High Rise Composts – Vermicondo

(TrendHunter.com) Apartment and condominium dwellers interested in using worm composting for their kitchen scraps usually don’t have the space to hide the ugly containers. A good solution is Vermicondo, a sleek multi-l…

11 Pieces of Living Decor (SUPER GALLERY) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With available living space in urban areas on a steady decline, not everyone can afford a nice garden or balcony to grow their plants. As a result, designers are adjusting; rather than taking your fur…

Getting Paid to Bicycle – PedEarn (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As great as saving the planet and the environment is, there are still some people who aren’t motivated by anything more than when they are offered money. The PedEarn by designer Amir Alizade is a conc…

Fairtrade Cola – Ubuntu

(TrendHunter.com) Sure the chic white cans look great, but what gives Ubuntu the potential to be the next big beverage of desire is the fact that it’s a Fairtrade organization, making it the best ethical alternative t…

Green Motorcycles – The Brammo Enertia Electric (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With gas prices on the rise, alternative fuels are more popular than ever. The Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycle ($12,000 and up) uses six Lithium Phosphate battery modules to propel you from zero to…

Double Sided Matches – Paolo Ulian’s Design Saves Trees (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a totally brilliant idea! When we light a match stick, we usually use a small portion of the wood while the rest goes to waste.

Italian designer Paolo Ulian came up with this extremely simple, …

Custom Eco Adverbottles – Klean Kanteen Co-Branded Bottles (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Personal aluminum bottles are quickly gaining popularity, for health and ethical reasons. Klean Kanteen offers not only stylish plastic bottle alternatives, but the ability to customize them for marke…

Automotive X Prize Challenge – The ‘Hybrid Technologies’ Supercar

(TrendHunter.com) Hybrid Technologies, a development and marketing company of lithium-powered vehicles and products, is developing a super green car for the Automotive X Prize Challenge. The objective of this challenge…

Drinking Biofuel – Flygbussarna Airport Coaches (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Flygbussarna Airport Coaches wants you to know that they now run on environmental biofuel. To illustrate how clean this biofuel really is, their print ad campaign shows people drinking it right off th…

Blood Donations for Gas Money

(TrendHunter.com) As gas prices soar, people are changing their driving habits to save a few bucks. At least one woman, Jessica Busby, is changing another habit – her blood donation frequency. To afford gas, she is rid…

Solar Powered Ferris Wheels – New Santa Monica Pier Wheel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Pacific Park in Southern California is home to one of Hollywood movies’ most famous landmarks, the Santa Monica Pier ferris wheel. Taking advantage of the sunny climate, it is the world’s only sol…

Recycled Clothes Cushions – Jacket Pillows

(TrendHunter.com) These pillows designed by Ximena Orozco are really fantastic. Orozco created a whole line of jacket pillows and each one comes with a story printed on the label inside. There is something about these …

Cell Phones With 5 Touchscreens – The Packet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Packet, designed by Emir Rifat, gives us an idea of what the future holds for cell phone technology. The Packet is a foldable mobile phone that will measure 5×5 cm when folded, and when fully open…

Green Research Papers – The Urban Ecovillage Movement

(TrendHunter.com) This is an excerpt from a research paper I wrote on the ecovillage movement:

Robert and Diane Gilman, in Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities, have defined an ecovillage as “a human-scale, full…

Eco is the New Sexy – Study: Hybrids Hotter than Sports Cars

(TrendHunter.com) A recent survey found that 88% of women would be more likely to be attracted to a man with an eco-friendly hybrid than a luxurious supercar. We’ve all seen those men cruise the streets in their Pors…

Top 50 Innovative Bicycles (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You’ve finally decided to reduce your carbon footprint and think switching to a bicycle is a fabulous way to switch gears. You want to do your part to help the environment, but you’re not quite sure h…

Top 24 Recycled Bottle Innovations (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Plastic bottles continue to make their way to landfills, despite growing awareness for the environmental damage they cause. PET bottles in particular have a devastating effect on the environment. Brin…

Top 21 Recycled Plastic Bag Creations (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You know plastic bags are bad for the environment, but did you know that, when reused, they can make beautiful pieces of art too? Plastic really can be fantastic, as shown by a recent exhibit of reuse…

Wi-Fi Allergies – Santa Fe Electro-Sensitivity

(TrendHunter.com) Get out your tin foil hats, everybody. A new affliction known as “electro-sensitivity” is causing a stir in Santa Fe. A group in the New Mexico capital is claiming to have allergies to Wi-Fi resulting…

High Tech Luxury Offices – Cybertecture Egg (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cybertecture Egg is a new office design set to be built in India. The smart architectural egg is a design based on interactive building designs of the future, a term being referred to as Cybertecture,…