Mind your foodmiles!
6-8-2010
Food often travels long distances before it ends up on your plate, while there are so many local amenities. The ‘Healthy Town’ campaign makes people aware of this, by organizing festivals in cities. At these festivals they prepare meals for all visitors using only local products.
Eco-friendly dining on the water
3-8-2010
At the False Creek Yacht Club in Vancouver it is now possible to dine in socialy responsible way on the water. The boat floats on 16.72 plastic 2 liter bottles. The main purposel is to make people aware of the amount of plastic floating in the ocean. Every evening, a 6-course organic menu is prepared by C Catering.
Foldable waterbottle
2-8-2010
Are empty water bottles uncomfortable to carry around? The Vapur is the solution. The flexible water bottle can be rolled up or folded when empty. The vapur can be used several times.
With a little help from your friends
31-7-2010
The 20th of July it was friendship-day in Argentina (Dia del Amigo). For the occasion, Coca-Cola designed a giant vendingmachine. The slot for the coins was placed 2 meters high. This required some help of friends to reach the slot.
Edible Jelloware glasses
29-7-2010
These Jelloware glasses are an nice substitute for plastic cups. The cups, made of gelatine, are edible after use and available in several flavors.
Worlds strongest beer…for now
29-7-2010
The Scottish brewer Brewdog designed these bottles of beer, which cost € 580,= and contain 55% alcohol. The bottle is wrapped in dead squirrels or stoats. Although the brewery says only ‘roadkills’ are used, it’s a pretty controversial packaging.
Last minute dining
28-7-2010
Through www.lastminutedining.nl you make a restaurant reservation at the last moment. Guests do receive a code for a 20%-discount from the bill.
Eco-friendly picnic
25-7-2010
This picknic box, including cutlery, plates, cups and other supplies, designed by Boxsal, is completely recyclable and biodegradable.
Noce, cold watermelon
24-7-2010
With the watermelon-cooler, designed by Joybond, you can eat your watermelon at any temperature. This cooler is perfect for a picknick, or to sell slices of watermelon on the beach.
German highway turns into picnic place
24-7-2010
To promote the Ruhr area in Germany, the A40 highway was closed for 60 kilometers. The highway became a picknick place. Over 3 million people gathered on the highway.