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• On a lighter note....
  by JRobin Whitley

  from a friend Retirement Plan If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel / stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00…

  from a friend Retirement Plan If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel / stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original / $1000. With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines / stock you would have $49.00 left. If you had purchased United Airlines, you would / have nothing left. But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one / year ago, drank all the beer, / then turned in the cans for recycling, you would have / $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment advice / is to drink heavily and recycle.

• Evolution or Recycling?
  by pentangled

  So as you guys have seen, I love to doodle… and much of my art has it’s origins in my inky drawings which I scan into photoshop for tra…

  So as you guys have seen, I love to doodle… and much of my art has it’s origins in my inky drawings which I scan into photoshop for transformation. They form part of my digital scrap book of potential ingredients for my art (along with a huge bunch of my random photos, textures, bits n pieces of color and shapes) It always surprises me how different the destination can be from the same starting place. I wonder if the drawings evolve in various ways, or if they are old ideas being recycled into something new. (Not that it matters, I’m having fun!) Here’s an example of what I mean… One of my personal fave sketchy-doodles: / Which has evolved into all of these… / 6-way / / double eye / / tower / / phoenix of summer / / gallop / / bird’s eye view t-shirt /

• Recycled
  by Stephen Mitchell

  Are you an Artist who uses recycled objects to produce interesting art? / Are you a Photographer of things made of recycled products? / Hav…

  Are you an Artist who uses recycled objects to produce interesting art? / Are you a Photographer of things made of recycled products? / Have you got T-Shirts that promote recycling? / Then you are definitely going to enjoy being a member of this new group: Recycled. / Free membership. 20 images per artist. This group was born from a small idea. Let’s build it into something big.

• A Wonderful Exhibition of Sculptured Birds
  by C J Lewis

  Hi Everyone, I have just come back from a fascinating exhibition of an Australian Artist by the name of Jane Gillings. Jane is a keen…

  Hi Everyone, I have just come back from a fascinating exhibition of an Australian Artist by the name of Jane Gillings. Jane is a keen bird watcher and collector of anything discarded made from plastic. From this medium Jane sculptures birds. Having seen her fantastic bird sculptures up close I can only say they are fabulous, wonderful, full of character and almost like looking at a real bird that has been embalmed. Here is the invitation showing what Jane’s birds look like Adn you can check her out on YouTube here as Jane explains her process of creating her plastic sculptured birds. This is an artist who has amazing patience (a good virtue), determination and endurance of her chosen art and it definitely shows in her work. For Sydney artists that would like to see Jane’s exhibition of her sculptured birds it is on at the NG Gallery, 3 Little Queen Street, Chippendale near Broadway, Sydney from 18th to 6th December and is well worth a visit to see the wonderful collection of birds that Jane has sculptured from her collection of discarded plastics. Enjoy / CJ

• Sharing our Earth
  by Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo

  / / / Morning Beauties Photo © C…

  / / / Morning Beauties Photo © Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / / Text © Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / / / “Mankind arrived here last, but call upon all natural riches and places its own. I invite you to make a joint effort and generate a difference. Take a look around and help your microcosmos become a better place for all in it. Help lessen the suffering of innocent Earth dwellers. “Let us think of innovative ways to ask legislators to pass bills to protect animals, to grant funds to shelters and charities and to put an end to illegal and cruel practices upon animals. Let us support the police task force that enforces the law protecting pets from cruel situations. “Let us be creative and help find a healthy alternative to logging and the depletion of natural habitats. Let us be creative in the ways to help those who stiffen control on poachers and to those who lobby to ban greyhound racing. / / / / / / Magnificent Crow Photo © Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / / “Let us bring ideas to put an end to the illegal exotic pet trade, to factory farms, to hunting, baiting and trapping, to bullfighting, to cosmetics testing on animals, to experiments on animals and to the illegal and cruel practices performed on them. “Let us be inspired to create ways to put an end to puppy mills, to animals in circuses, to dog fighting, to gamefowl, to whaling, to poaching, to bear baiting, to crow baiting contests, to coyote baiting contests, to the fur trade and to the killing of baby seals. Let us become a strong voice to ban the Omak suicide race, horse racing, dog racing and the aerial killing of wolves in Alaska … / / “The list is very long and, sadly, ever growing.” / / / / / Leopard Family Photo © Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / / / Let us share our Earth, not own it. / / Click here to visit Sharing our Earth with all Species ... and join me to make a better Earth. / / / / / Sweet Nectar Photo © Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / “For the natural right of all creatures and living forms / to co-exist in ecosystems with us“ / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / / / Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo / Creator of Art for Conservation /

