Recycling as an art

Get to know Marlouzel, she is a writer and a student taking up BA Anthropology. She has managed to turn some things considered garbage into new pieces of functional objects. 

She says that she got into recycling mainly because of necessity. Most of her works started from the need to make things functional so she doesn't have to spend another cent on trivial things. Then they later evolved into what she does best - making art.

All the materials she uses are the ones you can also easily find. Perhaps by now you can find these in your trash can or in a place you've already forgotten. Take a look at how she has managed to make these pieces of "junk" into new works of art.

     

     Diskettes she doesn't use anymore which she turned into pen holders.

        

using the paper she has made out of the scratch of papers that she has - voila! a work of art with matching paper texture

Here, you realize that the sky's the limit when it comes to recycling. Whatever you have to work on, it can always be turned into something usable again. You not only satisfy your eyes with the beauty of your creation but also be one of the forces that help in making earth more sustainable.

note:pictures were taken from http://lozibalasi.blogspot.com/search/label/recycling

How big's your footprint?

(picture taken from google images)

You often hear about people saying that as we leave the earth, we put our imprints on it. It is like the process of stamping so to know that you've been there. In its essence, you leave behind something to the earth by the lives you have touched, the things you have accomplished, etc.

In the world of environmental science, our imprints are our so-called ecological footprints. The Global Footprint Network indicates that the national per person Footprint can be allocated to different 

end-use categories (food, shelter, mobility, goods and services), and land types (forest, cropland, energy, fish, grazing land).

There's a personal footprint calculator that actually tells you how much you've used in terms of the conditions mentioned above. The Footprint Calculator works like a survey questionnaire where all your answers will have corresponding numeric values that would affect how much footprint you have.

If you want to know your personal ecological footprint, click on this.

Where do you figure?

In 2008, recycling rate in Southeast Asia was released.

Singapore had the highest recycling rate at 56% and Thailand followed closely at 50%. Philippines is also showing efforts in their behalf with 12%.

The housing ministry of Malaysia was clearly disappointed with the rate that the country got having a dismal 5% recycling rate.

figures lifted from the article Malaysia bemoans low recycling rate