 Environmentally Endangered Tourism - Places to Visit While You Can::Concierge magazine released a list of the 10 most environmentally endangered locations to visit.
"Isn't it ironic that as it gets easier to travel around the world, there are fewer amazing things to… [MORE] |
 Four Legged Eco Teachers - Animals Planet Green Lessons::Animal Planet has released an awareness campaign in which cartoon animals offer viewers lessons on how to save the planet. There are six hilarious, short clips on their website, teaching things like how… [MORE] |
 Round-the-World Green Flights - Solar-Cell Hy-Bird::The Hy-Bird, a hydrogen-powered electric airplane that gets 10% of its power through solar-cells, is made of super-lightweight (and expensive) carbon fibre. The French company behind it, Lisa Airplanes,… [MORE] |
 ReCycled Bike Chairs - Tour de France Lounger::The Tour de France lounge chair, complete with flaming tires, horn and a handlebar base is any cyclist’s dream. It actually looks comfortable with black padded seat and back on spoked rims. This cool… [MORE] |
 Green Tea Mattresses - Keetsa::Eco-bedding company, Keetsa, scores each one of their products with a Keetsa Quotient, or a score of how environmentally-friendly they are. Take their Tea Leaf Classic mattress for instance. It scores… [MORE] |
 Water-Waste Awareness Baths - Transparent Tub Has Measurements::While it's nice to treat yourself to a luxurious soak in the tub after a long and stressful day, you have to remember that millions of people around the world struggle to find drinking water to survive.… [MORE] |
 Eco-Luxury Architecture - $15 Million Orchid House::This is the design of a sustainable, eco-friendly house shaped in the form of a bee orchid. The house, which is called The Orchid and is located in the UK, uses geothermal heating and an underground pump… [MORE] |
 Eco-Naughty Lingerie - Enamore::Enamore creates fashion pieces for under and over, above and underneath, for top and for bottom. Enamore is absolutely nothing for the faint-hearted but definitely something to tantalize the fertile dude's… [MORE] |
 Green Inside and Out Lights - Grass-on Lamp::The Grass-on lamp is green both outside and inside. The unique light brings the outdoors inside your home with its synthetic grass look. And to go along with the green theme, the whole lamp is made from… [MORE] |
 Solar Panel Handbags - Solar by C'N'C Costume::This funky handbag with built in solar panels is one hot purse! While the first handbags with solar-powered functionality to hit the market were for the most part ugly, the designs are starting to pick… [MORE] |
 Eco Bounty Hunters - Cell Phone Recycling Contest::If you'd like to earn yourself a prestigious title like "Eco Bounty Hunter," listen up. To earn the title, you'll need to come up with an innovative way to recycle cell phones. Tim Ferriss, the author… [MORE] |
 Designer Clothing Exchanges - Lindsay Lohan for Visa Swap::When I think about ethical fashion, Lindsay Lohan is definitely not one of the first face that pops into my head. Oddly enough, the 21-year-old actress has become the face of "Visa Swap".
Visa Swap is… [MORE] |
 $3,333.33 Ice Cream Sundaes - Three Twins Ice Cream::Trendhunter.com reported on the world's most expensive ice cream sundae, the $1,000 Grand Opulence Sundae from Serendipity of New York City. Somebody should call Guinness to let them know there is a new… [MORE] |
 Green Guerrilla Ads - Nothing Left To Weep For Campaign::The United Arab Emirates government reached out to the "more intelligent inhabitants of this planet" with a creative guerrilla campaign celebrating Earth Day 2008. The campaign reminds us that there will… [MORE] |
 Super-Compact Electric Cars - Airwaves::Airwaves is a little concept car designed by Lei Liu. The car was conceived with the intention of being an easy-to-park vehicle, offering less of a harrying, stress-laden adventure. The Airwaves design… [MORE] |
 Mutant Humans as a Social Message - The Beacon's Reversing Evolution Campaign::In celebration of the recent earth day on April 22th, the Beacon organization released a creative and powerful campaign entitled Evolution.
