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CandLEDs - Good Night Eileen
It seems even with the modern LED light technology, designers just cannot let go of old designs. Good Night Eileen by Christine Birkhoven is based on the archaic hand-lamp, which was used for illumination moving from one room to another at home in the dark.
The lamp uses LED technology which allows low electricity consumption. Electricity is transferred between the lamp and its base via magnetic induction with no visible connection. According to the designer, "the ceramic material plays an impo…
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We've seen some creative master thesis ideas, but Matthijs Vogels' Cradle-to-Cradle project nears the top of my favourites list. Fed up with the vast amount of food people waste, Vogels created SPROUT, a small-scale restaurant concept that recycles absolutely everything not consumed.
In has attemp…
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Plates Made of Coffee Grounds - SPROUT Zero-Waste Restaurant (GALLERY)
Designer Jinhong Lin has come up with a simple way to create an eco-friendly coach hanger out of bamboo, perfect for those into the eco-chic movement.
Bamboo is quickly becoming one of the top environmentally-friendly resources in design and fashion. In addition to being cost-efficient, bamboo is …
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Bamboo Closets - Split Hanger (GALLERY)
Want to have a glimpse of what our world would be like if frogs were to become extinct? Well, judging by the new ad campaign from Vancouver Aquarium, you will have an outbreak of bugs and insects everywhere, and that includes inside your kitchen, bathroom and your living room.
According to the Vanc…
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Animal Extinction Awareness Ads - Frogs Forever at Vancouver Aquarium (GALLERY)
True to the country's green nature, Canada's official Olympic 2008 clothing line will be an environmentally-friendly one. In addition to having Canada's patriotic red and white colours, the fashion line is laced with hints of forest green.
The fashion line, which was unveiled at a Toronto fashion …
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Eco-Friendly Olympic Fashion - Canadian Teams Go Green (VIDEO)
We've featured green walls, inside and out, even green roofs, green dog houses and living interior designs. Etro, always on the cutting edge of style, realized the popularity of covering surfaces in live vegetation and produced an edible runway at the Fall 2008 men's show.
The catwalk was decorate…
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Edible Runways - Etro's Farm Fresh Fashion (VIDEO)
One man's trash is another man's treasure! We've all heard that saying, right? Well, a new T-shirt business is putting this quote to the test. Re-Shirt.net is an online company that takes people's old shirts (and by take, I mean through donation) and sells the shirts along with the former owners "st…
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Recycled Fashion + Stories - Re-Shirt
If you're the type of person that likes to spend ages in the shower, you definitely need this device to keep your water consumption in check.
The Aperture shower head keeps track of the volume of water you use while showering. The designers hope users will take note of the huge amounts of water th…
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Water Conservation Gadgets - Aperture Shower Head
The Greenpix Zero Energy Media LED Wall in Beijing was created by Simone Giostra & Partners and Arup and can be seen in the gallery. The gigantic LED wall, which is near the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and which is set to go live sometime this month, will display videos of art-related ev…
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Giant Eco-Friendly LED Displays - Beijing Greenpix Zero Energy Wall (GALLERY)
Imagine going to the seafood section of your grocery store to pick up shrimp or squid only to be faced with a package that looks like seafood but is actually purely garbage.
This is exactly what this brilliant Surfrider guerrilla campaign did to raise awareness for the need to keep our oceans clean…
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Garbage Seafood II - Guerrilla Campaign Packages Garbage as Seafood (GALLERY)
Who says environmentally responsible fashion cannot be hip, daring, and ultra sexy?
The recent annual Project Earth Day runway show and fashion design competition proved you can be green while looking extra hot.
The gallery shows a sample of the sustainable style paraded down the eco-friendly ru…
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Green Fashion Shows - Project Earth Day Green Runway (GALLERY)
Concierge magazine released a list of the 10 most environmentally endangered locations to visit.
"Isn't it ironic that as it gets easier to travel around the world, there are fewer amazing things to see?" the magazine asks.
The Taj Mahal’s beautiful exterior is suffering possibly irreparable …
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Environmentally Endangered Tourism - Places to Visit While You Can (GALLERY)
Animal Planet has released an awareness campaign in which cartoon animals offer viewers lessons on how to save the planet. There are six hilarious, short clips on their website, teaching things like how eating a healthy diet actually reduces green house gases as well as a range of other ways to help…
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Four Legged Eco Teachers - Animals Planet Green Lessons (VIDEO)
The Hy-Bird, a hydrogen-powered electric airplane that gets 10% of its power through solar-cells, is made of super-lightweight (and expensive) carbon fibre. The French company behind it, Lisa Airplanes, states that the power system will allow the plane to circumnavigate the globe in 3,000 km stages.…
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Round-the-World Green Flights - Solar-Cell Hy-Bird (GALLERY)
The Tour de France lounge chair, complete with flaming tires, horn and a handlebar base is any cyclist’s dream. It actually looks comfortable with black padded seat and back on spoked rims. This cool chair, made from recycled and new bike parts, would look fantastic in a sports-themed bar. Can’…
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