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Denise Rangel’s blog. Literature and Portuguese language teacher, she publishes her blog since 2005. Throughout this time, she became frequent interlocutor of several initiatives for ecological behalf. After 30 years teaching, she writes her daily with high school and elementary school students, lots of times raising subjects such as environmental education and organic agriculture.
02Mar
How can I recycle this?
You may have asked yourself this question several times as you came across a bunch of things lying around your home. What can you do with so many objects, leftover food, old household items, and empty containers of all shapes and sizes? How I can recycle this?, a spectacular website run by Louisa Parry and [...]
02Mar
Cup-and-ball made from pet bottle
In times of rampant consumerism, it is important to introduce children to old games, and teach them that it is totally possible to build traditional toys from recyclable materials. Making a toy is much more interesting than buying it. Wouldn’t it be cool to play with your children with a toy made by you? Use [...]
28Feb
Napkin rings made from cardboard rolls
With a bit of paint and imagination, used cardboard rolls can be transformed into beautiful napkin rings. It’s an excellent idea for adding color to our everyday table and for a sustainable gift. The best rolls come with aluminum foil or paper towels, because they are harder and tougher. To make the rings, simply cut [...]
28Feb
Change the appearance of an ordinary looking stool
That ordinary and plain stool can get a whole new look with a nice and soft seat made by you. All you need is a will to do it and those fabric scraps you keep in your drawer. See how easy it is: You’ll need: 50 cm of fabric 50 cm of foam (3 cm [...]
04Jan
How to build a cardboard shelf
Using materials that are easily recyclable and more eco-friendly than wooden furniture and reusing cardboard boxes for making shelves, tables and chairs is to give a more worthy destination for the trees used in the making of these boxes. Today, you can decorate an entire house with this stuff, given the amount of furniture that [...]
04Jan
Magnetic Bottle Caps
A very original and fun idea for reusing plastic caps from PET plastic bottles: magnets for your fridge or magnetic board. They are very easy to make: Place a cork in the bottle cap; Mark the point where the cork is level with the edge of the plastic cap; Cut the leftover cork using a [...]