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Very very ugly solar hand bag 2008-08-17 17:03:40 There are so many solar powered or solar power related accessories and they are taking over the world. But not all of them are good products and not all of them sale, definitely not the ugly ones.This so-called solar hang bag is absolutely minging!!! It has got 2 transparent plastic handles which is definitely not cool according to today's fashion standard; the shape of the bag just like the one m
The Second Green Elf - MIDORI 2008-08-16 18:39:00 Here we go again!! The second member of The Green
Elf family - MIDORIIf you speak japanese, you probably understand what Midori means. It is the color of jade!! Midori is a youg female member of the family. She is cool, quite arrogant and her hair style change depend on her mood (my mood actually). She will bring bring you daily green tip with Boogie.G, who is spiritual leader of the family!! So, Read more:Second
The Green Glass 2008-08-15 20:31:29 Beer always taste better when you drink out of a bottle or a pint glass. How about having both at the same time, i.e. drinking out of a bottle and a pint glass at the same time?That sounds a bit silly, but GreenGlass
offers you the solution!Using recycled bottles, Green Glass converts them into amazing goblets by cutting the bottom out and reconnect it to the neck of the bottle. What a simple ide
NEW FEATURE LAUNCHED - The Green Elf 2008-08-14 20:21:14 Colors of Swallowtail proudly present - Daily Green
Tip by The Green ElfDear all the readers and greenies, The Green Elf family has just joined Colors of Swallowtail today and they are going to bring your a green and sustainable lifestyle tip everyday!! Nothing too Hardcore, just little tips, everyone can do and should do. The Green Elf family is created by MTSK (as in me). The first member of the
Very Very Cool Low Energy Light Bulb 2008-08-13 15:54:13 "As with other HULGER products, The PLUMEN low energy light bulb concept is a reaction to the lack of real diversity, imagination and personality offered by the market today."This is the beginning statement of Hulger's Plumen Project and it can not be more clear about what their aim is. Creativity should always be incorporated into any kind of products and boring products will not sale. This is wh Read more:Energy
Electric Car (developing) by Kyoto University 2008-08-11 13:11:11 A electric car project developing
by KyotoUniversity
Venture Business Laboratory. Their aims, according to their website, is to"studying development of new and sophisticated devices using nano-technology, under the theme of “the approach at the atomic or molecular level to develop advanced electronic materials”. Today, environmental and energy fields are expected for much more improvement in Read more:Electric
11 Reasons for using Biodiesel 2008-08-11 11:49:46 Image from TreehuggerBiodiesel ain’t no new thing. It has been a red hot debate topic for politicians as well as citizens recently. Despite the ongoing arguments about the energy balance and economic impacts such as food price, there are a number of significant environmental benefits for using biodiesel as an alternative of conventional fuel source. Here a list of benefit of using biodiesel:1. R Read more:Reasons
Toyota Plug-in Car in UK 2008-09-13 17:33:47 I cannot stress enough how importance living a sustainable lifestyle. HOWEVER (this is a big however), I HATE living in countryside. Seaside is perfect, but never countryside. I just cannot stand the situation that everything like supermarket, restaurant, shops, gym ..... are miles always from me. I need everything located within my walking distance (10 minutes max.), and most importantly, 24 hour Read more:Toyota
More problems caused by Ice Melt 2008-09-11 19:09:15 Image from Seaway BlogThis is a new video footage from BBC looking at problems
caused by the rapid reduction of sea ice in Arctic. Apart from alternating the climate pattern, the melting also ignites a new fossil fuel rush, thus dispute of borderline. This is going to be a very interesting conflict between different parties, including the governments, environmental activists, countries, oil compa
Philippe Starck Wind Turbine 2008-09-09 10:58:23 Product Design Legend PhilippeStarck
just (oh no, it was in July, so it has been a while) launch a domestic wind turbine called Democratic Ecology. After a confession of "Everything I designed was unnecessary" earlier this year and claiming that will retire in 2 years time, Starck seems trying do design something useful.According to Inhabitat, The windmill can generate 20-60% of the energy neede Read more:Philippe Starck
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Jumbo Hostel 2008-09-08 17:59:12 As an oversea student, airport is nothing new for me, as well as flight delay. Due to the unity of starting date of school term, all the flight are overbooked at the beginning and the end of holiday. So, I am very experienced on flight delay and to be honest, it is quite enjoyable, usually.Maybe I should talk a bit about why is it enjoyable. So what happens is, for example you travel in early Sep Read more:Hostel
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GM Green Vehicle 2009 2008-09-04 11:36:33 This is the 2009 "Green
by Design" collection of GM Green Vehicle
for Canada. In this collection, vehicle are powered by different kind of new engine energy systems, including Fuel Efficiency, Active Fuel Management, Hybrid, Ethanol (E85), Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell. Seems they have good all kind of different 'green' engine in this series. Vibe - Fuel Efficiency - 7L/100km (40mpg) or better.
