Top 25 Things that are Green - Happy St Patrick's Day!

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Trend Hunter brings you the Top 25 Things that are Green, Irish, or related to Beer.  As the Irish say, “Erin Go Bragh.” (Ireland Forever)

Enviro-Tips from the Green Team - Will Ferrell For the Environment (VIDEO)

This clip is an environmental spoof by comic actor, Will Ferrell and his Green Team members, Adam McKay and John C Reilly. Right off the bat, note that the video has profanity and isn’t suitable for younger audiences or the easily offended.  The Green Team gives tips on how to be more environmental… [More]

St. Patrick’s Day Viral - Irish Spring Body Wash

Irish Spring Body Wash is using St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to launch a silly viral campaign.  Similar to Elf Yourself, Santa Swing and Move Your Lederhos’n, the campaign lets users upload their own photo. They get to select from a variety of facial accessories like mustaches and pipes, head pie… [More]

Green Water Fronts - Chicago Eco-Bridge (GALLERY)

The Windy City dyes their river green for St. Patrick’s Day, but that’s not all that goes green. A two mile bridge in the Monroe Harbor will cement Chicago’s position as the Greenest City in the U.S. It will provide space for wind turbines to provide economic value to a recreational source. Chicago … [More]

St. Patrick’s Day Shoes - Puma Sky 2 (GALLERY)

Although we’ve seen just about every holiday become commercialized, smaller ones, like St. Patrick’s day, don’t seem to gather much attention from bigger brands. That looks like it’s changing. Just look at what Puma’s created for the Irish holiday on March 17.  The Puma Sky 2 sneakers are green wit… [More]

Sexy Urban Legends for Marketing - All Green M&Ms;

Companies all over the world are leveraging whatever green traits their product or service can offer, and now, so is a famous candy brand… just not in the way you’d think. Nope, the Valentines campaign has nothing to do with being environmentally friendly, instead, it has to do with sex.  The ol… [More]

Leprechaun Speed Trap - The New Trend in Law Enforcement

The Orlando, FL, Police Department built itself a pot of gold over the holiday weekend, when a sheriff’s deputy dressed as a leprechaun, and accompliced by motorcycle backup was spotting and ticketing speeders. A laser detector at the leprechaun’s patrol car read “Watch your speed or it will co… [More]

Top 10 Loneliest Cities on Earth, Dublin is #1 (Google Trends)

According to Google Trends, Dublin has the loneliest web users on Earth.  This is based on who’s searching for “Lonely”.  Here are the Top 10 Loneliest cities: 1. Dublin Ireland; 2. Melbourne Australia; 3. Auckland New Zealand [More]

Hip Folding Green Wheelchair for Kids - Mex’x Wheelchair

Innovation for children’s health is fantastic, which is why it’s so great to see the Mex’x Wheelchair for Children by Meyra-Ortopedia among six other finalists in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year.  The wheelchair was designed especially for kids with disabilities, having cool details that wou… [More]

Living Business Cards - “Another Bloomin’ Designer” Card (GALLERY)

Make sure your prospective client would want to keep your business card on their table rather than in their pocket by giving the gift of green with your contact information! The “Another Bloomin’ Designer” business card by Jamie Wieck treats its recipient to an extra feature you do not expect … [More]

Absinthe Lollipop - Lollyphile Puts the Green Fairy on a Stick (GALLERY)

Candy isn’t just for kids; in fact, Lollyphile’s lollipops are made with real absinthe, so you probably wouldn’t want your little ones anywhere near them.  The San Francisco company has been overwhelmed at the popularity of these anise flavored little suckers. Their mildly taboo nature makes them a… [More]

Billboards out of Bottles - Carlsberg Ad Promotes New Bottles

Carlsberg has managed to create some pretty fantastic ads; we’ve featured several on Trend Hunter, and all are ultra creative.  For their latest billboard ads in Belgium, they’ve created signs out the brand’s real beer bottles making for some ferociously green advertisement! It was created to promo… [More]

Guinness Flavored Marmite - Please Sir, May I Have Some More?

