Inhabitat: Providing food and shelter to victims of a natural disaster is one of the first priorities for emergency services, but the process can often generate a lot of unnecessary waste. To help tackle this problem, UNICEF has developed an amazing reusable LEGO-inspired brick that doubles as a food storage container and a building material, addressing multiple needs in one […]
Life Saving Lego Bricks
World’s Greenest Coffee Cup
TrendHunter: Eco-friendly dishware is becoming more and more prevalent in modern societies, yet Repurpose Compostables has managed to bring their green product to Bed Bath & Beyond, giving it a mainstream audience that similar products have yet to gain. Touted to have created the “world’s greenest coffee cup,” Repurpose Compostables focuses on plant-based mugs that are not only non-toxic, but […]
Surprises on Do Good Bus
Springwise: Each trip on the Do Good Bus is different, and volunteers never know ahead of time where they’ll be going or what they’ll be doing. The organizers explain: “Everyone likes a little mystery, right? We keep our rides a secret to add an element of fun, but also to avoid any pre-conceived ideas or opinions about the cause our […]
Eco Pipe Hotels
Springwise: Combining the concept of pod-like hotel rooms, with the growing trend of eco-responsible tourism and the use of waste materials for construction, architects T3arc have created the 20 room Tubohotel made from recycled concrete pipes. Inspired by dasparkhotel which opened in Germany in 2006, T3arc have extended the concept by stacking pipes to form two mini pyramids with ladders […]
Changing Hands
Springwise: The initiative plans to create an online directory whereby any business in the district, from restaurants to offices, can post their unwanted but usable equipment, computers, furniture and books. Other local businesses in the market for such items can then search the directory and offer to take the items off their original owners’ hands. Not only does the environment […]
Whirligro Vertical Planting
The Whirligro is an exciting new product for growing plants in a vertical manner, suitable for people with small gardens or mobility restrictions. It is made up from individual growing tubes, each one holding 3 plants. Each Whirligro holds 10 tubes, spiralling around a central post…that’s 30 plants in an area under 1m by 1m. Each plant grows through a […]
Financially & Environmentally “Friendly” FUELmaster
The future of lower heating bills has arrived. Hot water and central heating costs are unavoidable and becoming increasingly expensive but they can easily be managed keeping the size of your bills to the bare minimum. FUELmaster could provide the answer. There are many ways to achieve lower fuel bills which range from changing your fuel supplier to the installation […]
CitySoil Complementary to Green Roof
CitySoil™ was born as a result of years of research by leading soil scientists and green roof professionals in collaboration with universities, research institutes and partner companies. The majority of CitySoil™ is inorganic component – extremely light weight, but wind resistant, that will not degrade or decompose over time with high porosity and permeability and ultimate balance of nutrition, water […]
The N-spired Story: The Interactive T-shirt
The N-spired Story: Writing the book of the world one interactive t-shirt at a time! from The N-spired Story on Vimeo. The N-spired Story is the first ever book printed on interactive t-shirts that tells a story and performs a social act. Using image recognition and augmented reality technology, just download the free app Junaio, point the mobile phone at […]
Living Walls Architecture
TriplePundit: City dwellers who spend their daily lives surrounded by a concrete and steel jungle often yearn for something that resembles nature and can bring them back to earth amidst their urban environment. This is where Habitat Horticulture Living Walls + Design decided to step in. The landscape architecture company’s core belief is that “plants provide essential nourishment and vitality […]