Yuka Yoneda

 

Yuka is a writer and reporter from Queens, New York. She received her bachelor’s in business management from Stony Brook University and holds a degree in exhibit design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. In addition to being the NYC editor of Inhabitat, Yuka is a practicing turophile and a known JeDIY master. Her love of maker culture and crafting has a lot to do with what she's seen around her in NYC, and she believes that if you can "make it" here, you can "make it" anywhere. Yuka's refashioned clothing and DIY ideas have been featured on The Today Show, Glamour, HGTV.com and other websites and magazines. Yuka also writes for Ecouterre and has written for The Daily Green and The New York Times.

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9 Eco-Fashion Finds That Take You From Day to Night

9 Eco-Fashion Finds That Take You From Day to Night

When it comes to fashion, there's nothing wrong with mixing business with pleasure. In fact, with our fast-paced lifestyles, it's often a necessity! If you've been looking for some eco-chic

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Artist Samuel Price Creates Cool Pet Collage Art from Recycled Magazines

Artist Samuel Price Creates Cool Pet Collage Art from Recycled Magazines

Artist Samuel Price is a collaging machine. He creates one of a kind dog portraits using hundreds of hand-cut recycled magazine squares on canvas, working (and he says the following are when he

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Mati Karmin’s Explosive Mine Furniture is the Bomb

Mati Karmin’s Explosive Mine Furniture is the Bomb

Other furniture makers might say that their work is the bomb, but few can say that their creations are actually made from bombs. Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin is the exception - his mind-blowing

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The Nest: A Wild Wooden Treehouse That Sways 23 Ft Off the Ground

The Nest: A Wild Wooden Treehouse That Sways 23 Ft Off the Ground

One of the coolest features of the Nest is that Romero suspended it from an airplane cable 23 feet off the ground. Unlike more traditional treehouses that are anchored to their base tree, the

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Bike Beer Holder Lets You Be a Booze Guzzler Without Being a Gas Guzzler

Bike Beer Holder Lets You Be a Booze Guzzler Without Being a Gas Guzzler

We love bikes and we love beer. So when we saw this little doohickey that marries the two, we had a moment of pupil dilation. Made by Walnut Studio, the Bike Six Pack Holder is a convenient way

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Sod Covered Viking Houses Recreate History at L’anse Aux Meadows

Sod Covered Viking Houses Recreate History at L’anse Aux Meadows

L'Anse aux Meadows is the only known site of a Norse village in Canada, and in North America outside of Greenland. When it was a bustling town, the settlement had three timber and sod longhouses

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Helmut Smits Transforms Ordinary Cans into Kitschy n’ Cool Sculpture Art

Helmut Smits Transforms Ordinary Cans into Kitschy n’ Cool Sculpture Art

At first glance, this might look like an ordinary drum set to you, but take a closer look -- the instruments are actually miniature works of eco art created using ordinary metal cans. Dutch

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House of Representatives Votes to Cut 93% of Funding for Poison Control Centers

House of Representatives Votes to Cut 93% of Funding for Poison Control Centers

Photo ©hberends via sxc Now this is a story that has us scratching our heads for sure. Last Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to cut $27.3 million (about 93%) of federal funding

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Incredible Scrap Metal Transformers Robots Look Just Like in the Movies

Incredible Scrap Metal Transformers Robots Look Just Like in the Movies

Designers Jiang Chen and Yang Junlin built the robots as part of their “Legend of Iron” project. Junlin, the head designer, explains that he believes in turning scrap metal into new treasure

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Stay the Night in Your Choice of Hobbit Hotel, Recycled Ship Suite or WWII Fighter Plane at Woodlyn Park

Stay the Night in Your Choice of Hobbit Hotel, Recycled Ship Suite or WWII Fighter Plane at Woodlyn Park

Woodlyn Park began as a humble working farm but has now blossomed into a resort complete with four unique -and when we say unique, we mean unique - types of lodging, a restaurant and bar and a

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Enter to Win $2,500 in Energy Efficiency Upgrades from WellHome!

Enter to Win $2,500 in Energy Efficiency Upgrades from WellHome!

