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{ an assortment of things that inspire me }
unconsumption: So speaking of benches, this is cool: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc. produces benches made from recycled plastic bags. The benches are durable, do not require painting, and the “boards” don’t warp or splinter. You might be surprised to learn that it takes 10,680 plastic shopping bags to make a single bench, but the more plastic bags it eats up, the better. In addition to making seven variants of benches, PRIF also makes picnic tables, planters and trash receptacles, all of the same material, which is 96% plastic bags and 4% coloring additive to make it look like wood. They even sell a wide variety of dimensional “lumber”—2×4s, 4×4s, 3×10s, 6×8s, you name it—that can be cut, drilled and nailed like the real stuff, with the added bonus that you’ll never have to paint or reseal the deck/structure/staircase you make out of it. More: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.: Using Plastic Bags as a Raw Material Since 1984 - Core77 So cool! Park benches made of recycled bags

unconsumption:

So speaking of benches, this is cool:

Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc. produces benches made from recycled plastic bags.

The benches are durable, do not require painting, and the “boards” don’t warp or splinter.

You might be surprised to learn that it takes 10,680 plastic shopping bags to make a single bench, but the more plastic bags it eats up, the better.

In addition to making seven variants of benches, PRIF also makes picnic tables, planters and trash receptacles, all of the same material, which is 96% plastic bags and 4% coloring additive to make it look like wood. They even sell a wide variety of dimensional “lumber”—2×4s, 4×4s, 3×10s, 6×8s, you name it—that can be cut, drilled and nailed like the real stuff, with the added bonus that you’ll never have to paint or reseal the deck/structure/staircase you make out of it.

More: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.: Using Plastic Bags as a Raw Material Since 1984 - Core77

So cool! Park benches made of recycled bags

hipsterfood: rich chocolate peanut butter cream this makes a great dessert or breakfast that you can serve all at once or keep it throughout the week. consider it a mix between a mousse and a pudding - thick, creamy, and very chocolatey. serve with fresh fruit and/or nuts at the end of a big meal with friends - perfect! blend together until smooth and creamy: 1 package firm silken tofu, 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup unsweetened chocolate chips, 2 tbsp dutch-processed cocoa powder, 2-3 tbsp sweetened peanut butter, a dash vanilla extract, a small pinch sea salt, and a scant dash of cayenne.(make sure to read labels for milk ingredients when buying cocoa/chocolate chips, as always.) chill in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight. serve very cold to four to eight people, or store in your fridge for 1-2 weeks. Rich chocolate peanut butter cream RECIPE #vegan

hipsterfood:

rich chocolate peanut butter cream

this makes a great dessert or breakfast that you can serve all at once or keep it throughout the week. consider it a mix between a mousse and a pudding - thick, creamy, and very chocolatey. serve with fresh fruit and/or nuts at the end of a big meal with friends - perfect!

  1. blend together until smooth and creamy: 1 package firm silken tofu, 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup unsweetened chocolate chips, 2 tbsp dutch-processed cocoa powder, 2-3 tbsp sweetened peanut butter, a dash vanilla extract, a small pinch sea salt, and a scant dash of cayenne.(make sure to read labels for milk ingredients when buying cocoa/chocolate chips, as always.)
  2. chill in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight.
  3. serve very cold to four to eight people, or store in your fridge for 1-2 weeks.

Rich chocolate peanut butter cream RECIPE #vegan

Loosing weight means you’ll look good in clothes. Exercising means you’ll look good naked.

Loosing weight means you’ll look good in clothes. Exercising means you’ll look good naked.

(Source: lianesfitness)