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Pill-Sized Super Lights
Plasma Bulbs Glow Extra Bright
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…
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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…
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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,…
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Zero Emission Homes
The Lighthouse
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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World's First Certified Organic 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…
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No-Frills Eco-Chic Hotel to Open in Montreal
Cheap chic and eco travel collide in ALT Hotels, the new hotel brand from Montreal's Germain hotel group. The rooms are being prefabricated offsite, an innovation first. The hotel has geothermal heating…
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World's Smallest Wind Turbine
Blow Light
The Blow Light is a wind-powered toy which teaches kids about wind energy. The toy has one green and two blue LED lights which are powered by blowing on the 2.4 inch rotor blade. Though the practical…
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Mini Homes
The Micro Compact Home
Living with less space doesn't necessarily mean living with less style. The Micro-Compact Home, or m-ch, is 76 square feet of design genius, and boasts a dining table for 5, 2 double beds, a kitchen,…
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Sex Toys for Environmentalists
Eco Sexy Kit
Everything's gone green. The next time you're in the mood, why not an Eco Sexy Kit to go with your organic strawberries and champagne? Set the mood with the natural soy candle, which transforms into…
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Organic Underwear
"Eat Organic"
For those sassy eco-conscious women, Buenostyle's organic cotton panties feature a cherry graphic on the front with the slogan "Eat Organic." They are made with 96% organic cotton and 4% lycra, as the…
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Solar Powered Cell Phones
Eco Moto?
Motorola recently received a patent on a technology for combining an LCD screen and a solar cell on a wireless device. The conductive film on new solar cells is the same as the material used on new flat…
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Billbirdhouse
Billboards Recycled into Birdhouses
The Billbird house is, as you may have guessed, a birdhouse made from a billboard. Stylish and eco-friendly, even the hardware is green - it's reclaimed (previously used.) The Billbird retails for approximately…
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Eco-Friendly Retail
Home Depot Rolls Out Eco-Options in U.S.A.
Home improvement powerhouse Home Depot has launched Eco-Options in the U.S. Available in Canada since 2004, the program helps customers identify products which have less of an impact on the environment.…
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Eco Printing
Greenprint
Greenpeint is a nifty software package that analyzes your print jobs and flags those pages that appear to be wasteful. The package includes a PDF reader and "print preview" feature so you can see what…
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Recycled Furniture
Lamp Made from Books
Dutch design house Bomdesign features the Booklamp, a beautiful lamp fixture made from recycled books. The books are re-shaped into a variety of shades, though the light emitted is likely not suitable…
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Eco Swimming Pools
Chemical Free Swimming
In the old days, we used to swim in lakes, or ponds. A European trend of man made swimming holes may to be gaining ground in North America. The New York Times has a feature article on these self-cleaning…
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