 Green Museums - California Academy of Sciences::When San Francisco's 150-year-old California Academy of Sciences reopens at the end of September 2008, it will be the largest public building to receive a LEED Platinum certification, making the museum… [MORE] |
 Growing Your Own Living Home - Aeroponic Architecture::Scientists at Tel Aviv University are developing methods of growing trees such that the roots form stable structures that have many uses, even as living homes. According to aftau.org, "the original 'root-breaking'… [MORE] |
 Top 10 Green Universities - Sierra Club Names US Eco Shcools::The Sierra Club has just released its new feature on green colleges, listing what they named the Top Ten Green Universities. It used to be that small, private colleges seemed to be the only ones that cared.… [MORE] |
 Three-Way LED Streetlights - The Prisma Concept by Agustin Otegui::Metropolitan stargazers, beware: If Agustin Otegui's "Prisma" concept LED streetlights come to fruition, spotting your favorite constellations might become harder than usual. Unlike traditional streetlamps,… [MORE] |
 Sustainable Food Leaders - 7 Leaders of the Eco Food Drive::Fast Company features seven food company executives that are leading their company into making the food chain greener, cleaner, and healthier.
Surprisingly, Coca-Cola considers themselves in the "hydration… [MORE] |
 Recycled Antique Alamanacs - Eco Farmers' Almanac Art::The Farmers' Almanac has been used as a guide post for weather forecasting for centuries (the first Farmers Almanac was published in 1818!) Its influence continues to be strong today, despite the availability… [MORE] |
 "Best Toilet" Awards - Nashville's Hermitage Hotel Wins 2008 Honor::The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee has been selected as the Best Restroom for 2008 by the readers (what?) of BestRestroom.com.
Releasing the chocolate hostages in a hostile environment can be… [MORE] |
 Artistic Bicycle Racks - David Byrnes' NYC Sculptures::Artistic bicycle racks like these by David Byrne are what make living in the city so exciting.
Number one: People can, and do, ride bikes to get from point A to point B
Number two: artists show their… [MORE] |
 Illuminated Benches - LightBench by Frellstedt::The LightBench is not just a novelty lighting design. It has a lighting function and can be used either indoors or outdoors. It could even be considered a work of art - a conversation or focal piece. The… [MORE] |
 Solar Powered Bus Stop Ads - Fuel Miami LLC Shelters::Fuel Miami LLC is installing 600 solar-powered bus shelters in Miami city. Each solar-powered ad panel will save over two tons of carbon emissions.
This eco-friendly ad movement within bus shelters started… [MORE] |
 Electric Cars in America - Zap! Manufactured in Kentucky::Zap!, the electric car company, has announced the location of their first U.S. manufacturing plant in Kentucky.
Zap! has a full line of electric vehicles already in production in China, and a super glossy… [MORE] |
 Solar Powered Planes - QinetiQ Zephyr Breaks World Record::While world records were being broken at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, one of the world's leading defence technology firms was breaking records of its own.
Can you imagine flying for more than three days… [MORE] |
 Fake Brazilian Taxidermy - Casa Cor Synthetic Animal Heads::A hot new design is coming out of Brazil. Fake big game animal heads are being made from cardboard, resin, acrylic and wood.
Casa Cor is the biggest interior design exhibit in Brazil. The theme this… [MORE] |
 Rubber Wedding Gowns - A Dress Made of 1400 Rubber Gloves::British artist's Susie MacMurray's bridal dress is made from 1,400 inverted rubber gloves - yes, just the common household variety for doing the dishes.
