 Tables From Salvaged Materials - Christian Brown’s Eco-Friendly ‘Echo’ Furniture::These charming ‘Echo’ tables by Christian Brown are made entirely from recycled materials like salvaged pine wood, reclaimed eco-resin and stainless steel hardware. They’re a perfect blend of contemporary… [MORE] |
 3-Wheeled Hummers - Piaggio MP3 Hummer Edition is Bizarre Cross-Branding At Its Finest::This Piaggio MP3 Hummer Edition is cross-branding at its most bizarre. After all, you drive a Hummer to be able to off-road with the best and the baddest, to ford 1-1/2 feet of water, for the centrally… [MORE] |
 Cigarette Butt Clothing - Recycling Your Old Smoking Habits into Wearable Art::Clearly there is nothing that cannot be re-purposed or incorporated into a new and useful reincarnation. Given the fibrous composition of cigarette filters (butts), it makes sense that they would be an… [MORE] |
 Anti-Theft Bike Designs - Innovative Ways to Keep Your Bicycle Safe, Indoors and Out::Bicycles are common modes of transport for many people, even more so these days. Bicycle theft, it seems is an even bigger problem in some cities, so much so that in London, it appears they are holding… [MORE] |
 Eight-Wheeled Electric Cars - Japan Scientist Builds The Eliica Electric::Looks like the tire business will get a boost in Japan, if Dr. Shimizu gets his way. The Eliica eight wheel electric is catching the interest of the government which may make a big investment. So far there… [MORE] |
 28 Swimwear Innovations On and Off the Beach::Sexy eco-bikinis made from soy, saucy hippy bikinis, bikinis with contrast patterns that highlight the nether-regions, tattoo bikinis and retro-print bikinis were just a few of many swimsuit articles that… [MORE] |
 Enormous Guerrilla Plant Tags - Howies Winter Clothing Campaign to Save the Planet::Howies winter ad campaign echoes the company’s philosophy in regards to protecting and preserving the planet. They created these giant tags which look similar to what you find when you buy a plant for… [MORE] |
 Search by Trash - Earth's Journey Eco Art Gallery For Green Chic Discoveries::We've kept tabs on green treasures made of recycled products for a few years, and love the creativity one man's trash can inspire in another creative man's mind. A new up-and-coming eco art gallery was… [MORE] |
 24 Prada Innovations and Designs::Prada seemed to be all over the place throughout 2008 when it came to fashion. It’s as though designers couldn’t make up their minds between bizarre couture that one wouldn’t be caught dead-in, like their… [MORE] |
 Beautiful Biodegradable Urns - Ossuaries That Give Loved Ones Back to the Earth::When it comes to actively trying to save the earth and reduce our carbon footprints, people tend to think of the here and now. However, with the advent of eco-friendly funeral products like biodegradable… [MORE] |
 Mutual Mooching - Swap Your Old Books for Ones You Don’t Have::If you have a hard time getting rid of books you’ve read because you just can’t stand the idea that they’ll end up in the landfill, or if you feel as if you are abandoning a friend when you toss your book… [MORE] |
 Organic Cotton Boxers - Keeping the Boys Warm and Cozy::When Christopher Anthony was a kid, he habitually cut the legs off of his long underwear. A couple decades later, a grown-up Christopher applied the idea to men’s boxers and Toasty Boys were born.
Those… [MORE] |
 Trashy Fashion - Wearable Recycled Art From WalterWorks::Hurray for more green fashion and recycled wearable art, this time from London-based WalterWorks. These pieces are from Belgium-born Walter Raes.