The campaign asks you the following question: "Ready to go… [MORE] |
 Ecofriendly Animation - Startmotions Trashy Characters::Startmotions Animation Studio claims to be the first Earth Friendly animation studio. All of the actors and scenes created by the studio are made out of recycled material.
Startmotions does animations… [MORE] |
 Inflatable Solar Panels - SolarStore Helps Heat Your Water::Water heaters are one of the primary power-hungry devices in most households. That's why the prospect of an affordable solar panel system is particularly exciting. I have always argued that green energy… [MORE] |
 Clothing as a Moving Canvas - The 2nd Skin Exhibit in San Francisco::The 2nd Skin Exhibit opening night took place on 4/25/08 in San Francisco. The event is a celebration of clothing creativity. Crave notes that, "[There was] a man wearing costumes covered head to toe… [MORE] |
 Help the Honey Bees - Haagen Dazs Promotes New Cause::Luxe ice cream manufacturer Haagen Dazs has developed an elaborate public awareness campaign to the help save the honey bees. Alarmingly “more than 25% of the Western honey bee population has disappeared… [MORE] |
 Website for Ethical Fashion - The BBC’s ‘Thread: Fashion Without Victims’::The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named “Thread”. The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly… [MORE] |
 Endangered Flower Fashion - Blooming Cyclamen at Diana Bobar::Trendinista follows her excellent fish-inspired fashion post with a superb study of Diana Bobar's Spring’08 ready-to-wear collection. This time, inspiration seems to come from the endangered Wild Cyclamen,… [MORE] |
 Eco Chic Luxury Fashion - Loup Charmant's PURE Collection::Loup Charmant (which means the charming wolf) is an organic sustainable and fairly made women's lounge line of only grown fibers. Locally made in brooklyn, new york by designer kee edwards, it uses no… [MORE] |
 Geeky & Socially Aware Fashion - Alphanumeric Summer 2008::Wear your geekiness loud and proud with the new summer 2008 collection from Alphanumeric.
The centerpiece of the collection is a bold design with a retro Casio watch graphics all over the T-shirt.
Other… [MORE] |
 BeanBag Chairs from Recycled Cars - Waste Furniture::I always find it very disheartening that recycled products are mostly pretty expensive. Usually you have to pay a premium to go "green", which both discourages and confuses me. Utilizing recycled materials… [MORE] |
 Recycled Seatbelt Designs - Lounge Chair Saves Life::The Seatbelt lounge chair combines two life savers: seatbelts that save human lives, and product recycling which saves our planet.
The chair is designed by Nuttapong Charoenkitivarakorn and created by… [MORE] |
 Facebook Goes Green - Greenbook Application::Facebook has launched its Greenbook application to help reduce CO2 emissions emitted by its servers and millions of worldwide users.
Basically what the Greenbook add-on does is generate money through… [MORE] |
 Plantvertising to Go Green - Adidas Grün Campaign::Adidas has gone green with its advertising campaign. The advertisement, which is suspected to be for its Grün range of footwear, is made of bushes with the iconic three stripes placed using three strips… [MORE] |
 Green Chest Waxing - Harrison Ford Gets Waxed For Deforestation::No, it's not a scene from the 40 year old virgin, it's Hollywood movie star Harrison Ford making a powerful statement about deforestation by getting his chest-hair waxed. While Britney Spears took the… [MORE] |
 Disposable Watches - Adhesive Timeflex::Timeflex is a disposable concept watch called which is adhesive with a transparent skin allowing you to stick it to your skin or clothes. It comes with a touch screen that is used to "order" the menu.… [MORE] |
 Lights as Toys - Matt::Get up, close and personal with this flexible and dynamic light design that promises its user a high level of entertainment and fun.
