In the home

[raaxp]

I know its basic but me and my wife about a year ago just wanted to be greener from a the most basic level. Its somehow rubbed off onto some of our friends and family. Also, it has brought us to volunteer work which is really some for of "Green" work when ylou really look at it.

[craign]

I also want to make ecologically friendly changes at home. I just made my own water basin - water catcher. If I figure out how to post a picture I post it.
Bought large garbage can, made a hole for for gutter to drain into and another hole for a water faucet. Now I can hook up a hose to water my garden, or lit the lid and dip in a water bucket. Cost was about $50 and took about an hour to make.

[edkaal]

My eight year old son loves to build. To teach him about the "3 R's" of conservation - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - we decided to build a cardboard chair from reused boxes. Cardboard is remarkably strong and light. Most people cannot believe a chair can be constructed only of cardboard.

We started by trolling the internet for pictures, videos and instructions on how to build a chair. After we got a good idea that there are multiple methods and designs, we found a chair style we liked manufactured (yes, for sale!) in Germany. We printed the picture and my son redrew his own interpretation of it. There were similarities but it turned out very different. We drew the chair on graph paper with 4 squares to the inch and then redrew it on masonite, (would be easier to use cardboard) that we marked with one inch squares. Thus, the chair was now 4 x's the size.

We tweaked the design by measuring chairs at home and his body dimensions. Now he will have a custom lounge chair all his own.

We decided to construct it by cutting out many sillouettes of the template and wood glue or hot glue them together.