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31 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Decor It Yourself - Clean out your Closet, Hooks & Knobs
This week's episode is all about cleaning your closet! With all of our DIY duds we learned how to make on ThreadHeads, it's time to create a well-organized place to keep them all. Learn how to make your own cubbies, hooks, and labels to make it easier to keep your apparel organized.Anthropologie B
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30 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - Shoes!
Shoes...oh my god, Shoes! This week, an overwhelming plethora of shoes! How to refashion your old chucks. What to do with your old stinky gym sneakers. Plus, fix those broken heels with Heely Healerton. Make sure you check the bottom of your shoes before entering! Funny Video about Sh
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29 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Do the Green Thing - Valentine's Day Flash Hugging
And as promised here is the video from the Body Warmth Flash Hug in Soho Square.
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28 Aug
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THTV - Lovecraft Biofuels
Your car can run on cheap, clean, U.S. produced fuel? Brian Lovecraft at Lovecraft Biofuels discusses this new trend, and shows us how he and his team can convert your diesel into a clean, veggie-oil burning machine! Lovecraft Biofuels, based in Silverlake, California, specializes in Mercedes Benz
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27 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
YERTpod6: Growing Meat, Milk, and Fluff in Rhode Island
Things seem to grow well in this great little state-- watch turkeys mate, cows debate, and alpacas salivate.Providence Plantation Watson Farm Rhody Fresh Paradise Farm Alpacas
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26 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - How to Embellish a Summer Tank Top with the Compai Girls
This week Rob and Corinne are headed over to the Compai Compound for a quick summer how to lesson from the DIY Divas of Fashion themselves. So bust out those old tank tops and snag a pair of scissors cause its time to get your embellishment on. 99 ways book series
- 25 Aug
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24 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Decor It Yourself - Indie Art & How to make an Art Frame
Everyone wants an incredible art collection, but not many can afford it. This week Meg gives you a DIY guide to Indie Art and creates an ever-evolving display area with recycled materials. A viewer submission documents her art collection. Get a scientific quick tip.Alyson FoxAshley G and DrewCatbir
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23 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - Upcycled Bags, Enderby Designs, Viewer Submission
This week Rob & Corrine show you how to create your own recycled tote bag from thrift store findings. They hang at a local craft fair where they meet with the creators of Bagitude, then its off to Brooklyn to talk with recycled tote bag guru, Meg Allen of Enderby Designs. Also, a viewer submitted
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22 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Do the Green Thing - Easy On The Meat - Meat Royale
Royale with cheese eat your heart out. Directed and animated by Kethi Copeland, words and music by Naresh Ramchandani - and bold american v/o by Peggah Khashian, Jason Stanard & Daniel Lapaine.
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21 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
THTV - A Conversation with Lester Brown
After a recent presentation at Demos in New York, our very own Simran Sethi sat down with Lester Brown to talk about his latest book "Plan B 2.0', what gold and bottled water have in common and what we can do to help the new economy rise. Brown is a renowned environmental thinker and president of th
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20 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
YERT - pod5: City Farm Charm in Rhode Island
A peek at the easygoing pace and not-too-subtle wisdom of the City Farm in Providence.City Farm in Providence, RI
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19 Aug
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Threadheads - Viewer Submitted Lesson from Lacie A.K.A. Laceel
This week we have a special viewer-submitted tutorial from Lacie A.K.A. Laceel, winner of the Janome sewing machine give-away. Plus 2 new contests - 1 to win a new Janome sewing machine and 1 to win a new Janome serger.Janome Janome Contest
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18 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
GOOD - Paying for your attention
A visual representation of how much it costs for advertisers to get your attention.GOOD Magazine
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17 Aug
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Decor It Yourself - DIY Lighting, Lampshade Remake, Power Strip
Style and compassionate living starts at home. This week Meg explores the ins and outs of DIY Lighting, and shows you how to enhance your home with vintage lamps to cut down and save energy.Pearl RiverStudio Tord Boontje Adam Frank Paper Lantern Store Enderby Nest
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16 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - Craft Congress & How To Tie Dye
This week we're headed to Pittsburgh for the first annual Craft Congress organized by Handmade Arcade. Making a viewer's day by giving a lesson in Punk Rock Tie Dye, crusin' the world wide web web, and responding back to our new YouTube viewers!Handmade DetroitBits and Bobbins Miss Malaprop Sublim
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15 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Do the Green Thing - Eazy On Da Meat by Dom Del Torto
Meatballz With Attitude return with their sizzlin' new rap that proves that less meat don't mean less machismo. Also featuring the salami and cucumber scratchin' skills of DJ Broc Da House. Tune by Tom 'Scratch' Skelton, vocals by Dan "it's a rap" Lapaine and directed by Dom Del Torto of KOG, Large.
