A new light fixture from Panasonic called the ‘Auto-Eco Light-Control Twin Pa’ is equipped with a sensor to detect ambient light and the capability to automatically adjust its brightness accordingly.

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Ever wonder how to clean that white keyboard? Before long, dust, bits of food, and tiny hairs find their way between the keys—not to mention the drops of coffee that stain the keys themselves. Is anything…

Young Charlie Sobcov, an eighth-grader from Ottawa, loves birds. He learned that up to 500 million birds in North America die each year from flying into windows and wanted to find a way to prevent those…

The images on these pages can be colored using the online tools and then saved in a gallery that you create. You can also print or send them to others.

There are 192 colors and several hundred images…

These beautiful bathroom objects like washbasins and soap cookies are a creative and new use of cork, a traditional Portuguese material. Simple Forms Design, a Portuguese design company, reinvented this…

Step aside, evoo, and make room for egoo—extra green olive oil. In a world that has grown increasingly eco-conscious, it’s no surprise that businesses are beginning to reevaluate their emissions. Italian…

Taking the car out of your caravan is now possible via the COLIM concept, which stands for Colors of Life in Motion. It makes no sense to use a monster truck to haul your living space and have to also…

It’s places like the island of Bonaire that make me think that my pristine paradise is out there somewhere. This island within the Netherlands Antilles will be the first in the Caribbean to run on 100%…

The new challenge in architecture is incorporating sustainability in designs, a challenge met with praise by the international firm Graft Architects and their unique “Bird Island” Project. Developed for…

I’m dreaming of sitting in my SKY chair in spring, looking out at the scenery, sandwich in hand… the economical version of a Dinner in the Sky adventure (see related trends.)

SKY Chair is a family-owned…

Canadian $1 coins, called “loonies,” have become the target of an ingenious anti-oil tanker campaign by the Dogwood Initiative. The environmental organization based in Victoria, British Columbia is distributing…

Amy Nugent is a Vancouver-based jewelry artisan whose prime medium for her ‘Roadquill’ line is the porcupine quills she personally collects from the roadkill on area highways.

Yep, roadkill. Talk about…

Crafted with the most common of materials, paper, these magnificent creations and innovative ideas on chairs, sofas and benches, are the envy of design pioneers. Increasingly more artists experiment with…

Global financial crisis, global warming, life savings disappearing, food shortages and the like are all starting to take their toll on more people. And guess what? They’re walking.

Increasing numbers…