In this website Ed, sponsored by NewPage, you can be eco-educated in everything that has to do with paper, design, printing, etc. The idea is to help designers (and even anyone) to develop more eco-friendly stuff.
Originally from It’s Green Design.
Australia has lately emerged as one of the major promoter of eco-friendly brands.
Now and then, we’ve been posting many nice things from australian’s companies such as this lovely KeepCup. These takeaway coffee cups are unbreakables, pill-proof and has better heat-retaining properties than paper or glass. It comes in three universal sizes (small, medium and large) and the price varies from AU$ 10,20 to AU$ 14,20.
Plup is a Finnish independent company which donates 0,10 euros from each PLUP bottle sold, directly to the Baltic Sea Action Group. These donated funds are used in full for cleaning up the Baltic Sea. The bottles holds 400 ml (a pint, basically) also, they’re made from modified PET, a highly recyclable plastic. You can watch their videos here.
In Tokyo, the brand Filt avoids polution by re-using cooking oil to make local candles. They call themselves as ultra-local, actually. The reason is that their raw material comes from Chubby caferia that’s happy to hand over its used cooking oil to Filt, which carefully filters the oil to remove odors and sediment. After adding pigments and a vanilla scent, the filtered oil is poured into glass jars that the company collects from local recycling bins.
Candle’s prices are between JPY 2,000–3,600 (USD 20–36) and it’s easy to find and buy in boutiques and at Chubby, which also uses the candles on its own tables.
Working all together, Fiat, the city of Milan and the italian designer Fabio Novembre has developed the project ‘per fare un albero’ (create a tree). The installation sees 20 fiberglass fiat 500 C replicas become planters for different types of trees, which run along via montenapoleone. It’s on display until september 30, 2009.
From: Brainstorm #9
Here is a new line of eco-friendly shampoos, called Concept Vert: Privé. But, this post is also here to remind us what is not good to have in our daily shampoos ingredients:
- Sulfates, gluten, phalalates, DEA, TEA, mineral oil, paraffin, PABA, paraben, or artificial coloring.
Concept Vert has its bottles feature patented air powered technology that equates to twice the washing and conditioning in reusable bottles. The products are designed to be recycled as well as being refilled and reused via the manufacturer through the salon of purchase. In addition, they use pure organic exacts. The color safe formula is enriched with Amazon Açaí and Babassu Oil to rejuvenat, nourish and cleanse the hair.
Accordind to testimonials, Concept Vert makes your hair “softer, shinier and much more manageable”.
Pictures from www.priveproducts.com
Nissan’s electric car is set to go on sale in the US and Japan in 2010 and rest of Europe by 2012. The first plug-free car technology will make charging electric cars easier and faster. The wireless charging system is based on the concept of inductive charging, the same electromagnetic field technology used to charge an electric toothbrush. Nissan has scaled it up for use in their Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) electric car.
A recent consumer research revealed that 61% of potential electric car customers were most worried about the inconvenience of recharging: now, battery will refill to 80% of its capacity, in about 25 minutes.
Read more here.
I always liked this girl, but now, even more. In the pic, she is wearing a creation by designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. His website, by the way, really worth a little tour. The inspiration for the fashion-over-cool coat is Kermit, the lovely frog from Muppet Babies. She says: ‘I hate fur and I don’t wear fur.’ We say: your a DIVA!
The concept of Sustainable Dance Floor is an interactive floor which generates electricity through the movements of the dancing people. The energy from the movements are capted by the floor and turned into eletric power. The floor provides a unique visual experience on every energy level, from ‘loading’ and ‘average’, to the maximum level of the evening: ‘ultimate high‘!Originated in Rotterdam, the idea has expanded now to Sindney, Shangai, London and so on.
Alanis Morissette and Woody Harrelson has recently launched a line of jeans paints made with 50% recycled denim: Reco. The process for making these pants are pretty intricate. It works like that:
1) They collect piles of excess fabric that would usually get dumped into the landfill.
2) They take the fabric to a re-processing mill where it gets separated and broken down to be spun into yarn.
3) Once separated properly, the fibers are ready to be spun into quality yarn and woven into strong fabric sheets.
4) Finally, the dyeing is done with indigo to give the “blue jean” look.
*The singer and the actor are now partners for Reco.