• Manufactured Landscapes 2
  by Jenny Hall

  I watched this amazing documentary by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky last night in Fed Square. It was both inspiring and depressi…

  I watched this amazing documentary by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky last night in Fed Square. It was both inspiring and depressing – what are we doing to this planet? There were whole landscapes without trees or plants of any kind… Some interesting facts from the documentary about the Three Gorges Dam in China: -the dam is 50% again bigger than any other dam on earth / -most of the foreign engineers walked off the job because they thought it was just too big (the reservoir alone is 600km long) / -when they filled the dam in 2006 seismologists recorded a wobble in the earth’s rotation / -it took 15 days to fill / -13 cities and 2 million people were moved to accommodate the dam, often the people themselves taking apart their houses brick by brick (they were paid per brick) / -day labourers working on the dam are being paid 20 yuan per day – that’s AUD$3 dollars / -27 nuclear power plants are planned for the next 10 years and coalburning furnaces are being constructed weekly / -the new cities built to replace the old have not been well-planned, are very high density and have no parks or public spaces… And before you decide to update your computer to the latest model, 90% of recycled computers end up in China. They are broken down by hand (without protective clothing) for parts and the chemicals, especially lead, beryllium, cadmium, mercury and highly toxic phosphor dust that come out of that process are apparent in the air 15kms outside of Taizhou, the main town. For more on this, read ‘Where computers go to die’ at: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/10/ewaste/ Makes our feel-good attitudes to recycling seem completely misguided…

• Reflecting
  by anaisnais

  Kind of sat around today waiting on other people, which got me round to thinking of past, present and future just from my own perspec…

  Kind of sat around today waiting on other people, which got me round to thinking of past, present and future just from my own perspective. In particular thinking about our planet and changes. A few years ago I moved away from the city and its constant chemicals being pumped into the air from factories at night, from tobacco filled bars and heavily congested roads. I was suffering heavily with my asthma and used to find the moment I hit a main road on foot, particularly about 8:30 am my chest would tighten / / and wheezing would begin. Going out to pubs and clubs gave me similar effect, meaning even if I went on holiday I could not enjoy the atmosphere of places as easily as others; it was making me ill, and better to get away. We moved as opportunity took us across the border from England, into the South of Wales. The place we settled in a small town, close to the sea in one direction – with a variety of beaches; and the other direction mountains of natures beauty. Generally speaking the traffic smog was cleaner, the whole air of the place cleaner, limited f actories and those bigger ones several miles away. The new air improved the asthma in leaps and bounds, for the main returning if we had a night out or returned to the city. Got me to thinking though that just because I’ve moved away from it doesn’t mean its not there. It doesn’t mean the problems gone away or that I should ignore the issue. Quite the contrary, I mean look at the ozone layer depleating. The blame for our freak, weather patterns never recorded before. The storms hitting the world, tsunamis, rising sea levels, rivers and mass floods. We are living in a changing world and need to act fast – we are leaving it all too late. So what am I personally doing? Well we recycle as much as we can, be it matter for the compost bin, junk shop, charity shop, local groups, general rubbish collections - separating scraps for glass, metals, card and paper etc. Double glazing reduces costs for heating your home as it keeps more warmth in. We even put old carpt on the floor of the attic for extra warmth with insulation there too, this means through most of the winter the temperature of our home needs only be kept at a constant 18 degrees rising to 19 at worst. We can turn off electrics at the plug as we finish with them instead of being lazy and unplug mobile phones soon as they finish charging. Then there’s light bulbs no excuses these days for not using energy efficent ones. We’ve insulated the house and given the outside a makeover. . I’m a crafter so where possible many finished with containers can be cleanedd up, spruced up decorations added and reused. The latter going for household furniture too – another persons junk is another persons gold; and why not – save money literally for a rainy day. With climate change we can’t predict who gets hit next. On the news this year we saw floods and storms on mass, our world can’t cope with this scale of destrution – so many peoples homes damaged or even unsafe to return to. It’s time to save to cover such likelioods and expenses, but with ever increasing everyday prices blamed on the storms and loss of production, or scarcity of basic commodities it has become more difficult for more people to do this. But if they could do this through war surely we can now; after all we are waging a war of a different source now. Buildings being lost, roofs gone, basic sanitation none existent and at worst many lives lost… In the meantime, give nature a helping hand, plant some trees, plants, bulbs, bushes, fruits, vegetables and herbs. If there’s too much produce help others and pass it out. Be more neighbourly. It’s time communities went back to helping each other and pulled together what a nice way to do that. Then there are the elderly and infirm; who can’t afford to stay warm with rising costs and are frightened weathering storms on their own, keep an eye on them let them get some warmth in your already heated home, the more in your home the warmer it becomes…. Mmmmm. yes in conclusion I guess you might say if we don’t toughen up quick and each play our part we will lose all natures beauty around us as she turns in her distress and ravages the land taking all in her path. Please, play your part too?