It will be featured in New York's Museum of Art… [MORE] |
 Convertible Hand Bag Trolley - Urban Troll by Gilli Kuchik::Israeli student designer, Gilli Kuchik came up with this ladies’ concept hand bag which can unfold and convert into a trolley. A compact design for the urban shopaholic! It is also environmentally friendly… [MORE] |
 Wooden Patchwork Eco Furniture - "Patchwork" by Amy Hunting::Norwegian born but London based designer, Amy Hunting has an amazing line of furniture and accessories made entirely from wood waste and off-cuts collected from factories in Denmark. The wood remnants… [MORE] |
 Insects From Found Objects - Insect Art by Chris Goodwin::Chris Goodwin made these little insect sculptures out of found objects - anything from screws to razor blades. One of these bugs could take him about four hours to figure out how to fit the pieces together… [MORE] |
 Kissing Phone Books Goodbye - YellowPagesGoesGreen.com::Phone books are as ubiquitous as they are heavy, cumbersome and outdated. Yellow Pages Goes Green promises to stop the never-ending flow of these useless phone-books-turned-booster seats by notifying publishers… [MORE] |
 Pimped Custom Hybrids - The $184,275 Toyota Prius::Most cars can benefit somewhat from a bit of custom tuning and cosmetic work. It is easy to go overboard, however, as Classe Gustafson, Elvis Häggbom and Kenny Kyrk have done with this Toyota Prius.
The… [MORE] |
 Budget-Savvy Storage - Recycled Kitchen Gadgets As Decor::One of a designer's biggest challenges is to decorate a home on a small budget. As Apartment Therapy points out, however, most of us have an infinite supply of small storage containers that are waiting… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Micro Car Rallies - SmartCar San Francisco Documentary::Smart cars have a tiny fooprint -- both physically and environmentally -- but they took over San Francisco in a recent rally organized by the Smart dealership. Most people might associate the word 'rally'… [MORE] |
 Eco Endurance Rallies - WillieRun '08: From NY to CA Without Filling Up::On September 22, two men will make history if they succeed in their attempt to drive their biodiesel Volkswagen Jetta from Midtown Manhattan to Los Angeles without stopping for fuel.
Willie Nelson is… [MORE] |
 Eco Gadgets - Wind Up Shavers::Are you getting tired of picking up your electric shaver only to find its batteries have run out? You wouldn’t find yourself in that scenario with the eco-friendly wind up shaver.
You would not need… [MORE] |
 Burning Man Transportation - The Dogsled::This hand-built, pedal-powered, four-wheeler was built by a father/son team as part of the Burning Man Festival - a festival described by its organizers as an experiment in community, radical self-expression,… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Car Plants - Ford Rouge Truck Plant::The Ford truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan was redesigned by William McDonough + Partners with the environment and sustainability in mind. This enormous manufacturing facility received a complete makeover… [MORE] |
 Earth-Compassionate Heels - Ethical Charmone Footwear::Vegan, Eco-Friendly and Sweatshop-Free. That sums up the luxurious shoe company, Charmone. (I'd like to add, "And damn stylish," if I may.)
I stumbled upon this company when the shoes I had ordered from… [MORE] |
 Hummer Haters Unite - FUH2 Gallery of H2 Images::The users that submit their photos to FUH2.com are vehement in their distaste for Hummers--H2’s, to be specific. The site outlines all of the H2’s most unsavory, gas-guzzling quantities, then encourages… [MORE] |
 Floating Musical Art Scuptures - Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea::"Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea" is a traveling live arts show on water that combines the talents of American musicians, play writers and other artists. Collectively, the members aboard the seven colourful,… [MORE] |
 Grass Powered Cars - Is 'Miscanthus X Giganteus' A Miracle Crop?::The hardy perennial grass Miscanthus X Giganteus could be more than two and a half times more productive than corn or switchgrass in producing ethanol, according to research at the University of Illinois.… [MORE] |
 Solar Powered Highways – Oregon’s Renewable Energy Project::Oregon’s new solar powered highway reinforces the state’s commitment to sustainable renewable energy. It takes a lot of energy to power Oregon’s state transportation system--about 45 million hilowatt-hours.… [MORE] |
 Disposable Campfires - ‘Kinderlite’ for 2050 Retrospective Exhibition::Imagine you’re enjoying a few days off from work in the summer of the year 2050. You’re feeling a little nostalgic for the ‘good old days’, back in say 2010, so you decide to do a little camping. You know,… [MORE] |
