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Pill-Sized Super Lights - Plasma Bulbs Glow Extra Bright (VIDEO)

Inventors in Silicon Valley have unveiled a light the size of a pill which has the luminary power of a streetlamp. Engineers at Luxim Labs filled the bulb with argon gas, which turns to plasma when electricity is focused through it. The resulting light is insanely bright, and twice as efficient as the current efficiency king, the LED. [More]

Wine Makes Grape Fuel - Winery Methane For Electricity

Canadian award-winning winemaker Inniskillin has teamed up with alternative energy firm StormFisher Biogas to use grapes leftover from wine production to make electricity. The grapeskins and seeds, previously shipped to landfills, will now be used to produce methane gas that will be used as fuel. I… [More]

Recycled Furniture - Chair Made from Plastic Scraps

The RD4 from UK design shop Cohda Designs, is made from 100% waste plastic. It's unique design makes a statement, and the woven chair can flex to accommodate its occupant. No colours are added during manufacturing, and the colour comes from the source material itself. [More]

Hotel Made from Repurposed Concrete - Das Park Hotel (GALLERY)

At first blush, sleeping in a tube of concrete might not sound so appealing. However, Das Park Hotel, located on the banks of the Danube near Linz, Austria, just might change your mind. The "hotel," designed by an Austrian art college graduate, features sleeping pods which are retrofitted concrete … [More]

Zero Emission Homes - The Lighthouse (GALLERY)

The UK has passed legislation requiring all homes be emission free by 2016, and the first prototype for the new green home standard has been unveiled. Dubbed "The Lighthouse," it has all the features that you'd come to expect, such as smart monitoring and metering system and alternative energy sour… [More]

Solar Roasted Coffee - Eco-Friendly and Awesome

Going green starts with your morning java. While organic and fair trade coffee beans are now mainstream, Solar Roast Coffee is taking green coffee to the next level. Their coffee is roasted using solar thermal coffee roasters. The roaster does not burn any fossil fuels to create heat, and uses a … [More]

Hack My Mini Cooper - $25k Gets You Hybrid Green

Hybrid Technologies is greening standard vehicles by ripping out their powertrains and replacing them with electric components. Their pimped out lithium-ion powered Mini Cooper, which was taken for a test drive around NYC by Popular Mechanics, is one example. You can buy your own conversion kit for … [More]

Recycled Furniture - Chairs Made From Playstation consoles

England's Pli Design brings us the Reee Chair, made from recycled Playstation 2 casings. The frame is made from powdercoated steel for strength and durability. The Ree uses 2.3kg of used plastic, and is also designed for disassembly and further recycling, repair or refurbished. The Reee is schedul… [More]

Green Skateboards - FunkinFunction Recycled Wood Skateboards

With its low carbon emissions, skateboarding is a pretty green transportation alternative. You can take it to the next level with furniture designer Daniel Moyer's FunkinFunction skateboards. Made from scrap wood salvaged during the manufacturing of his furniture, the longboard decks are green and … [More]

World's First Certified Oragnic Tequila - 4 Copas

4 Copas, named 2006 Tequila of the Year, is the world's first certified organic tequila. In addition to producing the tequila chemical and pesticide free, the company takes great pains to treat its Mexican Agaveros (harvesters) in a responsible manner (i.e. fair wages.) The company also plans to l… [More]

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Online Eco-Living Shows - G Living Network
I posted about this in April - LOVE your network, amazing work!!

Eco Swimming Pools - Chemical Free Swimming
Reminds me of swimming at my grandfather's cottage in Ontario, Canada - full of algae and leeches, but CLEAN water! Most think "clean" means than unnatural blue colour and chemical smell...

Eco iPod Case - Jimi Nano
I think Greenpeace's beef is more to do with how they're made, i.e. the manufacturing and the inputs used. At least if you have an eco-friendly iPod case, that lessens the impact!!!