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The web site Upcycle Art’s goal is to create more awareness for upcycling methods while showcasing some creative ways that people have begun to upcycle.

One of the neat things about the site, is that each art project that is featured also comes with DIY instructions so that you can get creative and work on your own upcycle art projects.

Some of the projects currently featured are the Milk Carton CD Case and the Soda Bottle Lamps. You can learn more about Upcycle Art and the many projects they have featured through their main web site at: Upcycle Art

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Upcycled Bunny by Tom Deininger

Upcycling is term that was coined by German chemist Michael Braungart and American architect William McDonough in their book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.

The main theme of the book is about restructuring human industry and its affects on the environment by creating things through ecologically intelligent design.

Since the book came out in 2002, the term upcycling has spread through the global green movement. All over the world people have begun to upcycle instead of just recycling and in many ways the term is synonymous with “repurpose”. Though upcycle just rolls off the tongue better.

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