WebEcoist | Archived Articles by Author: Steph
Stephanie is one of the most veteran authors on both WebUrbanist and WebEcoist – her work tends toward the design side of things, covering everything from parks and scenic overlooks to dazzling futuristic eco-architecture:
Art in the Apiary: Sculptures Made by Bees
Environmental artist Aganetha Dyck has an unlikely collaborator in her sculptures - swarms of bees, which add their honeycomb to her figurines.
Click Here to Read More »»Put a Bird On It! 15 Bird-Themed Items for the Home
Take a cue from Portlandia and Put A Bird On It. These 15 bird-shaped and bird-inspired home decor and furniture items are too cute to resist.
Click Here to Read More »»Illuminated Nature: Dazzling Light Art in Fields and Forests
Artist Barry Underwood captures stunning nature scenes that he augments with light painting techniques to create surreal, magical photographs.
Click Here to Read More »»Electric Camper: Tiny Geometric House on Wheels
The Golden Gate is an unusual-looking geometric camper, hand-made using plywood and bicycle parts. It runs on electricity and gets 10 miles per charge.
Click Here to Read More »»Green Kitchen Makeover: 20+ Eco-Friendly Choices
Explore the eco-friendly, non-toxic choices available for cabinets, countertops, flooring and more before you set out to build or remodel your kitchen.
Click Here to Read More »»Plant Outside the Box: 14 Strange & Unusual Gardening Products
Sprouting paper faces, fertilizing gnomes, seed bomb slingshots and wearable planters are among these 14 strange, smart and innovative gardening products.
Click Here to Read More »»The Clockwork Forest: Trees That Play Music
An art installation in the woods of England places giant turnkeys on trees, turning the forest into one big music box.
Click Here to Read More »»Recycle Wine Corks into Adorable Creatures with 'Corkers'
A set of push-pins in various animal parts like antlers, ears and limbs lets you recycle wine corks into cute creatures, and provides entertainment at the table.
Click Here to Read More »»Stump Sculptures: 12 Amazing Altered Tree Trunks
The stumps left behind when trees fall can stand as beautiful, natural works of art when sculpted into shapes by chainsaw carvers and other artists.
Click Here to Read More »»DIY Greenhouses: 10 Structures You Can Build Yourself
These 10 DIY greenhouse ideas range from super-simple miniature seed starters to beautiful full-scale greenhouses made of reclaimed windows.
Click Here to Read More »»Gardens to Go: Tiny Colorful Bike Planters
Take a miniature garden on all of your eco-friendly travels by strapping on an adorable, colorful pot by Wearable Planters.
Click Here to Read More »»Beautiful Bottles: Reclaimed Art Made of Glass & Plastic
Glass and plastic bottles are given new life in surprisingly beautiful ways, creating portraits, necklaces, vases, chandeliers and sculptures.
Click Here to Read More »»Intricate Animal Sculptures Made from Reclaimed CDs
Artist Sean Avery recycles hundreds of waste CDs into stunning animal sculptures including birds, cats and otters that glitter in the sunlight.
Click Here to Read More »»Stunning Snow Patterns Made by an Artist's Footprints
These amazing, intricate patterns in the snow weren't created by aliens - they were made by an artist, who uses special shoes to create prints in the snow.
Click Here to Read More »»All About Cob: A Sculptural, Natural Building Material
Cob is a natural, low-cost building material with sculptural qualities that can be used to create complex houses, garden walls, pizza ovens, benches and more.
Click Here to Read More »»Above the Rising Seas: 13 Climate Change Concepts
These 13 architectural concepts imagine the ways in which we could adapt to rising seas caused by climate change, like floating cities and artificial islands.
Click Here to Read More »»Bonsai Tree Castles are Fantasy Worlds in Miniature
Artist Takanori Aiba crafts tiny dwellings, complete with towers and swinging bridges, within the branches of bonsai trees to create amazing miniature worlds.
Click Here to Read More »»Real-Life Zombies: 10 Examples of Mind Control in Nature
Zombies aren't just movie monsters - they're real. These 10 examples of zombies in nature include mind-controlled insects and walking corpse syndrome.
Click Here to Read More »»Prickly Puggle: Meet Kai, Perth Zoo's Cute Echidna
The Perth Zoo gives us a look at the spiny yet cute Kai, one of the few short-beaked echidnas that have been successfully bred in captivity.
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