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Eco-centric

Nothing is off limits when it comes to greener alternatives

Implications - Recycling and composting is one thing; using poop or urine as a home garden fertilizer or alligator fat to fuel your car is completely another. As bizarre and eccentric as some new sustainable solutions may seem, they are becoming more prevalent in the world of eco. Now, green-minded consumers are beginning to recognize that committing to a green lifestyle means the embrace of eco alternatives they would have never before even considered.
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Alternatives - Green-minded consumers are embracing eco alternatives they would have never before considered.
2. Biodegradable Materials - Designers like Karin Auran Frankenstein are focusing on creating biodegradable furniture and home decor using new sustainable solutions.
3. Adaptive Re-use - Architects and designers are utilizing disused spaces like sewage treatment plants to create eco-friendly apartments and homes.
Industry Implications
1. Furniture Design - Opportunities for furniture designers to utilize biodegradable materials like animal waste, potato flour, chalk and water in creating sustainable furniture collections.
2. Food Production - Manufacturers could use innovative solutions like the production of artificial meat from human feces to stray away from the livestock industry and lower their carbon emissions.
3. Automotive Industry - Researchers are finding new ways to create efficient car fuels from sustainable and plentiful resources like alligator fat to combat the issues of pollution and scarcity of resources.
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Featured Examples

Hairy Sun Shields
Hairy Sun Shields
Studio Swine's Human Hair Glasses are Ideal for Eco-Friendly Fashionistas
Royal College of Art alums Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine have teamed up to create a collection of human hair glasses. The glasses are made entirely out of human hair and natural resin… MORE
Plant-Feeding Urinals
Plant-Feeding Urinals
'When Nature Calls' Lets You Grow Greenery With Your Urine
'When Nature Calls' is a conceptual design for a men's urinal that lets you do your business and help plants grow at the same time. Designed by Eddie Gandelman, 'When Nature Calls' has four urinals ringed… MORE
play_circle_filled Poop Burgers
Poop Burgers
Japanese Researcher Mitsyuki Ikeda Creates Artificial Meat From Human Feces
Japanese scientist Mitsyuki Ikeda thinks he has a solution to the environmental consequences posed by the livestock industry with his poop burgers. These artificial meat patties are made from actual human… MORE
Cow Dung Furniture
Cow Dung Furniture
Karin Auran Frankenstein Creates a Biodegradable Collection
Although it might seem a little icky to have cow dung furniture in one's home, Swedish designer Karin Auran Frankenstein's creations are not only intriguing to look at, they are also super eco-friendly--enough… MORE
Contaminated Cribs
Contaminated Cribs
Architect Firm Dick van Gameren Converts a Sewage Plant into a Home
Bearing the shape, but hopefully not the smell of its former design, this post-modern apartment used to be a defunct sewage treatment planet before the architects at Dutch firm Dick van Gameren got ahold… MORE
Car-Fueling Reptiles
Car-Fueling Reptiles
You Could Be Filling Your Vehicle with Alligator Fat Soon
Although biodiesel fuel is a relatively new invention, it's allowed researchers to distill almost any plant or animal's excess lard into a powerful motor oil, including alligator fat. Engineers in Louisiana… MORE

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