After a passion that was sparked originally in high school Geology class, Joy Opfer has committed to making some of the most stunning handmade and eco-friendly jewelry pieces around. Made using recycled silver and recycled 14k gold fill, as well as naturally found, and chemically-free stones, Joy O Designs is the perfect place to find that pair of simple, sweet earrings you've been looking for or that perfect...

While no longer standing, Salzig Design’s Temple of Trash designed for the 2007 Follydock Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands is a reminder of how much trash goes into landfills. Originally constructed out of 100 tons of PET bottles pressed into bales, the waste temple showed not only how much we throw away but also our tendency to worship...

Examiner.com has the skinny on the best eco-friendly handbags around these days. If it's a smaller carbon footprint you've been looking for, we have just what you need in this Sarah Donegan Beau Bag.  Hand-dyed in black or pink, this earth-friendly bag is just what you need to add a bit of style to your...

Say hello to the new Gitta Gschwendtner’s Animal Wall which features 1,000 houses for birds and bats located in Cardiff Bay, UK. Built to not only house these winged creatures, but also act as a sculpture of sorts to divide a residential development and a river front, the Animal Wall was commissioned by Charles Church Developments and took over two years to...

Talk about eco-friendly!  Colorado's Savante Wine Cellars has been using recycled wine barrels to build their wine cellars. With nearly 200,000 wine barrels retiring each year, Savante Wine Cellars founder Darryl Hogeback found a great way to reuse those wood barrels by using the handcrafted mortise and tenon construction method which doesn't require nails, staples or screws. We'd like to congratulate this earth-friendly winery on their...