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How to create a mirror from old CDs
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Designers Loida and Hernâni of Timtimxtimtim can upcycle just about any piece of trash. They've made fruit containers and cat scratchers out of old cardboard and shelving from hundreds of chopsticks.In this video, the Barcelona designers show us how they made a mirror from old cds.
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4 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
A gift-light, waste-free wedding campout in Montana
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Anna Hernandez and Nicholas Wickes wanted to create as much of their own wedding as possible. They also knew they couldn't create too much garbage because they live beyond the boundaries of garbage pickup for Bozeman, Montana.Since both bride and groom are already in their thirties they have ...
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4 months, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Ballet shoes and a bicycle for $5
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Greener fabrics and recycled materials can help cut your shopping footprint, but the most sustainable way to buy is secondhand.You can go a bit more upscale with vintage or from shops that do the screening like Buffalo Exchange. Or you can sift through the tons of clothing, furniture and ...
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1 year ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Who decides when to potty train: you, baby or Big Diapers?
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At my moms' group a few months ago, another mother noticed my then 2-year-old & 1 month daughter wasn't wearing a diaper and said, "She's young to be without a diaper". Used to hearing this since we'd started her on the pot at 16 months, I just said ...
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1 year ago by: kirstendirksen staff 4 comments
Potty Diaries: training via skype
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Our faircompanies baby is not quite two, but thanks to a lot of time from grandma and her Slow Potty Training method, she seems to understand how to put her own bottom on the loo (saving us, and the landfills, a lot of dirty diapers). In this video, Inés ...
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1 year, 2 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Potty diaries: quality time on the loo
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During her first diaper-free summer, faircompanies' baby Inés spent a lot of time with her potty training grandparents. From the moment grandma took off her diaper in June (age 16 months) until we left for our home in Barcelona in August (18 months), Inés spent many hours drawing ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Potty Diaries: pee pee on the train
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When you're trying to get a kid out of diapers as early as possible- to avoid the thousands of diapers, and trees, needed per year-, there are a few locations that can prove challenging for getting a tiny tush on a toilet.In this video, we travel by train ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Potty diaries: starting to ask to go
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In this installment of our diaper training journey, Inés has started to ask to go pee pee or poo poo, though uses the word pee pee for both actions. It's not every time so can be frustrating, but she only has pee accidents and with no carpet, pee ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Potty diaries: time for underwear
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After spending the summer with her potty training grandparents, faircompanies toddler Inés is now 18-months and fairly trained: she always holds her poop and often asks to go pee.Now it's time for underwear. In this video, grandpa shows her how to put on her new panties, she ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Potty diaries: waiting for baby
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In our attempt to save on all that diaper waste- either hundreds of disposables or water for washing the cloth variety-, we decided to get our baby out of diapers before today's average of about 2-and-a-half to 3-years-old. Given our lack of understanding of just exactly what it takes ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
