Vladimir Levestam creates wonderful designer jewelry out of found and salvaged wood. The basic raw materials of his designs were collected during the professional thinning of the Crimean National Park. Levestam also creates pieces that combine wood and amber (hardened pine pitch) like the woodsy amber and wood ring pictured above.

Many of his handcrafted designs cost less than $50.

These handcrafted dangle earrings are made with recycled silver and matte finished in 24K gold. The OOAK (one-of-a-kind) earrings have a unique, uneven, organic shape. $48 @ the anakim Etsy shop

Something new from something very, very old –  Andrea Bonelli  cast an ancient ammonite fossil in recycled sterling silver to create this elegant, sustainable necklace (photo above).

These ‘Rescued Again’ earrings (above) were created via the marriage of a pair of matching upcycled pocket watch gears and two repurposed 1920 Red Cross pins.

$28.95 @ the steampunkjunq Etsy shop

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• This device can create electricity and purify waste water… U.S. Researchers Build ‘Waste Water Generator’ – bbc
• Meth addict needed some light… Florida  Woman Torches 3,500 Year-Old Tree – msnbc
• Many time it’s the treatment of the animals that’s criminal… States crack Down on Animal Welfare Activists and Their Undercover Videos – npr
• The reclusive basking shark… World’s Second Largest Fish Tracked to Unexpected Locale – livescience
• Old school… First Evidence of Hunting by Prehistoric Ohioans – sciencedaily

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