100 % LED lights at lounge bar

11-6-2012

The ‘Rede van Dronten’ currently holds the 45th position of the Dutch café top 100. One of it’s areas has recently been renovated and transformed into ‘loungebar Tokyo’. The lights in this bar are 100% LED lights. As a result there is a significant drop in power and air-conditioning costs.

Sable fish

11-6-2012

The Sablefisch (Anoplopomatidae in Latin) or Black Cod is recently introduced in Belgium at the European Seafood Exposition. Interesting blog, about this fish, by Nick Trachet at Foodlog, unfortunately in Dutch.

ProefMei food event

8-6-2012

Bergen op Zoom (the Netherlands) is 800 years old and that should be celebrated! From 7 till 10 June are the ProefMei days. Here you can enjoy the local products.

Urban rooftop farming

6-6-2012

Starting today a 3000 square meter urban farm on top of the office complex Zuidpark opened in the Netherlands. This scale of urban rooftop farming is the largest in Europe.

Taste seaweed

30-5-2012

On Saturday, June 9 you can try seaweed dishes in Scheveningen (The Netherlands). This at the official herring introduction of the new season ‘Hollandse Nieuwe’.

Tres Hombres rum

29-5-2012

Tres Hombres rum stands for a combination of several passions: sailing, traditional ships, crew training, a healthy environment, good harmony and of course rum. Tres Hombres rum comes from the Caribbean, created by three friends Arjen van der Veen and Jorne Langelaan from the Netherlands and Andreas Lucker from Austria. This rum is fully emission-free transported, without any fuel or engine and therefor carries the label Fairtransport. The rum is arriving in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). Tres Hombres invites all interested people to come to the Tres Hombres ship in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), to taste their rum and chocolate. This is possible between 6 and 16 June. See the website for more information.

Eco-chic Bed & Breakfast

29-5-2012

The Cottage Lodge is an Eco-friendly Bed & Breakfast in Bruckenhurst (UK). The Bed & Breakfast feature rooms where the television is powered by a bicycle. The remainder furniture is handcrafted and made of sustainable materials.

Outta-the-door Reminder

25-5-2012

Leaving your house with stress, because you doubt if the heating is off, all lights are off and the door is locked? The Off Door Handle could help you with this problems. A small dial at the end of the handle lets users choose whether to turn off the electricity, gas, or both upon leaving. The door handle, created by designers Eun Ah Kim, Jinhyuk Rho, and Maria Rho, was a 2011 Red Dot Design award winner.

Outta-the-door Reminder

25-5-2012

Leaving your house with stress, because you doubt if the heating is off, all lights are off and the door is locked? The Off Door Handle could help you with this problems. A small dial at the end of the handle lets users choose whether to turn off the electricity, gas, or both upon leaving. The door handle, created by designers Eun Ah Kim, Jinhyuk Rho, and Maria Rho, was a 2011 Red Dot Design award winner.

The Moss Table

7-5-2012

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.

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