360 Degrees of Green Pod Chariot
Four wheels, chariot stance driving position, and no regrets. That’s what’s up. Alexei Mikhailov has a green pod of goodness here for us, the future-world…
Sustainable Design
A Radio For Treehuggers
It’s a wooden log and a radio. That ain’t all folks. It’s also solar powered and if Mr. Sunshine isn’t happy that day, there’s a…
AC On The Blind
Blinds on the windows do nothing but hang out there and shade the room from the sun. Say if we were to add functionality to…
25 Homeopathic Years of Brita
Designer Julien Hadley had the task of branding a gesture marking 25 years of Brita water filters. Hadley chose the phrase “We’ve Got a Plan”…
Raking Up Some Fun
Fall’s almost here and the lawn looks pretty dandy with all the leaves falling. I don’t break a sweat coz it’s not my part of…
Every Skyscraper Capped with Grass
Design group Kalomix, from Hong Kong, have come up with a rather green concept, if you will. It’s grass. It’s so green, it’s got it…
Free Me, Oh My Green Table!
Look at this lovely table you see here, then let me introduce you to the plants it’s got growing on it. Tillandsias, also known as…
Only Label Power Works Here
Upgrading a redundant cellphone means adding to the pile of toxic trash that accumulates all around the world. The Label With Green is a concept…
Steamy Dishes
Dishwashing techniques are undergoing massive consideration for two factors, one the size and placement of the dishwashers and two, the consumption of energy and water….
Someone Shaved My Seat Tonight
I was looking at this project and thought, wowie! That’s cute! It’s a stool made of birdseed, I wonder what happens when the birds get…
Enjoy the Arc
The beautiful Arc is a shower system that transcends from the normal “shower mode” to the “energy-saving mode”, effortlessly. In the eco avatar, it recycles…
Coffee Cup Plant
Y in Cup is a project that has good intentions. It wants you to re-use your disposable coffee cup (yes the Starbucks variety) to grow…
Total Beach Bum!
I have a confession; I’m a total lost cause when it comes to recharging my phone, iPod and camera. Three gadgets I can’t leave my…
Bottling Water With A Surprise
Did you know 77% of the world’s plastic bottles end up in landfills? That amounts to tens of metric tons of waste every year. If…
Decorating The Roof
Our roofs are oft left neglected coz most of us don’t have green thumbs to transform them into roof gardens. If the inclination is there,…
Compost Dustbin?
Here’s the thing, you know you have to recycle waste, and many of us go through the motions, but there’s a percentage that finds excuses…