantzen has created a series of stunning images that move beyond the cliché of documenting the legendary road trip.

Farmhouse Hydro Concert

GreenMuze Staff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:12:00 +0000

German artist and designer Heike Bottcher turned an old blue farmhouse into a hydro-driven symphony.

Baguette Furniture

GreenMuze Staff — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Is there anything worse than a stale baguette? Only when it ends up in the garbage! Polish designers Gosia and Tomek Rygalik (Studio Rygalik) upcycled old baguettes to create tables dubbed the Bread Experience. The unusual table were made for the Vienna Design Week Laboratory.

Living Plant Chandeliers

GreenMuze Staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:38:00 +0000

Canada-based design firm Bocci has created these super funky living chandeliers.

Algae Street Lamps

GreenMuze Staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:31:00 +0000

French biochemist Pierre Calleja has created large-scale algae powered street lamps that can potentially absorb more than one ton of CO2 a year.

Obese Dog Stairlift

GreenMuze Staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:20:00 +0000

Companion pets are becoming increasingly obese with busy pet owners not taking enough time to ensure their animal companions get enough exercise or eat properly. A new dog stairlift, dubbed the Stair of the Dog 2022, helps transport overweight animals up the stairs so they can sleep with their owners.