Marmite is a uniquely British thing. It’s also by definition a yeast spread (mmmm.....yummy) but popular opinion says it’s more like the gunk that gets pulled out of your tub drain after you have it roto-rooted. A slippery, sludgy, yeasty edible-spread that now comes in Guinness beer flavor. Can’t y… [More]

Glow-in-the-Dark Animals - Fluorescent Green Pigs (UPDATE) (VIDEO)

If glowing cats and fish weren’t enough for you, what about a set of glowing pigs? Yes, we’ve seen them before, but these green glow-in-the-dark pigs are said to be the best bred by the Taiwanese researchers to date.  “A fluorescent green Chinese pig has given birth to two piglets which share their… [More]

Biodiesel Jet - Green Flight International Takes Off

The world’s first biodiesel jet made its innaugural flight, taking off from the Reno airport just last week. As fuel prices soar, the aviation industry has been pushing towards more efficient engines… the concept of using biodiesel advances that effort dramatically. The jet was an old Czechoslov… [More]

Glowing Green Hair and Body Gel (Update) - Voltage iGlow (VIDEO)

iGlow hair gel creates its own light source, letting it flow in total darkness, indoors or out, for four to six hours. The gel is entirely self illuminating, requiring no charging or UV, black light or other light source.  Before iGlow, the only glow-in-the-dark products were glow sticks (toxic and… [More]

Caffeinated Green Body Wash - ‘Shower Shock’ Wakes You Up

Many people need caffeine in coffee to wake them up in the morning, but if you don’t have time why don’t you try Shower Shock Body Wash?
With the glowing green color and the citrus scent, Shower Shock is added with caffeine. Just rubbing the gel all over you body, caffeine will seep into your p… [More]

Green Rock - Connecting Musicians, Fans and the Environment

The global warming alert has reached the rock industry. Non-profit organizations like REVERB are raising awareness and supporting environmental causes using the powerful connection between rock stars and their fans. “Their approach is dual-pronged:  educating, inspiring and activating music fans wh… [More]

Green Sex Lives - How Eco are You?

From bamboo bedsheets to eco-undies, there’s lots you can do to green your sex life and reduce your ecological footprint, even if you do stay in bed! There are lots of environmentally-friendly choices from organic massage oils to natural aphrodisiacs - all ways to have fun and stay green while you … [More]

Green Tabasco by the Gallon

Oh my!  The perfect addition to every cool kitchen has arrived.  It’s a giant green jug of Green Tabasco Sauce. [More]

Uranium Green Glassware

Uranium Glass, also known as ‘vaseline glass.’ is colored yellow to yellow green by uranium content.  Expose the glass to UV light, and it’ll glow.  The glass was produced in the 50s before the radioactive properties were fully understood.  Get it while it’s hot! [More]

Rentable Green Gardens

Rent-a-Garden is a Dutch company that will give you a quick fix of green to makeover your terrace or yard.  You can rent sculptures, potted plants, or a whole theme.  Typical rentals last for 3 months, just enough for the gardening season (well… okay, maybe 3 months is gardening season here in Can… [More]

Tea Time With A Green Lamborghini (GALLERY)

The display outside of the William Ashley store in downtown Toronto features a bright green Lamborghini Gallardo balanced on top of four teacups. The display is to promote a contest for a 20 piece set of fine China, in fact the very same China that is supporting the 3,153-lb. vehicle. They had to ho… [More]

Green Walls - Vertical Gardens

Why go outside when you can enjoy your lawn in the comfort of your own home.  Invented by Indoor Landscaping, Permanent green walls are vertical gardens that can be individually designed to suit your taste.  The innovative concept also provides you with automatic air conditioning, air cleaning, a so… [More]

Green Tea Kit Kat in Japan

With Green Tea linked to weight loss and all things good, you may want to take a break with a Green Tea Kit Kat bar.  If that’s not tasty enough, there are dozens of other Kit Kat flavours you never knew about.  See more flavours at the Wikipedia link, along with some Kit Kat history and trivia:
A K… [More]

Bonus: What’s Ireland without beer?

Top 20 Alcohol, Beer and Wine Trends in 2007 (GALLERY)

These were the 20 most popular Alcohol, Beer and Wine Trends in 2007, based on our traffic statistics.  If you have a something you’d like to submit to our ‘Alcohol, Beer and Wine Trends’ category, you should Join FREE and start building a Trend Hunter portfolio. If you’re looking for more research… [More]