If you’ve ever wanted to start composting at home but got put off by the hassle and the smell, the Sepura could be the sustainable solution you’ve been looking for. Unveiled for the first time at Las Vegas CES 2020, Sepura is an eco-friendly alternative to the traditional garbage disposal system that can be easily installed beneath almost any sink […]
Sepura Makes Home Composting Easier Than Ever
Flowering Rooftop With Human Waste
Latvian design and build workshop Zeltini has made answering the call of nature into an environmental statement with the “Temple of Poop,” a timber outhouse that composts human waste into fertilizer for a rooftop garden. Built on the designer’s property in Latvia, the project celebrates “humanure” while simultaneously raising awareness of the benefits of human waste compost as a potential […]
Hotel Focusing On Water Recycling
For the Hôtel Métropole exhibition at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Parisian design collective ciguë recently showcased “Une chambre pour demain” (A Room for Tomorrow), an experimental redesign of a hotel room that champions water recycling. Created as a reaction against the amount of unseen excess and waste in the hospitality business, the pavilion takes the shape of a minimalist hotel […]
Sustainable House Turned From 1850s Barn
Located at the foot of UNESCO World Heritage site Alpe di Siusi in the Italian province of South Tyrol, Messner House represents adaptive reuse at its finest. The project was organized by Italian architecture firm noa* (Network of Architecture), who was adamant about respecting the surrounding area as well as the essence of the original structure that dated back to […]
Detecting Microplastics In Water
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye. That’s why Cambridge-based research and development lab Draper has teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency and design firm Sprout Studios to create the Draper Drone, a concept for an autonomous underwater vehicle that implements Draper’s portable microplastics sensor. […]
E-Bike Sporting Retro Look
Poland’s Avionics has created a limited edition e-bike for MB&F’s MAD Gallery that’s instilled with 1930s moto spirit. Like the V1 before it, the VM is a marriage of wood and metal, and comes with a 5-kW motor. Created exclusively for the Swiss watch-maker’s Mechanical Art Devices (MAD) Gallery, and limited to just 52 numbered units, the striking e-bike rocks […]
Eco-Friendly Lids
Storing leftover food can be a nightmare for both you and the environment — thanks to oversized plastic containers that take up an exorbitant amount of room in your fridge and are nearly impossible to dispose of. These Food Guard Lids eliminate both of these problems by allowing you to easily and securely add a seal to virtually any container […]
Doogee Doubles Down On Battery
Doogee’s rugged phones are known for being able to take a beating, and now the company’s newest model is designed to hold its own against that most frustrating of opponents: battery life. The Doogee N100 packs a huge 10,000-mAh battery, doubling that of previous models – and most other phones, for that matter. It’ll cost you some other specs, though. […]
Organic Burial Pods
It’s a pretty sad fact but not even dying is sustainable. Well, sure, if our bodies died and decomposed naturally, then yes, our bodies would become the Earth and biodegrade with the help of natural elements, animals, and insects. But in today’s established society, dead bodies biodegrading on their own accord just isn’t feasible. That’s why death practices like burying […]
Six-Wheeled Suspension Skateboard
Although several groups have developed skateboards that “carve” like snowboards, Freebord was among the first. The San Francisco-based company’s new 5-X takes things further, with independent suspension for four of the six wheels. Yeah, that’s right – whereas most skateboards have four wheels, the Freebord 5-X has six. There are the usual two sets of polyurethane wheels in the front […]