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.
The new campaign from PETA released yesterday brings Lea Michelle “Gleen” as the star of the movement against horse drawn carriages, Buck Cruelty. These attractions aren’t good for public or animal safety, and have resulted in both people and horses getting injured.
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.
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.
Based in Netherlands (and now some other countries) the Greengraffiti is “an environmentally friendly form of outdoor advertising with a clear message; clean is green.” With the help of a template and a high pressure water sprayer an advertising message is cleaned out of the dirt. The result is a high impact message and a cleaner street, as you can see in the pics.
Synthetic trees are being developed at the Columbia University. The promise of the project is make trees wich soaks carbon up 1000 times faster than real trees. Besides the amazing song from Radiohead, i must say I rather natural trees… But, let’s wait and see.
