(TrendHunter.com) With new phone models and fads popping up each few months, people do not hold onto their phones as long as they used to. And let’s be honest, not everyone is motivated enough to recycle their old phone. That is why this innovative plan by The Greener Grass is so impressive.
Inspired by their recent…
(TrendHunter.com) PickupPal is a really cool service that extends from online to real life connections where people can help each other out. You benefit from it by either getting a cheap ride, or getting paid to drive others somewhere.
PickupPal is “A global eco-friendly transportation revolution that connects driv…
(TrendHunter.com) British designer Sir Norman Foster has revealed his designs for the Green Tower, a new ecological tower in Khanty Mansyisk, Siberia.
The tower design takes the local weather and nature of Siberia into account. The 280- meter tower centers around a south-facing atrium to maximize daylight and solar …
(TrendHunter.com) This product aims to give men heart attacks!
When I was watching the commercial the first time, I thought it must be just a story line. I have seen ads like that before, you wake up in the morning after scoring with what you consider a pretty hot chick to find her peeing in the bathroom while stand…
(TrendHunter.com) These are lamps made out of different kinds of recycled bottles and chains. There are soda bottles, milk bottles and plastic bottles. Some of these designs are simple enough and are DIY (Do It Yourself) such as the collection of the 5 clear soda bottles which is the next to last photo. This arrange…
(TrendHunter.com) Architect Shigeru Ban designed the Tea House which was made from paper-based building materials. It was designed to show how materials can be recycled and reused using low-tech construction, ideal for temporary housing for situations like disaster relief.
They also quipped about the house being pe…
(TrendHunter.com) Mother Earth Care-Toons are a series of illustrations by Jane Wagner with a message on the environment. They’re quirky, cheeky and very clever!
The text below an illustration of bears says, “Don’t say anything to Gore — but if you ask me, An Inconvenient Truth it’s a f — kin’ understatement.”
A…
(TrendHunter.com) The concept behind this Dynamo Green keyboard is that it will help lower your monthly electricity bill. But the catch is that you have to keep typing. When you type, you’re harnessing the power of kinetic energy with which to power the computer thereby enabling you to save energy. That’s the premise…
(TrendHunter.com) The Oulu Bar & EcoLounge in Williamsburg is Brooklyn’s first living wall installation. In addition to vastly improving the looks of the bar (see before picture), the vertical greenery installment makes a very loud environmental statement to all passersby. We can all help by incorporating environment…
(TrendHunter.com) The first container building in the U.S. is planned for downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The development was designed by Adam Kalkin and will be called city Center Lofts. The ultra-modern totally green condo building will have eight units and an art gallery on the ground floor. It will be built with …
(TrendHunter.com) Imagine: You’re extremely committed to stopping global warming, and you want to rest of the world to help you. You have a $300 billion budget. Your name is Al Gore.
Gore’s latest step to showing his pledge to stop climate change comes in the form of a $300 billion ad campaign, the first part of wh…
(TrendHunter.com) This home furniture was created with waste wood that was grabbed, so to speak, by two guys, Bart Bettencourt and Carlos Salgado, who turned it into really nice pieces of work.
Bettencourt and Salgado, whose shop called Scrapile is located in Brooklyn NY, have developed a unique method of collectin…
(TrendHunter.com) To give electric cars a jolt, Project Better Place proposes a plan like the cell phone launch.
Their idea is to heavily subsidize the cost of the equipment, and charge only for the service. In this case, the car might be free, if you agree to buy the battery and recharge at specified vendor locati…
(TrendHunter.com) The Flower Filament by designer Ha-Na Yeom combines nature with technology. The Flower Filament lights up only if there is a flower in it but the flower also acts as the switch to light up the hollowed out, light-bulb like design. I’m kinda slow right now so it took me a while to comprehend the conc…
(TrendHunter.com) Kate Hudson is widely known for her natural ways, from her boho style of dressing to the environmental causes she supports. Most recently she’s supported WildAid in a project which saw her team with her long time hair stylist, David Babaii, to launch an eco-friendly haircare line.
Hudson will don…
(TrendHunter.com) What happens to the smashed windshields after a drinking and driving incident render a car in shambles? Well, one company recycles them into beer glasses!
Ok, ok, so it’s not that ironic. The Recycled Windshield Glasses don’t only use glass from DUI cases, but I’m sure some of the recycled windshie…
(TrendHunter.com) There are several vertical farms proposed from major cities around the world. We’ve already told you about the one being built in Las Vegas, now here’s one that’s been proposed for Toronto.
SKYFarm, is being developed by architect Gordon Graff. It will be a 58 floor skyscraper that will blend into…
(TrendHunter.com) The “Clean Technology Tower” was designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill. This tower would be built in Chicago, Illinois as an energy-efficient structure with a focus on wind turbines. I know nothing about wind-generated energy. All I know is that harnessing the wind is one of the cleanest, most su…
(TrendHunter.com) Eco-luxury doesn’t just apply to fashion or home decor anymore, it represents a lifestyle, and for a lot of people, lifestyle includes alcohol. 360 Vodka is claiming to be the “World’s First Eco-Luxury Vodka.”
After shot three, I don’t think anyone will know the difference of what they’re sipping, …
(TrendHunter.com) This, the world’s largest chandelier, was made by the Meyda Tiffany chandelier company and it now adorns the Stanley theater in Utica New York. This chandelier uses 1120 watts of electricity and 328 LEDs (light emitting diode) manufactured by Philips Luxeon. The chandelier consumes about 1,120 watts…
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