Eco Design in Flickr 2008-09-04 10:18:41 Feeling a bit bored today, I entertain myself by surfing around in flickr. As usual, I started with my favorite keyword 'eco design'. Unsurprisingly, there are a lot photo for eco design. This is my selection of great designs.Poster designed by designist dreamPhoto taken at Eco-design Day 2006, Uploaded by cara jeanSome inversed vases uploaded by Joelle Maslaton, it is pretty odd, i dont think thi Read more:Flickr
Arctic Ice Shelf Retreat and Sea Ice Melt 2008-09-03 11:48:06 Some people, innocent people, in other words, retards (oh, he is just one of them), still think that the whole global warming scenario is a fraud that made up by politicians in order to scare the crap out of us to achieve their conspiracies. Fortunately, these retards only compose a very small portion of human population.People who can read the newspaper and have a little bit of common sense shoul Read more:Arctic
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Earthrace - new world record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe - 100% biodiesel, 100% Carbon Neutral 2008-08-29 11:17:33 I am not very into the 'setting a world record' thing, but apparently a lot of people are, like the 'Grease to Greece' race that I have mention in my last post. But the positive thing about such attempts is that they usually attract a lot of media attention, which is very good for promotion (for sponors, the concept of biofuel and a green message in this case).Back to the Earthrace
, it is a powerb Read more:biodiesel
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, Neutral
"Grease to Greece" racers cross Europe on cooking oil 2008-08-28 11:38:33 Have you even thought about the alternative use of cooking
oil apart from cooking? It can take you from London to Athens. Check out the Grease to Greece
race and see what can be done by these waste oil.Via Reuters by Daniel FlynnFuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap and environmentall Read more:Europe
Pizza Fusion 2008-08-25 12:13:39 More about Green catering.Pizza
Fusion - Organic Food, Hybrid Car Delivery, 100% Wind Powered!So next time when you want a pizza, consider this one, rather than Domino'sImage from Pizza Fusion
Water House Restaurant 2008-08-23 16:39:41 Green everywhere, which is great!Now restaurants are going green as well! There are quite a lot of example out there actually but I am going to start with a pretty fine restaurant in London called the Water House
Restaurant.Water House Restaurant is owned by Shoreditch Trust (award winning charitable regeneration agency) and run by executive chef Arthur Potts Dawson, a very experience and hi
Stella McCartney 2008-08-23 11:36:24 Seems something is missing if I don't talk about StellaMcCartney
in here, as she is definitely one of the most significant figure green fashion.I don't think Stella McCartney
need much introduction. Stell was graduated from Central St. Martin in 1995, and she was appointed as the creative director of Chole in Paris 2 years after her graduation. Speculation of nepotism arose - media questioned if
100% Design London - Part.04 2008-10-02 08:03:57 Captivate is another cool design I discovered in 100% Design London. It is a ambient light designed by Lucy Norman, made from plastic bottle tops and caps. Different bottle caps can be collected to change the light's color and pattern, allowing product-user interaction.To me the design is quite impressive. I would describe it as a "futuristic space age vintage" design.I don't really know what
100% Design London - Part.03 2008-09-26 15:17:33 These beauty lamps are designed by a new designer (Please forgive me for not being able to remember your name). The products of this designer was placed in the "new designers" area. Although photo was forbidden in this area, I still managed to take 2 photos of these interesting lights. The reason for banning photography, according to a arrogant old woman, was that they don't want people to copy th
100% Design London - Part.02 - Lighten Up 2008-09-25 19:19:54 There we go this is my first report for 100% Design LondonLighten Up is one of the most interesting section in the 100% Design Exhibition and most relevant to my interest - sustainable designs. Organized by [re]design, Lighten Up is one of the themed mini exhibition in 100% design, showing different lighting products with sustainable concept. This is the official manifesto of Lighten Up:"Look beyo
100% Design London - Part.01 2008-09-25 18:15:13 So before I start to show you my journey of 100% Design London, I need to tell you what is 100% design. 100% Design is:"the UK's leading contemporary interiors event for the contract market, attracting key manufacturers, star designers and major specifiers from the UK and overseas. There is no other show that connects the worlds of architecture and design with innovative, contemporary interior pro
100% Design 2008-09-24 17:53:40 Sorry for idling. No, actually I wasn't. I went to London over last weekend to check out the 100% Design exhibition in Earls Court. It was pretty amazing but not as good as I expected. Anyway, I will settle down and organize all the information ASAP and give you some of the highlight of the event. Stay Tuned!
Hard Feelings 2008-09-18 12:40:50 Image from DiggThe topic of this picture is called "Please, Global Warming, can I at least have this?". I found this picture in TreeHugger (is not their picture, they found it in Digg). I love polar bear a lot as they are so adorable. But this picture just make me feel so guilty about what we have done to the earth. We build our civilization at the expense of the nature and we have push other live Read more:Feelings
Japan's Mazda develops clean diesel engine 2008-09-17 09:43:18 Mazda, the fifth largest motor company in Japan
, has launched a Clean Diesel Engine last week, which makes it the second Japanese automaker to develop its own clean diesel
engine after Nissan Motor Co.Here is the official press release from Mazda:HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a greatly improved clean diesel engine that offers output and environmental performance comparab Read more:Mazda
Believe or not 2008-09-17 06:35:03 I found a very interesting article in the "New Scientist" magazine this morning about diet and carbon footprint when I went shopping a the Tesco Express convenient store.I didn't buy the magazine as it is pretty expensive (£3.15), but I found a bit of the article on the internet:From New Scientist"What is your dinner doing to the climate?
100% Design London - Part.09 2008-10-18 18:57:47 Opps, that is me in the mirrorUnknown designer again, my fault. Learning from experience, I will definitely take all the names down next time I go.Anyway, using wood pieces is no new ideas. But the execution of the concept in these pieces are great. And yeah, more DIY and recycle ideas
100% Design London - Part.08 - Bistro Light Chair 2008-10-16 08:18:16 This is the Bistro
Light chair designed by Ditte Hammerstrom. I don't think he is using recycled material. But it gives you some DIY recycle idea - you can wrap your old duvet around a old chair to make a new chair! Read more:Chair
100% Design London - Part.07 - Orion Light by DBWT 2008-10-14 15:29:33 This is definitely one of my favorite piece in 100% Design London - Orion
LightIt is designed by Poland-based design studio DBWT and they are one of the only product design practices in Poland who has established themselves as commercial business. The Orion Light is extremely energy efficient and made out of recycled material, which a view to manufacture. Personally I think the light has been put
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