Origami, More Than Paper Critters (The New York Sun)
Origami, a more than 2,000-year-old traditional Japanese art form, is now considered by many as only a pastime for young children. But the new play "Animals Out of Paper" by Rajiv Joseph, which opened August 4 at the Second Stage Theatre Uptown, presents its modern form: an art field whose principles are used in the complex designs of automobile air bags, collapsible telescopes, or, as in the ...
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Life without plastic: Tying eco-nappies on to a toddler (BBC News)
When I collected all my rubbish for a month, I calculated that my son used about 120 disposable nappies, a fifth of our household's total plastic waste.
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