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Posted: 18 May 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Have an old PC monitor lying around your home or office? Someone recently took their used monitor and made a funky cat bed out of it.

You too can make one, it seems. Although the article I sourced this story from doesn’t give instructions on how to make the cat bed, I would think it’s as simple as removing the innards of the monitor and adding protective or comfortable materials to accommodate your kitty. Obviously this is meant for kittens or smaller cats, not the chubbier Garfield cat variety.

An interesting and creative way to reuse and re-purpose an old electronic item. In the example pic provided above, the creator went a step beyond and decorated his new groovy cat house and made it even more geeky cool.

via Gizmo Diva

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Eco Wood Coffins From Greg Holdsworth Lesson Your End Of Life Footprint

Posted: 18 May 2010 10:08 AM PDT

We have featured eco wood coffins on Keetsa before, this latest entry comes from a company in New Zealand.

Return To Sender is an eco wood coffin manufacturer that specializes in caskets made from sustainable wood. The wood harvested comes from renewable sources and is not treated with oils or wax to preserve the color of the timber used. The company is the brainchild of Greg Holdsworth, read his story below.

Return to Sender coffins began as a final year project of a Bachelor of Product Design degree at UNITEC in Auckland, New Zealand. The designer, Greg Holdsworth, chose to design an eco-coffin after discovering what goes in to commonly used coffins and how that effects the environment. The awareness came about after returning to New Zealand just one week into a big OE to find his father-in-law laid to rest in a coffin in the family home. After coming to grips with the situation he noticed that the metal coffin handles weren’t cold and discovered they were, in fact, plastic with a metal coating. On closer inspection he discovered that the coffin wasn’t what it seemed either, it was MDF with a plastic woodgrain applied to the outside. Even the lining material was artificial. If the environmental aspects of this discovery wasn’t enough he was struck with a feeling that the values of the coffin in no way matched the values of the man. Mike Jones was a passionate wood worker who spent his weekends rebuilding wooden sailing boats. Some years later Greg’s father died. The difficulty sourcing an authentic coffin laid the foundation for Return to Sender eco-coffins.

via The Awesomer

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