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Re-using plastic bags in inspiring ways

I get so inspired when I see people doing creative thinking and using their resourcefulness in making new things from old things.
These creative people are melting plastic bags and sew the melting plastic into courier bags. Watch them in action and get inspired to make one for yourself!
I just love it!!! 2 arms up for [...]

Recycling plastic for train tracks

Here is an other great example of recycling.  Especially when we talk about recycling plastic.
Plastic is a commodity that needs to be understood and considered as one of the most durable mand made material on our planet. Good plastic will last many life times. Its utilities are so diverse; from the surgeons tools to the [...]

Farm - bicylcle delivery and your dinner

Do you see the link or the trail?
Some of us desire to eat locally grown food, some of us are cycling advocates and some of us love to eat  in the comfort of our home and with our family home prepared food.
And someone here in Vancouver, British Columbia has thought of a great way to [...]

Do you wish to be recycled into the sea after you dye?

What do you think about the idea of recycling your bones into coral reefs after you die ?
If you think this to be a strange but interesting concept,   I invite you to have a look at this brilliant,  sensitive and highly creative concept by Eternal Reefs Inc.

HOW DOES NATURE DO IT?

Nature has  already solved so many if not all of the problems we are trying to solve, with it’s own perfect “industrial designs” .  We have been acting as if,  we humans, have to keep reinventing the wheel each time we have a flat tire.
Let us stop for a moment and observe the wasps and [...]

The story of stuff

You may know or have seen documentary The Inconvenient Truth, or Industrial Landscape or Plastic oceans or any other documentary on related topics.
The Story of Stuff is by far, in my opinion, the most direct and easy to watch documentary I’ve seen.
Bravo to Annie Leonard who’s done a fantastic job at making this “stuff” so [...]

How many blue Moukibugs can you find?

Some lady bugs are good in your garden, they eat the aphids,  among their little bug menu.
Here’s a case of over-extending your welcome as it were!
Click here to see this report On CNN news

New Old Ideas

I came across these two pictures this week. The one on the left is of my mom (Moukisac founder Marie) at age two wearing a hat and coat her grandmother made for her by recycling a worn out wool army jacket. The one on the right is me at age five wearing a coat my [...]

Moukibug Contest!

Moukisac is celebrating spring!
can you find all of the  blue moukibugs hiding on www.moukisac.com ?
and email your answer to info@moukisac.com before April 30th for a chance to win one of 15 X-Large moukinet sets!