First biological fastfood restaurant in the Netherlands

14-3-2011

On Saturday 12 March, the first hundred percent biological fastfood restaurant ‘eat2Be’  in Holland  has openend its doors. Eat2Be is a new concept with a menu that only offers biological products. It’s tasty, fast and responsible food in a modern and clean environment. Having a meal at eat2Be is good for yourself, good for the animals and good for the global environment.

 

Eco Can

8-3-2011

As we all know, plastic bottles and cans are incredibly unfriendly to the environment. At least you can now get your fix with the Eco Can. Eco Can is made of a biodegradable material called PLA and is totally reusable. They are double-wall insulated to keep cold drinks cold and hot drinks hot. The Eco Can is also microwave- and dishwasher-friendly.

Save the planet one beer at the time

4-3-2011

Purpose Energy is an energy company disposed of breweries. During this process, a large amount of methane they again for the brewery’s energy needs and thereby reduce emissions of the brewery.

First appartment heated by solar thermal energy

4-3-2011

This apartment building in Upper Castle, Switzerland is the world’s first to be heated exclusively by solar thermal energy. The roof produces twice the heat of what the building needs and will serve as a model for future projects.

 

More vertical gardens

24-2-2011

Bring nature into your home Earlier this year a three-storey vertical garden was realized in Spain, making it the largest in the country. This indoor garden not only brightens up the office, but also filters the air and extracts pollutants.

Green Beer from Copenhagen

22-2-2011

Global Ale beer by the Nørrebro brewery in Copenhagen is the first eco-friendly brewed beer. The restaurant, also part of the brewery, serves several ‘green’ dishes to accompany the beer.

Wine store made of 1.500 wine boxes

21-2-2011

This wine shop is made from 1.500 wine boxes. The classy Albert Reichmuth store in Zurich Switzerland, is perhaps the greenest wine shop in the world with all its recycled ‘waste’. Created by design agency OOS.

The easiest way to grow your own

18-2-2011

This’ BTTR Gourmet Garden is an all in one package which you only have to place in a little sunlight. The only thing required is that the box is sprayed 2x a day, this spray is included in the package and costs $ 19.95.

Drink responsible

18-2-2011

The Bottle is a smart arlternative for plastic bottles. Water you drink from this bottle is purified by an ingenious carbonfilter. Through this filter chlorine, lime and organic bacteria will disappear from the water. The Bobble is available at  € 11.95 at  the Bijenkorf and Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.

Grow your own

17-2-2011

A British art student, Ben Huttly, designed vetgetable packaging that is 100% biodegradable. By laser cutting the labels you avoid using polluting ink and it is also is also filled with seeds so the buyer can harvest his own vegetables.

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