(TrendHunter.com) At first glance, I thought this alarm clock looked fantastic, with a funky, green floral graphic on a clear cylinder encasing what looks like an hourglass. Upon reading about it, I’m astounded that it is also environmentally friendly and promises to get the user out of bed with a good groove.
The …
(TrendHunter.com) Leave it to the Japanese to save the planet by covering concrete buildings in fake plastic. In an effort to help keep Tokyo and other cities green and ease the so-called “heat-island” problem of rising temperatures in crowded metropolitans, Japanese brewer Suntory Ltd. has created an alternative to …
(TrendHunter.com) We have seen some solar charging docks before, but they did not come cheap. For $33 you can now have a features-packed digital kit that keeps your mobile phone, media player and all your gadget juices flowing, while you are enjoying your day outdoors (away from technology and all).
The Solar Power…
(TrendHunter.com) The Thunderbolt Electric Scooter Concept by Henrik Björkman does not break new grounds when it comes to technological advances, but this sexy environment-friendly scooter has a loud and clear message for you. Down with combustible engines! The scooter’s design emphasizes a curvy hole where the engi…
(TrendHunter.com) The rise in the demand for eco-friendly products has created thriving competition between companies, all fighting to come up with the newest green innovation.
Supermarkets are major competitors as they try to offset their eco-unfriendly activities. The latest concept is by UK major supermarket cha…
(TrendHunter.com) These stylish shoes are actually the world’s first eco-friendly shoes intended for golf, allowing the wearer to wear green on the green. The Enviro shoes are made from 99% environmentally sustainable materials and look very sophisticated too.
They use chrome-free, organic vegetable-tanned leathers…
(TrendHunter.com) While looking at the March 2008 edition of Wallpaper* Magazine, my eye fell on a new ad with nudes seated on an Emeco Navy 1006: One brushed, used by Petty Officer FTG3 Tony Cost, and one polished, used by Parisienne socialite Amelia-Louise Enright.
The ad is by Wieden Kennedy, brand champion to ma…
(TrendHunter.com) Given the choice of posting another amazing white apartment (which was truly lush) and this one was indeed a hard choice but in the end it was the Quetzacoatl Nest with its playful appeal, child-like innocence and supreme textured design that one the battle. Dark forces may have had some influence i…
(TrendHunter.com) It is gratifying to see the fruit of our recycling. That cola bottle you wisely recycled might just turn up in your next purchase. GreenSmart’s $25 Laptop sleeve is made from an innovative fabric called PET, which is made from these old plastic bottles we recycle. At less than half a pound, it provi…
(TrendHunter.com) Greenpeace has stepped up, perhaps a little too high this time, as activists climbed on top of an airplane in London.
To protest climate change, four UK environmentalists rallied together, managed to breach security, and climbed on top of a Boeing aircraft at London’s Heathrow airport. They were u…
(TrendHunter.com) Richard Branson is once again a step ahead of the competition and his company Virgin Atlantic has become the first world airlines to fly a 747 jumbo jet on renewable fuel. The flight from London to Amsterdam flew on biofuel composing of the environmentally and socially sustainable oils babassu and c…
(TrendHunter.com) An underground city. It sounds like something out of The Matrix. But Architect Moshé Zwarts says, “There has always been a lack of space in the city, so what we are doing is building a city under the city by using a new construction technique, which will not interfere with street traffic” he said. …
(TrendHunter.com) It takes a minute to figure out what the abstract binary looking code is and how it is attached to the bulb–this eco lamp is made from recycled till receipts. French designer Elise Fouin has built a portfolio of obviously recycled objects–from recycled metal necklaces to lacy, snowflake like text…
(TrendHunter.com) Firewinder is an outdoor light decoration that turns in the wind due to its helix shape, regardless of wind direction. Wind speeds as low as 3 mph will start the device to spinning and the LED lights to begin glowing. The Firewinder can hang from a tree or roof, or can be mounted on a pole. All i…
(TrendHunter.com) After recent criticism from environmental groups, Apple has decided to polish its green image by offering free recycling both on-line and in stores of CPUs, iPods and mobile phones. They are accepting any brand computer or cell phone, not just Macs and iPhones. And they even pay for the shipping. Th…
(TrendHunter.com) UK fashion label FROM SOMEWHERE was started by Orsola de Castro in 1997 as a collection of one-off designs in high quality, found and recycled materials, using off cuts, pre-consumer surplus and damaged fabrics. With fine detailing, and luxury materials, the cut and paste creations are bespoke, qua…
(TrendHunter.com) Looking a lot like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors, this is the Ravi solar charger. The solar arrays are like a plant, they absorb sunlight during the day and store it at night. It doesn’t grow or anything. Once charged the petals glow – kewl. You could remove the batteries and power some smal…
(TrendHunter.com) While most water bottles are lightweight and disposable, fuseproject and L.A. based Y Water are moving in the opposite direction, by creating a bottle that they hope, will sitck a little longer. The bottle has a distinctive Y-shape, serves as a bottle that carries vitamin enriched water for childre…
(TrendHunter.com) The incredible Hanging Chairs collection, designed by Nick Rawcliffe for Raw Studio, is made from sustainable materials using simple manufacturing processes. The collection is ultra cool and has three models to suit all spaces and environments. All chairs fold flat when taken down, for easy storage …
(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen all sorts of cool homes on Trend Hunter, like tree houses and shipping container homes. We’ve also seen a rising obsession with aqua culture, so it’s neat to feature something that combines the two with this extreme house boat concept, the Trilobis 65.
Similar to the Jelly-Fish 45 Habit…
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