Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Origami furniture made from recycled cardboard
Recession got you living in a cardboard box? Take heart: That doesn’t have to mean missing out on stylish furniture. Karton’s modular, foldable furniture is sturdy (the bed can support almost 2,000 pounds), assembles in minutes, and is made entirely out of cardboard.
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Creepy-cool village where every house is a musical instrument
The Music Box is a New Orleans art installation that makes regular artist’s colonies look like Camazotz. In this tiny shantytown, every building is also a musical instrument, and the entire town can be played in a beautiful, spooky symphony that looks and sounds like something out of Coraline.
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Wasted milk produces as much CO2 as 20,000 cars
The time to start crying over spilled milk is NOW. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, wasted milk in the U.K. creates the equivalent of 110,000 tons of CO2 every year. That’s equivalent to the emissions from 20,000 cars.
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Nonprofit teaches you how to save endangered species, then gives you a tattoo of one
Tatzoo holds training bootcamps where you work to save an endangered species. At the end of the program, you're rewarded with a tattoo.