DIY, Recycle / Upcycle, Upcycle,

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Ye olde dictionary 4 book hacks to reuse souvenirs of yesterday (without tearing them apart!)

Ye olde dictionary! 4 book hacks to repurpose old books. Use them to display your rings!

The smell of old books – if only they could bottle that in a perfume! I still remember where I inhaled the strongest smell of sepia I’ve ever encountered. It was at my college library’s mezzanine floor. The upper and lower floors of our library catered to academicians and serious commerce students. Unknown to me, in a makeshift floor betwixt, lay a lost world tucked away from well-thumbed curriculum guides. Its only connection to the …[Read more]

DIY, Events, Kids, Upcycle,

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Gong Xi Fa Cai How to make a dragon!

gong xi fa cai egg carton dragon upcycle

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead, and I hope you all have already managed to appease the Kitchen God, spring clean the house, plan out family get-togethers and – importantly for parents of young kids – thought of activities to fill up the holidays! (If not, this post should help!) The year of the monkey begins, and what better way to start it than on a playful note with this fun …[Read more]

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Moving towards Zero Waste: A possibility or an impossible dream?

Is zero waste possible to achieve in asia

  Lauren Singers and Bea Johnson. Both heroes … my heroes. Lauren is a NY-based environmentalist. She generated a 16 oz maison jar worth of waste over the period 2013- 2015. Lauren does not have a rubbish bin in her house because she does not need it! The girl makes her own toothpaste, deodorant, uses recyclable bags to purchase groceries and vegetables, composts at the neighbourhood community composting facility, uses reusable bottles to buy her beer, …[Read more]

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#under50dollars Lamp refashioned from old glass jars

Upcycle old glass jars from pastas and pickles into a beautiful lamp

In Sepetmber 2015, we launched the #Under50Dollars Challenge, our creative twist to #SG50, to commemorate the 50th birth-year of Singapore. It was devised for our readers to appreciate the inherent value of things used and old. If you have a good eye, enjoy upcycling… and have some dollars in the pocket, you too can join in and take up the challenge! Our latest entry comes from Neha Agrawal in Singapore. A banker by profession and …[Read more]