(TrendHunter.com) There are no holes in the floorboards but, this baby gets its juice from human movement.
The HumanCar Imagine vehicle is a human-powered hybrid electric car. Riders make it go by rowing back and forth on paddles inside the car. This environmentally friendly machine is set to make its debut on Eart…
(TrendHunter.com) AK-47 is an artist often considered a bit of a renegade.
Over the last years, Aaron Kent has conceptualized projects with such variety while still staying true with the fringe dwelling style of the AK-47. Kent does not limit his work to a genre that is sure to create income. This artist lends himse…
(TrendHunter.com) Urban planners are hard at work to design street lamps that will be self sustaining, and they’re innovating all around the world.
As the latest spin on the trend, Japan is experimenting with lamps that are both solar and wind powered. The lower part of the structure turns and stores energy in a b…
(TrendHunter.com) Campers at this years Glastonbury Festival will be forced to use pegs made out of potatoes. It comes after cows were injured by metal pegs that were left behind on the farm in previous years. The event organiser, Michael Eavis, has a skip full of metal tent pegs from last year alone. The potato pegs…
(TrendHunter.com) A great way to make use of unwanted plastic bags is to use them as bin liners. Of course, hiding these bags from being seen are a common problem. That’s why we’re really happy to see that someone finally came up with a great solution!
Tubelor is the iF product design award winner in 2008, a pr…
(TrendHunter.com) These sculpture are retreads of a different kind, using old tires, the artist has created something new. Artists like this need to get pumped up to do more and show the world that recycling is the “tready” thing to do.
Here are some more examples of recycled art:
Portraits from Recycled Junk Mail…
(TrendHunter.com) The Museo Aero Solar is a flying museum made with plastic bags that fly using solar energy. The bag will fly from town to town, country to country, even continent to continent. Each time the bag lands, more bags will be added and increase flight distance.
What a great idea to raise awareness of pla…
(TrendHunter.com) Eco is obviously the buzz word being thrown around the fashion world. However, one label is not content with saving the planet, they also want to save its inhabitants. The profits from WildLife Works clothing range go towards protecting endangered animals by creating sanctuaries. The collections are…
(TrendHunter.com) It’s not just style savvy tree-huggers producing green fashions; major international designers joined the green bandwagon for the Fall 2008 Fashion Week in New York. At an Earth Pledge Initiative event called FutureFashion, 28 designers, including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, YSL, Versace, Givenchy, D…
(TrendHunter.com) The global movement to go greener has swept every industry, including tourism. More and more we’ve been hearing about sustainable travel, climate change tourism and eco vacations.
If envirotravel is in the cards for you, you make want to pick up one of the chicest eco tour guide books I’ve com…
(TrendHunter.com) Thanks to MotoArt, you can now be ejected from your own desk.
MotoArt recycles old aviation parts and reuses them to create furniture for your home or office. One of their latest innovations is the classic B-52 Stratofortress Ejector Seat.
If you know a bomber movie freak, this is the perfect ch…
(TrendHunter.com) Nissan knows it’s totally hip to be square. Geometry geeks will tell you that the Cube is a perfect shape. It contains the largest volume of any cuboid shape for a given surface area, or linear size. Which is to say, it’s the most space-efficient of all boxes.
And that’s what many will like about…
(TrendHunter.com) Some eco-engineers are thinking large. Britain’s aero-engineer, Theo Bird, sure is no small thinker. His Aerogenerator design is 475 feet tall (144m). It rotates on a vertical axis like some giant television antenna. It would be built offshore in some of the most ferocious seas on the globe. Using a…
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s your chance to take action and show the leaders of the world that you care and are deeply concerned about the wellbeing of our planet. All it takes is one hour of your time and doesn’t require you to do anything but flick off your lights.
On March 29, 2008 @ 8 p.m. the World Wildlife Fo…
(TrendHunter.com) This mobile workspace, by designer Mathias Schnyder, would be perfect for your terrace, patio, deck or whatever type of outdoor space you have. It’s a solar powered desk, so you could still do your work while enjoying the sunshine. The solar cell on the roof makes it possible for you to plug in your…
(TrendHunter.com) Those beautiful spring days are just around the corner. The kind of day where a spring shower makes everything fresh, and you want to be outside. As much as you’ll enjoy strolls in the park, you don’t really want a wet bum from sitting on a bench.
If you find yourself in this situation, you’ll wis…
(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever found yourself going for a drive on a sunny day when the sudden urge to hit the beach strikes you? Or you’ve picked up your lunch and driven to a small park and wished you had a blanket to picnic on?
Then let me introduce you to your new purse must-have, the Lightload compressed be…
(TrendHunter.com) Wal-mart, the world’s largest retail, is reaffirming their commitment toward sustainable packaging by applying a scorecard when the buyers are making a purchasing decision. Is this goodbye to packing peanuts?
Finishing the trial phase in 2007, Wal-mart hopes to not only roll back prices, but roll…
(TrendHunter.com) The very first transatlantic voyage via kite-power by a cargo ship has taken place. Leaving from Hamburg Germany to Guanta, Venezuela. The “SkySail†kite is a massive 160 meters in area which will pull the equally massive 132 meter Multi Purpose Heavy Lift Carrier MS “Beluga SkySailsâ€, acros…
(TrendHunter.com) The greenest way to check in for a flight may also be the most yellow. Madrid wants visitors to know from the moment they land that its citizens are concerned with the environment.
The $7.4 billion Terminal 4 at the Madrid Barajas International Airport has a canopy of wavy bamboo ceilings with bui…
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