• How to 'recycle' photographs
  by Sandra Chung

  I have been getting brave, and using Photoshop for more than removing unflattering shadows across a smile that makes it look like the per…

  I have been getting brave, and using Photoshop for more than removing unflattering shadows across a smile that makes it look like the persons’ teeth are missing, or editing out copyrighted logos. I have been using to to process and recreate images from not-quite-right photographs: ones that have a bit graininess, or a bit of noise, ones that are just a bit too fuzzy from camera not being held steady, or from getting jostled, and other such reasons. I will make sure I don’t get sloppy and shrug off mistakes by thinking “I’ll revamp them in photoshop”, and keep the images sharp and colorful. But now I have an alternative to deleting images that are good, just not quite perfect.

• TyPoGrApHiC tee
  by envirojo

  Wow! A BIG thank you to all who voted for my design in the 24 Hour Challenge – Tee Shaped :) / This is my 1st time with an image as the a…

  Wow! A BIG thank you to all who voted for my design in the 24 Hour Challenge – Tee Shaped :) / This is my 1st time with an image as the avator!!! / I was soooo excited when I checked out how the voting was going and found mine was voted most popular entry in this challenge ! / I love a challenge and this competition forced me away from the computer and clicked my mind into gear, ripping up boxes and junk mail (all recycled now of course!) lol

• Recycled timber canvas stretchers
  by Initially NO

  If there was any who sells recycled timber stretchers in Melbourne, or knows of a person/place that does this, please let me know. I see …

  If there was any who sells recycled timber stretchers in Melbourne, or knows of a person/place that does this, please let me know. I see so much wood dumped in the street, so much old wooden furniture, so much wood from renovations; all going to the dump. I want this industry to grow in Melbourne and to be very widely known. There is a need for it and a lot of free raw material. And, I don’t want to think about trees dying so I can paint. / I used to make my own recycled timber stretchers in various shapes. But, I don’t have access to that kind of sawing equipment anymore. So I’ve been getting them at opportunity shops or when people dump them in the street. I haven’t found a lot recently and sometimes they can be a bit warped. And while this can be an exercise in creativity. Often there is a need for a more traditional product. / Something in me says it is horrible a waste to use new already canvassed stretchers imported from overseas and probably originally exported from our forests by illegal loggers. But this is what we do. I’m supposing. People want everything to be very neat and formulae.