One man’s ashtray: another man’s art?
Since going smoke-free on January 1, Chicago bars and restaurants have seen hundreds of perfectly good ashtrays go from butt bins to dust collectors…
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Issue 36
The Re-Fashion Issue
Fighting grime: The Tang-y toilet
You may not want to put it in your body, but it turns out that Tang is a great toilet-bowl cleaner…
Re:Visionary tactics
What if we came together and pooled our ideas, resources, and energy to create a different kind of urban living experience—one that positively transforms the environment and the community? That is the question posed by…
Get the stank out
Last weekend after a salmon recipe gone wrong, my kitchen was filled with the not-so-pleasant aroma I like to call “fish market.” In need of a non-toxic air-freshening solution, I decided to create my own…
Junk your junk mail
This just in: Adding your name to the Direct Marketing Association’s “Do Not Mail” list used to cost a whole buck, but not anymore…
PIY: Publish-it-yourself
Self-publishing used to mean shelling out your own money for printing costs and spending countless hours at Kinko’s…
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