I am particularly fond of these designs as it is really… [MORE] |
 Guilt-Free Reading - Eco-Libris Plants Trees to Offset Book Paper::If your reading habits are more 20th than 21st century, you haven’t made the switch to Kindle and can’t quite give up your print addiction, there is a way you can feel a little less guilty about the trees… [MORE] |
 Sweet Presidential Treats - The Choc-O-Bama is Change You Can Sink Your Teeth Into::It’s inauguration night and you are gathered around the TV with your family and friends. Each is holding a small milk chocolate bust of Obama. At the moment of the swearing-in, you simultaneously pop the… [MORE] |
 Organic Nightlife - GustOrganic is First Organic-Certified Bar in the United States::GustOrganics is the world's first bar and restaurant to use only organic spirits, mixers, fruit, cocktails, beer, wine, and liquor. GustOrganics is also the only certified organic restaurant in New York,… [MORE] |
 Sustainable Investment Funds - Bjork Launches Audur Capital::Icelandic singer Björk is noted for her environmentalism, and her latest endeavor is a sustainable investment fund to benefit Iceland. Audur Capital is in charge of the Björk Fund, which, according to… [MORE] |
 Solar Car Kits - Boost Your Prius Fuel Economy by Hooking Up Solar Energy Modules::Greg Johanson has been building solar powered cars since 1986. He and his pals at Solar Electrical Vehicles and Kyocera have developed a solar kit that will boost fuel economy as much as 29 percent for… [MORE] |
 Permanent Birth Control? - Adiana Essure Coils Only Take 2 Minutes For Lasting Prevention::Not interested in having kids? Are you a career woman with no plans for a family? Already built a football team of kids and are ready to slow down? These might be some of the reasons to consider permanent… [MORE] |
 Recycling Garbage into Art - From Freaky Doll Chandeliers to Garbage Chairs::After Christmas sales are all the rage today, but what about all the waste? Boost your environmental conscious with this dose of great ideas for recycling garbage into art.
Instead of just crumpling… [MORE] |
 Craptastic Cosmetics - Chicken Poop Lip Goop::Chicken Poop for the lips is the brainchild of Jamie Tabor Schmidt who first started making the product in 2000. The whimsical name doesn't tell you that poop isn't actually one of the ingredients. It's… [MORE] |
 Recycled Tarp Fashion - Reclaimed Hot Water Bottle Bag From The Bundeswehr::Who says recycled bags can't look badass? That is exactly what you get with this rather unusual bag made from a reclaimed hot water bottle used during the 1960s by the "Bundeswehr" (Germany's Federal Defense… [MORE] |
 Organic Environmental Cleansers - Bioremediation (Plants and Microbes) Eat Up Contamination::Bioremediation uses biological processes to clean up environmental messes. The basic idea is that trained bacteria eat the waste that industries produce. It differs from other methods in that it uses living… [MORE] |
 Atomic Clocks - Enjoy Leap Second in 2009 With Clock Set to Match Earth’s Slowing Rotation::February 29, 2009 will be the longest day since 1992. The reason for this lingering day is an adjustment that must be made to the world’s clocks in order to account for the earth’s slowing rotation. Such… [MORE] |
 Magical Black Dirt - Smoldering 'Biochar' Reduces CO2 Pollution::Terra Preta is dark soil that was created when ancient Amazonians disposed of waste by slow burning. While it was not created with an aim to help crop production, the soil is extremely fertile. Modern… [MORE] |
 Scalable Design - Single Plan for City Center and Sitting Center::What a fascinating challenge: four architectural firms, BIG (Copenhagen), INABA (Los Angeles), MAD (Beijing), and Mass Studies (Seoul) have been invited to submit a new city scape, but in a scalable form.… [MORE] |
 Human Biofuels - Plastic Surgeon Powers SUV With Fat::A doctor in California has been using the fat he removed from his patients during liposuction to power his SUV. A gallon of fat works out to being about a gallon of fuel and is environmentally friendly.… [MORE] |
 Silent Hogs - MOTOrepublic Noiseless Motorcycle::MOTOrepublic is working on a full size prototype of a noiseless motorcycle. The MOTOrepublic Beta is electric and has rough and tumble looks - perfect for that appeal to Eco-Bikers. The exoskeleton frame… [MORE] |
 Bright Recyclable Belts - Tie-Ups Are Eco-Friendly Interchangangeable Accessories::The eco-friendly fashion market continues to expand, and these Tie-Ups belts are the latest in truly recyclable accessorizing.
Tie-Ups are made of recycled rubber and plastic and come in an array of vibrant… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Functional Art - LiquidCardboard Shifts Shape::It’s called ‘LiquidCardboard ’ - malleable yet sturdy enough to create many useful shapes. Best let Cardboardesign describe their own creation. “They move freely - flowing from one shape to another. Each… [MORE] |
 Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine - Green Power is Blowin’ in the Wind::42 Windspire wind turbines will silently produce power as part of a garden construction project at Quinnipiac University’s York Hill campus in Connecticut.
