Eco
A different type, the Moss Table. The Moss pots on the table are used to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. The table is an innovative to demonstrate the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV). This would be a nice and sustainable idea for in a hotel.
- Spotted: Inhabitat
- Website: Bio Photo Voltaics
- Spotted: Bommel Conserven
- Website: De Streekmarkt
Do you have a Scrabble game sitting around that's missing more than one letter tile? Recycle those Scrabble tiles and make clever and quirky coasters! Click for the list of supplies and how to create these coasters.
- Spotted: Pinterest
- Website: Crafting a green world
Ben & Jerry's are looking for young entrepreneurs with briliant, sustainable ideas. With the game 'Join Our Core', the best idea wins $ 10,000! The game is called after their new ice-range The Core and the game is played in a few countries.
- Spotted: Molblog
- Website: Join Our Core
Guest speaker at the Battle of the Cheetahs , Oogst 1000 Wonderland is a design for a self-sufficient farm, restaurant, hotel and amusement park for 1,000 people per day. Food for the restaurant comes from the central structure and directly adjacent fields. They combine fun with usefulness. Hotel guests are also the farmers, when you work, you can stay for free. Oogst 1000 does also has the worlds first toilets that are linked to a bio-gas energy system and were you actually get paid € 0.50 per visit.
Swedish student Lena Louise Meyer designed a table on which vegetables grow. The Sprout Table combines traditional craft with a modern design, is eco-friendly and brings enviromental growth in your house.
The Swedish-American company Plantagon placed its first shovel into the ground in Linkoping (Sweden). A few years ago they already had plans to post greenhouses in large cities. Watch the video.
Penquin Hug neck bands is a collar that works cooling through the basis of evaporative cooling from micro-crystals. The collars are environmentally friendly and reusable.
- Spotted: Coolbussines ideas
- Website: Penquin Hug
British design studio Black+Blum designed a bottle that filters tap water, Eau Good. The design is based on an old Japanese filter system with the help of carbon filters. These filters reduce chlorine and chemicals and add minerals to the water to keep the pH balanced. The active carbon filter lasts up to 6 months.
- Spotted: Treehugger
- Website: Black+Blum
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Laser cut seaweed
This laser cut seaweed is developed by international ad agency I&S BBDO for the umino laser seaweed shop. There are 5 designs: 'sakura' ('cherry blossoms'), 'mizutama' ('water drops'), 'asanoha' ('hemp'), 'kikkou' ('turtle shell') and 'kumikkou' ('tortoise shell'). Based on the elements of the Japanese history and Japanese symbols.
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