As winter winds down and the snow melts away, the start of spring is a great time to clean out the house and consider home improvements! If you've been meaning to maximize your home's energy

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Petroleum Tank Turned into Futuristic Loft Sleeping Pod and Loo

Petroleum Tank Turned into Futuristic Loft Sleeping Pod and Loo

To make the most of the material, LOT-EK cut the tank into two sections. The first section was placed horizontally over the living room and contains two sleeping pods that look a lot like

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13 Ways You Can Help Japan That Take Less Than a Minute of Your Time

13 Ways You Can Help Japan That Take Less Than a Minute of Your Time

Image by Jennifer Chong We know that there are already a ton of resources out there listing ways you can help Japan recover from the horrific events that have happened and are still happening

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fLume: Discarded Christmas Trees Transformed Into Rustic Lamps

fLume: Discarded Christmas Trees Transformed Into Rustic Lamps

While we like to think that Christmas trees go to a better place when they're done filling us with the holiday spirit, the truth is that they either sit on sidewalks rotting or end up in the

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Seeds of Life: Cairo Garbage City Re-envisioned as a Soaring Skyscraper on Stilts

Seeds of Life: Cairo Garbage City Re-envisioned as a Soaring Skyscraper on Stilts

As it stands, Cairo is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Seeds of Life proposes to bury much of the organic garbage in order to harvest biogas, while using other waste as building

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WattsClever Charger Recharges Regular Alkaline Batteries

WattsClever Charger Recharges Regular Alkaline Batteries

If you're like us and have a drawer full of drained alkaline batteries that you've been hoarding just hoping they'll somehow be usable again one day, we've got good news for you! WattsClever is

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Pathfinder: Wheeled Electric Submarine Can Travel on Any Terrain

Pathfinder: Wheeled Electric Submarine Can Travel on Any Terrain

If the age of underwater habitation is upon us, then here is the perfect vehicle to navigate the seas. Dubbed the Pathfinder, this electric submarine was designed by Phil Pauley to travel across

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10 Ways to Wear Green on St. Patrick’s Day (Literally!)

10 Ways to Wear Green on St. Patrick’s Day (Literally!)

If you love the color green but aren't quite sure how to incorporate it into your wardrobe, today is your *lucky* day! Channel the spirit of St. Patrick into your outfit this Thursday with our

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11 Eco-Chic Travel Essentials for the Conscious Jetsetter

11 Eco-Chic Travel Essentials for the Conscious Jetsetter

You’re a valuable enough asset to your company that they’re paying for you to travel the distance to close the deal. Shouldn’t your in-flight attire say that instead of

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14 Eco-Friendly iPad 2 Cases, Sleeves, and Bags

14 Eco-Friendly iPad 2 Cases, Sleeves, and Bags

If you've got an iPad in your pad, you could probably use some padding to protect it. Fear not - we've rounded up 14 chic and stylish eco-friendly cases, sleeves and bags to cushion your new

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LAST CHANCE to ENTER: Stop the Paper Towels Graphic Design Competition

LAST CHANCE to ENTER: Stop the Paper Towels Graphic Design Competition

TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER THIS CONTEST! Our Stop the Paper Towels green graphic design competition is ending today - so if you haven't gotten your design in yet, now's your chance!

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Branch: A Cool New LED Garden Light Styled to Look Like a Twig

Branch: A Cool New LED Garden Light Styled to Look Like a Twig

We're big fans of all of the futuristic new LED lights that have been popping up, but sometimes their shiny, modern looks distract from an outdoor space's natural beauty. That's why we were

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5 Eco-Friendly Boards & Bikes For Spring!

5 Eco-Friendly Boards & Bikes For Spring!

Spring is in the air (finally!), and we're almost ready to break out of hibernation and get back outside. And since the warmer weather is a great excuse to opt for greener transportation, we've

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Google Aids in Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami by Designing Person Finder Tool

Google Aids in Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami by Designing Person Finder Tool

We're pretty impressed with Google this morning. In the wake of the horrendous earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan earlier today, the search engine could be sitting around working on

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Patrick Blanc Unveils New Vertical Garden at the Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom Stilwerk

Patrick Blanc Unveils New Vertical Garden at the Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom Stilwerk

The opening of Jean Nouvel’s latest project, Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom Stilwerk has been met with much fanfare, and as we read through the reviews we saw another famous name that caught our

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Grass Ottoman Is a Living Growing Chia Chair

Grass Ottoman Is a Living Growing Chia Chair

Chia pets are so 1995 - but why not give a nod to this little piece of green decor with a Chia chair? The Grass Ottoman by GH Design is a living, growing bench that melds plant-life and

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