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14 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
THTV - Hybrids Come Front and Center
Bradley Berman, of Hybridcars.com, tours the hybrid cars at the New York International Auto Show. He points out the role that hybrid cars are playing for the automakers and consumers, while also discussing what the next steps may be.Hybridcars.com New York International Auto Sho
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13 Aug
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YERT - Pod4: Gunga Gunga in New Jersey
All indicators point to nonpoint source pollution making gigunda gunga gunga grow in Barnegat Bay!Save Barnegat Bay
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12 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - How To Make a Shirred Fabric Summer Dress
A quick lesson about fabric terminology. Corrine demonstrates how to make your very own shirred dress for summer! Plus a viewer submitted video and a peek at the forum to see what other Threadbangers in the community are creating.Mood Fabrics Viewer OMGitsniki &nb
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11 Aug
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GOOD - Bruce Sterling
Interview with long time futurist and sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling about climate change.Bruce Sterling
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10 Aug
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Decor It Yourself - DIY Non-Toxic Cleaners, Organize your Bookshelf
Learn how to make your own cleaners, a quick antidote to the toxic baddies that plague homes. Organize your bookshelf according to color!Dr. Bronner's Seventh Generation Method Mrs. Meyers
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09 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Threadheads - Etsy, Make Magazine
Corrine & Rob meet with Rob Kalin at the Etsy Labs headquarters in Brooklyn and run into Bre Pettis of Make Magazine. Plus Corrine demos how to set up your very own Etsy account.Etsy.com Bre Pettis Make Magazine
- 08 Aug
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07 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
THTV - Florida Everglades & Sustainable Fashion
John Adornato, the Everglades Restoration Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association guides us through the beauty of the everglades while highlighting new conservation strategies that seek to regenerate historic water flow. Jill Danyelle of Fiftyrx3.com takes us on a green f
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06 Aug
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YERT - Pod2&3 - Coal in PA & Ask Uncle Sam
Coal in Pennsylvania Uncle Sam talks to the kids in Philly PA on the 4th of July (2007)
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05 Aug
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Threadheads - Renegade Craft Fair
Check out all of the awesomeness that is the Renegade Craft Fair! Party Bots Don't Quilt Your Day Job Prix Prix Nous Savons I Love Predictibility
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04 Aug
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GOOD - Object Orange & High Line Park
In the first issue of GOOD Magazine, they profiled a group of artists in Detroit who started painting dilapidated buildings "Tiggerific Orange" to bring attention to urban decay. Also from the first issue of GOOD Magazine, Edward Norton and The Friends of the High Line are helping convert a hist
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03 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Decor It Yourself - Retro Dog Bed, Guitar Art, Decor Dilemma
In this epidsode, learn how to make a stylish nesting niche for your furry friend, dude tip for the fellas and help us solve a nesters decor dilemma.Renegade CraftEtsyInstructablesDesign Sponge Online
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02 Aug
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Threadheads - New York Street Vendors & Punk Fashion, Silly Sock Puppets, How to Sew a Button
Check out SOHO with Corinne as she checks out the street crafters and get on your best punk gear for a trip into the East Village with Rob. Silly sock puppets go wild. First viewer video - How to Sew a Button - bookmark this one for future reference! Links: Meena Kim's Plush Toys Hartoon.com&nbs
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01 Aug
Blog: ZapRoot
Do the Green Thing - Beware of Lifts, Stay Warm in Winter
5 Reasons Why Lifts are not FAB Cute music video "Winterwarm" by Superhero