The sculptural towers stand about 30 feet tall… [MORE] |
 Green Double-Decker Buses - Aston Martin Wins Transport for London Competition::Aston Martin and Foster + Partners won the first prize in the Transport for London competition. The two top brand names in design came up with a new version of the classic and iconic London double-decker… [MORE] |
 Satellite-Aided Nature Discoveries - What You Discover on Google Earth Could Kill You::Well, now they have done it. Google Earth has mapped an area just teeming with life forms that are unknown to the rest of the Earth. And they will kill ya. Scientist Julian Bayliss was screwing around… [MORE] |
 Vibrant Faux Leather Furniture - Classic Seating in Wild Colors::Foam coating is a technique of spraying a coating on foam. Dur. The cool part, however, is that it lets designers have their way with colors and shapes that can never be achieved by using natural cow hide.… [MORE] |
 Aortic Architecture - The Heart Influences This Urban Building Design::Urbanism is the lifeblood of a city; it connects the layers of circulation and the ebb and flow of people with every beat of the city streets. This proposal for an urban center for Shanghai Expo 2010 eliminates… [MORE] |
 Using Fidgeting to Track Productivity - The Yurex Measures Your Leg Shakes::My name is Sixty (hi, Sixty) and I am a leg shaker. *applause* I started shaking my legs when I first came to Trend Hunter. I disconnected the coffee IV hoping that would relieve my Elvis syndrome. Then… [MORE] |
 German Green Car Previews - Mercedes Unwraps The BlueZero E-Cell::Mercedes-Benz’s green cars will debut at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. Three concepts from the BlueZero project that are considered low to no emission cars are led by the BlueZero E-Cell, an electric,… [MORE] |
 Quirky Art from Found Objects - Weird Whimsy is Always a Winner::Artists are ever inventive, looking for new ways to use materials and new materials to use. There is an increasing desire to incorporate found objects into finished art pieces. While fine art is held in… [MORE] |
 Detergent-Free Soap - Eco-Friendly Solution for Laundry and Cleaning Comes from Nuts::Maggie’s Soap Nuts are organic, hypoallergenic, biodegradable, and contain a natural fabric softener. They come from the Chinese Soapberry tree and are an effective, environmentally friendly alternative… [MORE] |
 Skins for Snowboards - DIY Deck Facelifts::Maybe your snowboard is old, maybe it’s ugly, or maybe you just want a change. No matter your motivation, giving your snowboard a face lift is made easy when you change out the deck graphics with a new… [MORE] |
 Fashion Accessories as Flooring - Tiles Made From Recycled Belts::This is one of the best examples of recycled fashion accessories I have seen.
Using recycled vintage leather belts, designers from Ting London have created these amazing modular floor tiles.
At a cost… [MORE] |
 Citywide Eco-Friendly Street Lights - NYC Will Test LED Lamps in 2009::This is what the Big Apple's outdoor lamps could look like if the city approves a move to replace all 300,000 of its street lamps with energy-efficient LED versions. Unfortunately, the move won't happen… [MORE] |
 Ecotastic Gifts - From Cardboard Taxidermy to Plush Toy Chairs::Looking for eco friendly gift ideas? This video featuers some of the most creative products and artistic creations. Recycled cardboard taxidermy is just the beginning...
The ecotastic gift guide also… [MORE] |
 20 Options for an Eco-Friendly Green Roof::Green rooftops are a crucial component in any noteworthy eco-friendly building. The California Academy of Sciences and the Ford Rouge truck plant each have living rooftops as one of their more prominent… [MORE] |
 Grandiose Angletecture - 1.5 Million-Square-Foot Brunnen Shopping Complex::Daniel Libeskind designed a huge 1.5 million-square-foot complex in the leisure and shopping center for Brunnen, Switzerland. 70 shops, a hotel, a multiplex, a wellness center, and apartments mark the… [MORE] |
 Global Car Sharing Services - 'Connect by Hertz' Works in NYC, London, Paris::Car rental giant, Hertz, has just launched ‘Connect by Hertz’, a service which offers car sharing in London, Paris and New York City. Hertz plans to add the service to additional cities in 2009.
The environmental… [MORE] |
 Korean-Style Indoor BBQs - The Pebbles Stone Grill Cooks Fish Fast::The “Pebbles” grill is a curious looking kitchen appliance, but it sure beats the ole George Foreman any day. Designed along the lines of a Korean traditional stone roasting grill, the grill is made of… [MORE] |
 35 Inventive Cardboard Creations::Cardboard is a truly magnificent material. Being itself produced from recycled material, it can subsequently be transformed or repurposed into other products, like furniture, lighting and fake cops. When… [MORE] |
 Living Gift Boxes - Pangea Present Packaging Grows Into A Real Spruce Tree::If you’re into being green, like me, you’ll be excited to learn about Pangea Organics, a company who makes “ecocentric bodycare"--organic soaps, cleansers, creams, masks etc. Pangea’s further donation… [MORE] |
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