Most Americans would have a fit if their credit card or cell phone company sent a dollar amount at the end of the month with no itemized description to match. But we tolerate it from our utility companies with little complaint. If we’re going to change our energy habits, we’re going to [...]
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March 9th, 2010 - 9:45 am § in Products
HOM and Cisco Brothers Unveil New Line of Eco-Friendly Outdoor Furniture
Just in time for spring, Hom, purveyor of stylish, modern, prefab double-wides, furniture, accessories, and lighting, has teamed with eco-friendly LA-based furniture manufacturer Cisco Brothers to announce a new line of sustainable outdoor furniture. Crafted with sustainable materials and environm[...]
March 6th, 2010 - 5:15 am § in Products
VoltPot Table Planter Charges Your Gadgets With Dirt Power!
Part coffee table and part planter, this awesome Volt Pot puts the environment to work indoors by harnessing the power of dirt to charge your gadgets! The fresh green planter pot has a built-in Microbial Fuel Cell that is capable of generating enough energy to charge small electronics, giving users[...]
March 5th, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Products
Bioluminescent Lamp Made From Living, Glowing Hamster Cells
It may sound like something cooked up in Frankenstein’s lab, but Joris Laarman has created an incredible living lamp made out of (get this) bioluminescent, living, glowing hamster cells. Called the “Half Life,” his lamp produces a soft, ambient glow using cells from a Chinese hams[...]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:12 am § in Products
Obama to Announce “Cash for Caulkers” Program Today
Greening your home may soon entitle you to some extra green from the government. President Obama is set to announce the details of his “Cash for Caulkers” program today. If passed by Congress, the initiative will allocate about $6 billion to create jobs and provide incentives for Americ[...]
March 2nd, 2010 - 6:40 am § in Products
Condé Nast to Roll Out iPad Versions of Wired, GQ and Other Magazines
Publishing giant Condé Nast - meet tech bohemoth Apple. Condé Nast is set to announce today in an internal memorandum that it will start testing out iPad versions of five of its most popular magazines. If all goes well, readers will be able to read Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Gl[...]
March 2nd, 2010 - 6:02 am § in Products
Panpaati Furniture Made From Bread is Literally Good Enough to Eat
Read the rest of Panpaati Furniture Made From Bread is Literally Good Enough to EatPermalink | Add to del.icio.us | diggPost tags: "green furniture", bread, eco design, enoc armengol, green design, industrial design, panpaati[...]
February 28th, 2010 - 2:00 am § in Architecture, Products
A Modern and Eco-Friendly Dollhouse by Brinca Dada
Our modern kids certainly don’t need to subscribe their imaginations to antiquated Victorian dollhouses. So why not replace those uptight, dim monstrosities with something a little more in-tune with the times? With six spacious rooms spread across an open floor plan, the uber-modern Emerson [...]