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.
SODIS Solar Water Desinfection Method
16-2-2011
It sounds too good to be true, simply fill plastic bottles with water and UV-A rays kill all viruses, bacteria and parasites, known as SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection method). Problem is that it cann’t be checked if the water is really clean. Students of the University of Washington now developed the PotaVida, an electronic sensor that can determine if the water is clean or not.
What happens when? project
11-2-2011
A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.
Carrotmob
5-2-2011
Carrotmob is a group of activists that buy goods of a company to reward them for socially responsible change. Often the changes are of environmentally-friendly, such as energy-efficiency upgrades.
Machine to recycle office paper in toiletpaper
5-2-2011
The Japanese company Oriental has developed the White Goat, a machine that directly recycles office paper into toiletpaper.
Strawberry academy
17-1-2011
Home grown strawberries are the very best. Therefore the Dutch, “Lambada” strrawbaerry farmer Jan Robben organizes the first Strawberrie Academy on April 2. People can buy their own strawberry plants, to take home and grow their own strawberries at home.
Ark Hotel
12-1-2011
The Ark Hotel by Remistudio is an eco-friendly design for a hotel that is resistant to weather and completely self-sufficient. Wind turbines and solar panels provide energy, and rainwater is collected for use in the hotel.
A soap grater
10-1-2011
Designer Nathalie Staempfli made these two soap graters. One to put on the wall, one to use under the shower. This allows you to be more frugal with your soap.
Keykeg, the bag-in-ball principle
10-1-2011
KeyKeg works according toe the bag-in-ball principle. Because of that, no CO2 comes in contact with the beer or wine. It also reduces foam and sputter. The Keg is easy to handle, lightweight and environmentally friendly to dispose.