Far Coast Coffee furniture

28-2-2010

Coca Cola’s new coffee brand “Far Coast” placed these sustainably developed seats in the Olympic Village during the Olympics, to promote the new coffee brand. The chairs are made so that they can easliy be combined to multiple seats. 

Green street lampposts

27-2-2010

Tak studio has designed a ‘road lamppost-and-windturbin-in-one’. By catching the wind and airflow caused by the cars speeding by, energy is generated. This energy causes the street lighting to turn on. The lampposts no longer need to be connected to the powernetwork.

Air purifying LED-lightbulbs

22-2-2010

This new LED lamp is economical, environmentally friendly and purifies the air. Dust, smoke and dust mites are all absorbed by the lamp.

Floating office

20-2-2010

In The Netherlands it’s not uncommon to live on water. The British company Space Water may even have based there H2Office on it . This floating office is suitable for two people, and can be placed in most ports. This creates opportunities for ports that are just not deep enough for most boats.

Environmental friendly outdoor showers

17-2-2010

These modern outdoor showers heat water by using solar energy. The only thing needed is a water pipe and the shower provides hot water.

Watching the sunset from a container

17-2-2010

In South Korea they made an observation-point from old shipping containers to enjoy the sunset. Another creative way to use old containers.

Domino’s Pizza switches to electric scooters

15-2-2010

After a successful trial in Rotterdam, Domino’s pizza only wants to use electric scooters for pizza delivery within two years. The scooters are less polluting and more quite. The only problem now is that the battery runs-out rather quickly.

Tea house heated by compost

11-2-2010

Architects in Tokyo have designed a compact teahouse that is heated by compost. The walls are filled with leaves that will start composting. That process creates a heat of about 48 degrees Celsius which heats the tea house.

Elevation Burger 1st restaurant outside US

11-2-2010

The meat used of burgers of Elevation Burger is 100% USDA certified organic, 100% grass-fed and 100% free range. The fresh fries are fried in 100% olive oil. The biological burgen chain, based in Northern Virginia, has developed rapidly since 2005. They now have 17 branches. The first branch outside of America will open in Kuwait.

Glass vs plastic

10-2-2010

Yealands, a winemaker from New Zealand, produces wine in plastic bottles. These bottles are environmentally friendlier than glass bottles. The production saves 54% on CO2 and 19% on energy, compared to glass bottles. However, consumers should drink the wine within 18 months after purchase.

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