Designer Dana Otto has created the beautifully atmospheric lamps of her ‘Growth Series’ out of wire and recycled paper. The work was created as part of Pratt Institute’s George Kovacs Lighting Competition.
via: yanko design
While most of today’s one billion cigarette smokers realize the damage being inflicted upon themselves with each draw from their treasured cancer-stick, the majority have no idea of the harm their bad habits are inflicting on the environment. Sure they feel bad about the inability of their toxic butts to biodegrade, the enormous amounts of trash that their packaging and plastic lighters create, and the fact that they continuously take first place on the most littered item list, but there’s much more to this picture.
The tobacco plant is responsible for massive amounts of soil degradation and erosion as it draws nutrients from the soil quicker than every other plant crop. Aside from the 200,000 hectares of land cleared annually to grow the tobacco itself, nearly 5 million hectares are brought down each year to cure the leaves and enable them to be processed, stored and transported. This curing process oftentimes takes place within wood-constructed curing barns, placing further demand on the forests. Moreover, each rolling machine utilizes six kilometers of paper per hour, averaging an entire tree for only 300 individual cigarettes. Smoking has also been convicted for initiating nearly (more…)
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