Artisan Jeremy May has wedded the beauty of upcycled printed text and the resonance of great literary works into fine jewelry.

Jeremy’s Littlefly paper jewelry is created by laminating hundreds of sheets of layered paper, carefully selected and removed from a book and and then transformed into a piece of fine jewelry that is then re-inserted and stored in the excavated space. (more…)

Whether pedaling happily down a country trail or traversing hazardous city streets, every biker knows the value of a good bell. Unsuspecting squirrels, walkers and the like inevitably cross our paths … sound the alarm, we’re coming faaast.

These handy little accessories are painted by hand with paints free of solvents and toxic perfumes; made by artisans in Montreal, Canada. Choose your favorite design – watermelon, ice cream or orange; $29/each. Find these bike bells at Poketo.

Virgin Atlantic Airways today announced a new partnership with LanzaTech to develop a world-first low carbon aviation fuel with half the carbon footprint of the standard fossil-based jet fuel.

The breakthrough in aviation fuel technology will capture, ferment and chemically convert waste gases from industrial steel production for use as an alternative jet fuel. The revolutionary fuel production process recycles waste gases that would otherwise enter the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.  (more…)

The basic building material of these limited edition cork chairs comes from an interesting source – upcycled cork discs recovered from the interior of aluminum baseball bats.

The recycled cork waste, which is sourced from a local Portland sporting goods manufacturer, is threaded onto aluminum rods and woven into a surface using laser-cut steel sides to shape the chair profile.

The chairs go for $675 @ Quartertwenty’s Etsy Shop