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Are you a fashionista?  do you own  pieces from any green fashion collection? Green high fashion has come to stay. It has been trending  for quite some time now. Fashion designers  from around the world have found innovative ways to transform "waste materials" into stunning creations. By waste materials I mean  toilet paper, plastic bags, cans, textile scraps etc. African designers like award winning  Mia Nisbet    create upcycle fashion. She makes new clothing from Malawian textiles and recycled western clothing.  Zam ke   based in ,Togo make accessories from waste small water packet (pure water).   Canadian fashion design company   Matt & Nat  make luxury bags and wallets from plastic bottles.  United States based  Patagonia do not only make long wearing clothes, but  they will repair and buy back their gently used  clothes.  The list goes on and on. More and more fashion designers ar...

Not a good swimmer or perhaps you don't swim at all? I'll recommend that you learn because it can be a life saver. That being said do not be too hard on yourself, nature has made an exception for you. But you'll need to travel there though, maybe make it your next vacation destination? Want to know where? It's the DEAD SEA!!! DEAD SEA FACTS The dead sea is bordered by Jordan to the east, Palestine and Israel to the west, It is also called the Salt sea,  It is the lowest place on earth about 1300 feet below sea level Its hyper-salinity means you can float effortlessly without sinking  It has high concentrations of minerals which some consider  medicinal  There are no life forms except for bacteria So if you have a checklist  of nature's wonders you'll like to see why not add the DEAD SEA to your list.  Enjoy  this dead sea tour courtesy of Asmrista on You tube SO NOW YOU KNOW!!!!!!

Ever heard of rain forest pent houses? I'll tell you about them in a minute but first,did you know that the amazon rain forest produces half the world's oxygen supply? If we actually realized that the very air we breathe is "free", half of our worries will diminish significantly.All we need to do as humans, is not take this natures gift for granted. AMAZON RAIN FOREST FACTS It is located in South America,  It is the biggest rain forest in the world.It spans nine countries; Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The Brazilian Amazon has the largest number of tribes that have not had any human contact in the world, estimated to be at 77.  The amazon river is the largest in the world by volume. The amazon is estimated to have 16,000 tree species and 390 billion individual trees. Many modern medicines are produced from plants found in the rain forest.  Now back to the rain forest pent houses. Ever heard of t...

....... "Though liquid in nature, don't push me too far ,for then i'll break and the damage may scar". Guessed it yet?  It's glass. Did you know that glass is 100% recyclable and it can be recycled a limitless number of times without compromising on quality. A LITTLE GLASS HISTORY Glass occurs in nature as obsidians (volcanic glasses), fulgarites (formed by lightning strikes), tektites found on land in Australasia and associated microtektites from the bottom of the Indian Ocean, moldavites from central Europe, and Libyan Desert glass from western Egypt.   According to archaeological evidence, the first man made glass was in Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3500BC, that was 5515 years ago. PRESENT DAY Glass is  now being recycled, how? STEP 1   The collected glass is separated by colors. STEP 2  The separated bottles are washed in a processing plant to remove contaminants STEP 3  The washed bottles...