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Brandalism · Brandalism In 5 Photos. From Glasgow to Brighton the streets of the UK look a little different this Monday morning.

Brandalism · Brandalism In 5 Photos

In 10 cities around the UK guerrilla install crews have been swapping over 300 ads with art works, creating the largest advertising takeover in world history. 40 street artists produced the work and the Brandalism crew lovingly hand printed each one of the 365 “six sheet” posters. To give the Leeds Half Marathon runners an extra boost the route was plastered with some thought provoking posters... ...while some Londoners dropped by Scotland Yard and Tottenham Police Station, to try and express how a lot of the people feel about the boys in blue.

Swapping them is easier than you’d imagine. How to transfer an inkjet photo to wood. How To Own It: The Queer Grrl’s Guide to the Galaxy. Hello beautiful, and welcome to How To Own It, where store-bought fashion meets DIY crafts.

How To Own It: The Queer Grrl’s Guide to the Galaxy

Each week I’ll be exploring an aesthetic theme, showing you some of the best ways to wear it and how to make it for yourself. Want to know how to own a look? Email gabrielle@autostraddle.com or tweet to @Gabrielle_Korn. Header by Rory Midhani Sometimes, it can be tricky to be a human with disparate passions. Basically I’m used to having things that cater to my interests be somewhat fractured. This is what it looks like under my shirt, too. via Peachines on weheartit This is a trend that I first noticed over the summer, but personally, I find black and purple clothes with starry cosmic swirls much more suitable for winter.

Let’s talk about some of the different ways you can wear this look. Galactic Leggings via love it so much on weheartit Honestly, I really haven’t worn leggings in place of pants since my freshman year of college, but looking at these pictures, I feel compelled to do so right now. DIY Home World — Creative Ideas For A Beautiful Home & Garden. Adding the center yogurt cup. With the inner and outer buckets assembled, insert the yogurt cup into the center hole and determine how much, if any, needs to be removed from the bottom of the cup.

Adding the center yogurt cup.

Using a knife, carefully cut the excess from the bottom of the cup. The bottom of the cup must be cut off in any case. It is only a matter of how much. Re-insert the cup to the hole. The planter is finished. If you plant a tomato in your container, get one of determinate type and either stake it or use a cage for support. MoSan- Mobile Sanitation. Donkey vs. push cart Today we modified the collection service of feces containers.

MoSan- Mobile Sanitation

Rocket stove mass heater. Vertical Veg – inspiring and supporting food growing in tiny spaces. Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY. DIY Hydroponics. To make all of these Instructables, download this collection of How To’s as an ebook.

DIY Hydroponics

Download » DIY Hydroponics gives you full step-by-step instructions for 18 projects to get your indoor harvest growing. Learn how to get started in the field of hydroponics with projects that range from beginner to fully automated watering systems with grow lights. All projects come from Instructables.com, are written by home-growing experts, and contain pictures for each step so you can get growing today! Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet. Sarah James Editor, Food & LivingInstructables.com. Build a vertical aquaponic veggie & fish farm for small yards & houses.

This low-cost vertical aquaponic system can grow leafy greens, herbs and raise fish for a small family year round, and it fits in a 5' by 3' space.

Build a vertical aquaponic veggie & fish farm for small yards & houses

Sean Brady, the aquaponics projects coordinator at the Center for Sustainable Aquaponics and Nourish the Planet in Loveland, Colo., showed us how to build a system from scrap he found around the greenhouse. We published a version of this how-to guide at engineeringforchange.org, and it's one of the good ones, so we'd like to share it with Instructables, too. What it is A vertical aquaponic system grows vegetables without soil in columns above a fish tank. By growing vertically, you can produce about twice the amount of plants as you can with a hydroponic system of the same area. One five-foot tower can produce more than 200 heads of lettuce per year. The system puts fish waste to work as fertilizer for crops. You do have to replace lost water as needed, power the pump and feed the fish.

Build time About two hours. Aquaponics greenhouse for - DIY. We’re here to tell you it is possible – but don’t take our word for it: ask Aquaponics Steve. Aquaponics is defined as “sustainable food production system that combines plant-growing with a traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish). It was Steve’s years working in a pet shop that gave him the know-how. The secret is in breeding the bacteria from fish waste – sounds yucky but it works – with no need to use creepy chemicals. He shows you how to make a tiny greenhouse and stock it full of plants for just $50.