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Top 12 Designs From Recycled Car Parts (SUPER GALLERY)
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With increasing pollution in urban communities, it would be great to have clothes that alert you when the air quality gets really poor, allowing you to take precautions to protect yourself.
Designer Stephanie Sandstrom's EPA Dress, which is currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Franc…[More]
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Air Quality Detecting Fashion - EPA Dress
Matthias Pinkert conceived this “city car” where the lone passenger and driver stand in an upright position. The concept vehicle called The Slide is meant for the crowded, chaotic urban environment where parking spaces are priceless, albeit temporary, possessions.
Needless to say, it is also …[More]
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Stand And Drive Cars - The Slide by Matthias Pinkert (GALLERY)
D Young, the artisan behind Obvious Front, makes the funkiest robot earrings, pendants and ornaments from recycled parts of old TV and VCR. The quirky, humorous bots are assembled from capacitors, wires, resistors - anything that can form the body, arms, legs and head of his little creations. He has…[More]
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Recycled Robot Jewelry - Obvious Front (GALLERY)
Antoine Lebrun’s futuristic kitchen design called Aion Kitchen is supposed to answer the question, "What would a small kitchen look like in 10 years?" Brandt Aion is a multi functional kitchen which merges electromechanical and vegetable technology. The specialized plants, which were developed by …[More]
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Vegetables As Appliances - Antoine Lebrun’s Aion Kitchen (GALLERY)
If you want to take action for a cause, but you can't do it alone, take a look at The Point, a platform for group action. Making a difference as a group is much more possible than for an individual, so the site creates unique campaigns for which users pledge to take action once it reaches the tippin…[More]
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Organizing Group Action Online - The Point (VIDEO)
Rather than shock and disturb you with violent or crude images this fun WWF Be The Hero campaign shows you that you can be the hero and save the planet by adjusting your lifestyle with small acts or awareness.
The campaign consists of five print ads that illustrate how a normal average person can …[More]
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Eco Heroes - WWF: Be The Hero Campaign (GALLERY)
Going for a variation of “having the blood of someone on your hand,” this new campaign for Brita water filtration pitchers and Nalgene refillable bottles warns us that we are murdering our planet and that we have its blood (oil) on our mouths…
The ads depict people with unpleasant-looking cr…[More]
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Crude Imagery for Awareness - Blood of Earth on Your Mouth (GALLERY)
The Solid car was designed by Nikita Gutsalenko, a student at the Product Design and Transport Design at the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts, Russia. The aim of Gutsalenko's design is to help solve the issue of overcrowded parking spaces.
The concept car comes with the standard safety f…[More]
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Safety-Oriented Compact Cars - The Solid (GALLERY)
Doug Selsam’s turbine ideas are not just blowing in the wind; they are transforming the wind into power-generating machines. At a cost of $250,000 to develop, the 25-rotor turbine ‘Sky Serpent’ is said to produce three kilowatts (3000 watts) of power. The Sky Serpent is still in the concept st…[More]
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Super Turbines - Sky Serpent (GALLERY)
Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan has been creating concept bras for a wide range of purposes for some time now. Their latest is the Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra, or Solar Power Bra.
The bra features a waist-mounted solar panel that can be used to power an electronic billboard or any other electr…[More]
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Solar Powered Lingerie - Taiyoko Hatsuden Bra (VIDEO)
Polar Bears are officially on the global list of animals to be protected. As global warming continues, their natural habitats are threatened as global sea ice melts and their ability to survive is threatened. If nothing is done, the great white bears will face extinction.
Thankfully an initiative b…[More]
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Protecting Polar Bears - Officially Listed As Endangered (VIDEO)
What do you do with your hub caps when they wear out or become outdated? You could toss it in the garbage like most of us, but that's not what the people do at HubcapCreatures.com. They use the hubcaps of cars to create modern art, with a heavy emphasis on fish and other creatures of the animal king…[More]
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Recycled Auto Part Art - Hubcap Creatures (GALLERY)
John Körmeling's house, which looks like a real house, can rotate completely over a span of 20 hours.
"The house will not be fit for human habitation; it consists of a steel construction covered with red brick strips and tiles," Gizmodo says. "The windows are made of laminated glass with white wi…[More]
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Moving Architecture - John Körmeling's Rotating House (VIDEO)
Last fall, ZenDesign Group launched the toy collection SEE (safety, ecology, economy) which are electric toys that don’t need batteries. Instead, the toys are powered by the energy created by moving the hand cranks on the toys; 60 seconds of cranking leads to 15 minutes of fun-filled, charged play…[More]
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Green Children's Toys - SEE Toys Charge by Crank (GALLERY)
It is solar energy overload at Trend Hunter this week. Following yesterday's peel & stick solar panels, we bring you the venomous, cobra-inspired Solar Shades Canopies. Designed by Buro Nort , the idea was to harvest solar energy while providing cooling shade for kids at schools. This design hits tw…[More]
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Green Energy Producing Canopies - Cobra Solar Shades (GALLERY)
Let’s face it: current food packaging, on one hand, is useful to keep food fresher, but is wasteful. Think of all the plastic and polystyrene containers that are just tossed away after you bring food home to cook and eat. There is enough going to landfills as it is.
