With all this talk about downsizing to reduce our carbon footprint and lead more affordable (and happier) lives and about upcycling to cut down on waste, it'd be easy to get lost in fancy words. But ...

The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. The Shaler Area Sustainability ...

*Give Your Stuff a Second Life With These diy Upcycled Planter Ideas!* Calling all plant enthusiasts and eco-warriors! This video is a treasure trove of creative ways to transform everyday items into ...

Persell Middle School fifth and sixth graders learned more about the environmental implications of items they use every day through creating innovative projects, called “upcycling,” in Tim Whitacre’s ...

Upcycling helps you employ your creativity to old items around the house, transforming them into tasteful and functional decor items. Through upcycling, you get to conserve the integrity and beauty of ...

Two teams of RIT engineering students have found “endless possibilities” for second-hand clothing—from insulation and wall dividers to chairs and desks—through two upcycling projects in their senior ...

You've probably seen a vintage glass insulator or two when walking through antique shops. If you don't know what their original purpose was, it's in their name — they were once used to insulate ...

Vintage dishware doesn’t have to gather dust in the china cabinet. Outdated table settings, such as a stack of your grandmother’s old plates or a bundle of used mugs you scooped up at Salvation Army, ...