Just what it sounds like. Danish company has high goals for preventing rivers from distributing garbage to oceans and collecting anything that’s already gotten through. Watch animation here.

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Don’t forget to finish everything on your plate today.

Niemann is best known for illustrating over 2 dozen New Yorker covers. He began posting these inventive Sunday Sketches on Instagram as a way to stay loose and explore. See more of his woks here.

It’s generally snarky but often true. The caption for the image below is, “Children's beds, for parents who are very confident in their stud-finding abilities.” Design needs to be made fun of occasionally. Read more roasts here.

(Auntie) Jen from Recover Girl just forwarded this link. Patched, repaired, transformed clothing and goods will now be available in a brick & mortar store in Boulder. We’re only 35mins. away, so next time we’re in Boulder we’ll swing in - if you’re not so close, check out more here.

We’ve been working on these Sunday Times puzzles together nearly every weekend for the past 20 years. One thing we’ve noticed is if you get stuck and put it down part-way through, when you resume it feels as if your brain has been quietly working on it in the background - many of the stumpers become obvious.

Rex Parker (self proclaimed - Greatest crossword puzzle solver in the Universe) is often how we check our work. He has a humorous blog that critiques every puzzle - some so harshly, it seems he may need therapy.

See his thorough analysis here.

Beautiful organic bamboo projects. See more here.

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Gordon is best known for vocals and bass in Sonic Youth. Read more about her here.

Anthony DiFranco is a medical researcher, self-described bio-hacker, and cofounder of the Open Insulin Project that was started at the Counter Culture Labs in Oakland CA. He has Type 1 diabetes. DiFranco and his team are working on a protocol to extract insulin from genetically engineered yeast cells and produce a generic drug at a cost of around $10 for a month’s supply. He says users could even eventually produce the drug in their homes. Read more here.

Pioneers in HipHop since the 80’s - members of the band have shifted over the years but their music is still just as charged. Listen.

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Patagonia has over 45 people that repair their clothing - that’s more than any other clothing company in the U.S. Their WornWear truck drives around the country and does on-the-spot repairs. Read more about it here.

Here’s an interesting graphic showing how people (urban vs rural) voted in 2016 across the US. See more here.

Technology and science have been merging with farming, well, for centuries. However, at this point in time, the art of growing food has taken a leap. Here’s a company that uses 95% less water, no soil or pesticides and LEDs in a repurposed building with high yields of produce.

The Shed is a major collaborative project worked on by several architects/designers/etc. over a decade. It’s quite an engineering feat too, as the outer shell extends to double the building’s volume and many of the (int./ext.) walls are movable to transform spaces. Check out 4min. animated video here. Thanks again to Dan Sjogren at Sjotime Industries for sharing this.

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There’s something great about the idea of something as high-tech as 3D printing combined with something as low-tech as mud structures. Check out more about this project here from the highly experimental architect Rael San Fratello.

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An interesting rehab of an abandoned 1968 Overlander Airstream. See how Jorge Almada and Anne-Marie Midy reworked it here.

Cleaning up the water ways with this simple solution. Watch short video here.

Ween is an American alt. rock band from New Hope, PA, formed in 1984 by Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo, better known by their respective stage names, Gene and Dean Ween.

I became aware of their highly eclectic catalog of songs in the early 90s and have been a big fan ever since. Listen to Ocean Man here.

I love the idea of this and the outdoor shower is a nice touch.

Typically, Earthships are made using natural and mostly discarded materials (tires, bottles, cans, etc.). Check out this short video demonstrating some of the principles and elements incorporated into many of these organically designed structures - the grey water/vegetable production system is especially smart.