According to the designers, the knitted light object, called Matt,… [MORE] |
 Biodegradable Flower Pots - Graine De Pot::Designer François Clerc has designed the Graine De Pot, a special biodegradable pot for city dweller gardeners.
The pot is made from a biodegradable plastic container that expands. The container has… [MORE] |
 Sandals from Old Jeans - RecycleYourJeans::Next time your jeans look like they've had too much wear and tear to keep in your wardrobe, hold on to them. Thanks to RecycleYourJeans.com, you can now have your favourite denim pieces remade into chic… [MORE] |
 Pleated Paper Furniture - The Cabbage Chair::The designers at Nendo amaze me every time they come out with a new idea.
The design of this chair was created for the XXIst Century Man exhibition curated by Issey Miyake for the first anniversary of 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi, Tokyo. The brief given by Mister Miyake was to make furniture out … [MORE] |
 Urban Survival Kits - Subivor for Subway Emergencies::The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and… [MORE] |
 Luminescent Leaf Lights - The Eco-Friendly Leaft::Designer Stephan Siepermann showcased his unique Leaft wall lamp recently at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2008.
Each luminescent leaf in these LED lamps is made out of recycled plastic casts… [MORE] |
 Illuminated Eco-Chic Windows - Lightway::It appears that light bulbs may soon become obsolete if Damian Savio, a Sydney design student, has his way.
The Longueville designer invented Lightway window louvers that illuminate dwellings without… [MORE] |
 Green Hangers - 100% Recycled Cardboard Coat Hanger::The Green Hanger was born as a bid to resolve the ever-increasing problem of wire and plastic hangers ending up in landfills each year. When you choose Green Hanger, you are using a product that is attractive,… [MORE] |
 Bamboo Sunglasses - iWood Shades are Green Chic::Why should nature lovers shy away from the fashion scene? To be green chic, here's exactly the accessory you'll need, especially when hanging out in the sun during that protest rally.
These iWood sunglasses… [MORE] |
 Luxury Outdoor Showers - Get Fresh Al Fresco::Whether you have just wandered in off the beach, just finished your run, or are done with the "honey-do" chores, how luxurious would it be to step into an outdoor shower? Here are a couple that are fantastic… [MORE] |
 Edible Dishes - Biodegradable Picnic Ware::The perfect cutlery for nature lovers, this four-piece set is made from 100% biodegradable cassava. The set comprises cassava plates, bowls and cups plus wooden spoons, forks and knives. The crockery is… [MORE] |
 World of the Future - NVArt: Art Space Competition::The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Coffins 2 - Ecopod::The Ecopod coffin is made out of 100% recycled paper and is completely biodegradable. It comes in four colors with a variety of designs and they cost about $1500 to $1900, depending on which you order.… [MORE] |
 Green Computers - Dell Bamboo Eco Computer::Dell CEO Michael Dell just introduced a never-seen-before Dell eco PC with a bamboo casing at the Fortune Green conference.
Dell claims the environment friendly computer is 81 percent smaller than a standard… [MORE] |
 Retro Magazine Purses - Momaboma's Paper Vintage Bags::Momaboma is an Italian company that creates really beautiful, retro, vintage bags. The bags are made out of paper from recycled glam magazines from the 1950's and 1960's and other material such as old… [MORE] |
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 Saving the Earth in Style - Green Chic by Christie Matheson::Green Chic is a new book that covers how you can start Saving the Earth in Style. Christie Matheson writes in a fun way, without any hint of preaching. It's a delicious read, from recycled cover to cover.… [MORE] |
 Disney Goes Green - Disneynature::Disney is joining the global awareness movement with the launch of Disneynature, a new film label that will cover nature and wildlife documentaries and special features relating to animals and the environment.… [MORE] |
 Solar Tables 2 - Lounge Table by Intelligent Forms Design::This stainless steel lounge table from Intelligent Forms Design combines tech with eco0friendly luxury and is a true conversation piece. It has built-in Bluetooth and allows you to hook up your MP3 player… [MORE] |
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