 Fashion Leather Shackles - Haute Couture Bondage Jewelry::The fall collections of several top fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix feature what was once relegated as fetish wear - leather wrist and ankle restraints. Trend… [MORE] |
 Newspaper Couture - ‘Wear the News’ by Elena Gregusova::Newspaper fashion by Elena Gregusova is anything but ‘trashy’. In fact, the recycled fashion is extremely creative and sculptural. The designer and her photographer husband (Martin Gregus) and jewellery… [MORE] |
 Dining on Recycled Traffic Signs - Metal Work by Boris Bally::Since we first featured Boris Bally’s creative street sign coasters, his designs have expanded to include dishware, cutlery, furniture and mailboxes. If you’re just looking for a little hit of street decor… [MORE] |
 Cell Phones to Map Environmental Pollutants - PEIR by UCLA::The 3.5 billion mobile devices on the planet are seen by many scientists as the world’s largest decentralized computer, capable of linking up trillions of pieces of data in an instant. Researcher’s at… [MORE] |
 Online Pledges to Save the Planet (and Money) - Creative Citizen::The internet is fast becoming a place to display your personal values and track your social standing among your peers. Now their is a way to track your own Greenness as well as the combined positive impact… [MORE] |
 Kite Powered Generator - Go Fly A Kite For Green Energy::Generating power for your home in the future could one day be as simple as flying a kite! According to the Guardian, “Scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands harnessed energy… [MORE] |
 Recycling Dirty Laundry - The Tea Shirt::Meryl Smith's Tea Shirt is the latest addition to a new movement in casual fashion. It's stained with real tea leaves, and her label bears an uncanny resemblance to a Lipton label. The shirt is at once… [MORE] |
 Air Cleansing Concrete - Solar Activated Eco Paving::Researchers at the University of Twente, a self-described entrepreneurial research university in The Netherlands, have developed a new paving material that could help clear the air in urban areas.
The… [MORE] |
 Eco Chic Organic Snack Food - 479° Popcorn::At first glance at this packaging, you might wonder if this is a new type of perfume or luxury cosmetic. It's neither of the two: this is organic sea salt and caramel popcorn.
I was amazed at the presentation… [MORE] |
 Gas Station Art Projects - International Fiber Collective For Oil Dependency Awareness::The world’s first fabric-covered gas station is the work of artist Jennifer Marsh who was both sick of paying high gas prices and tired of seeing the 50-year-old eyesore on her daily commute. She organised… [MORE] |
 Eco Packaging Lamps - The Paper Pulp Lamp by David Gardener::British designer David Gardener, like many, was concerned about the waste generated by packaging material, so he created this paper pulp lamp which is both the packaging and the final product.
The two… [MORE] |
 Phones Made of Corn - Samsung E200 Eco::Following our story on the Hoshino USB drive, made of fermented corn, we bring you a new green phone from Samsung that follows a similar formula.
Samsung has used bioplastics (materials extracted from… [MORE] |
 Consumer Directed Philanthropy - The Amex Members Project::Usually marketing trends do very little to inspire hope in humanity, but the macro-trend of cause marketing is one that is really making a difference. American Express has been particularly brilliant… [MORE] |
 Umbrella Apparal - From Gutter to Gown With ‘The Umbrella Project’::Yes, this beautiful boned bodice topped black dress has been made of umbrellas, about 20 to be exact. Design students Feyeel and Anadamayi from Berkeley, California say they collected the discarded brelies… [MORE] |
 Solar Powered Air-Conditioning - Greencore::Greencore's air conditioning units are serious contenders for the mass market, as illustrated by the fact that they are currently being tested by MacDonalds and the US Navy.
It seems crazy that there… [MORE] |
 Stylish Disposable Dishes - WASARA Eco-Chic Tableware::Tokyo based company WASARA is taking eco-chic dining to a new level. Their paper dishware is so beautifully designed, I wish it wasn’t disposable.
The company uses reed pulp and sugar cane waste to… [MORE] |
 Recycled Steel Fire Pits - Great Bowls of Fire::Artist John T. Unger says that in a way the 'bubble bursting' on the dot-com craze may have been one of the best things that happened to him. By “putting the kibosh on financing my art habit through freelance… [MORE] |
 Boosting Business by Going Eco (Case Study) - Green Mop Cleaning::I had to write this article to let other entrepreneurs know about the exciting possibilities out there in this new 'Green' world. If you are not steering your business around being eco-friendly, or aren't… [MORE] |
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