Edible packaging in itself i…[More]
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Non-Dissolving Edible Packaging - Compost or Eat Your Containers
One of the top stories on Yahoo! News this week was the onslaught of bicycle sales in the wake of $4 per gallon gasoline. Adults are buying bikes for the first time since they were children and bicycle shop owners couldn't be happier, many of them doubling their monthly sales projections. Re-born ri…[More]
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Saving Gas Money For Status Bikes - Rocketing Gas Prices Spur Sales (GALLERY)
DebrandedHome.com produces stickers or labels for people to put on their personal care product containers. They are out to reduce “visual pollution” and “lessening brand presence” in the home. Why clutter your bathroom with products in various colours and shapes? Use your own plain container…[More]
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Unbranding Stickers - DeBranded Home Labels
Things are looking much greener at the solar energy front these days. After recently reporting on inflatable solar panels, we bring you another efficient and cost effective solar power innovation that will make opting for a solar roof a viable and more convenient option.
The key innovation in the L…[More]
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Peel & Stick Solar Panels - Lumeta PowerPly (VIDEO)
I could rant on and on about the hassles of vacuuming, and I think a lot of people would agree with me. The constant leaning over is one such pain and of course there's the dents left from bumping the vacuum into everything, the cord getting stuck under doors, etc.
If you have to carry the darn th…[More]
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Vacuum Backpacks - Fuel Cell BacVac (GALLERY)
Bamboo jewelry by Molly M Designs is a perfect match for today's new environmentally friendly bamboo clothes. The jewelry line is laser cut with designs inspired from her natural surroundings and her garden. Simple, sharp and bold cutouts reveal recycled materials such as wool, felt and suede from o…[More]
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Bamboo Jewelry - Laser Cut Eco Accessories (GALLERY)
The Power Plant is an automated plant grower, perfect for those living in a small space or for those who are too lazy to go out and plant a garden.
This is a worry-free soilless indoor gardening appliance to grow herbs, fruit and fresh flowers indoors and all year long.
It dispenses nutrient to …[More]
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Automated Plant Growing - The 'Power Plant' (GALLERY)
NonObject believes that a new breed of alternative fuel vehicles deserves a new level of experience. They pondered, "Why do motorcycles mimic each other's DNA or mirror ferocious animals from the wild?" They wanted a unique motorcycle design that is off the beaten path.
Their concept, currently in …[More]
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SuperMotorcycles - nUCLEUS: Zero Emissions, Ultra Fast (GALLERY)
With the never ending increase in gas prices, people have started to think about fuel alternatives. E-Fuel Corporation, a company in California, has introduced the EFuel 100 MicroFueler, a device that weighs about 200 pounds, that uses 110 or 220 volt power supply and a wastewater drain that is jus…[More]
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Homemade Fuel - EFuel 100 MicroFueler (VIDEO)
Diederick Kraaijeveld is a self-taught artist who makes cars out of salvaged wood. Kraaijeveld's cars measure approximately 50 inches and are made of wood he finds during traveling throughout Holland and abroad.
Kraaijeveld does not use any paint as every piece of his vehicles is made out of genui…[More]
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Reclaimed Wood Vehicles - Diederick Kraaijeveld's Wood Cars (GALLERY)
This is the work of Ukrainian ad agency Psyho Studio. They were commissioned to create the work for a travel agency to promote global tourism.
"Madagascar, a Piece of the World" is a rough translation of the name of this beautiful campaign which shows other "pieces" from other parts of the world. …[More]
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Visual Pieces of Paradise - Madagascar, a Piece of the World (GALLERY)
Frustrated that so much potential green space was being wasted in their cities, groups of "guerrilla gardeners" have organized late night sneak outs which involve planting miniature gardens around town.
Their goal is to transform previously neglected public spaces into green havens for urbanites t…[More]
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Guerrilla Gardeners - Seed Bombs for Green Rebels (VIDEO)
Designer Jinhong Lin cuts the recycling cycle short by allowing you to instantly convert your soda bottles into a stool or table. I am not sure how comfortable this stool would be, but the table variation looks pretty neat!
Chairs & Toys needs 16 bottles with a standard size neck. You can use it as…[More]
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Soda Bottle Furniture - Chairs & Toys
Actor Joaquin Phoenix joined the Yawanawa people of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest as part of a new series for MTV Canada called 4REAL. The actor, who is active in many social causes, hopes to bring attention to global social issues and foster understanding of different cultures and ways of life.
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