Posts from ‘September, 2008’

You know those leaves you rake up and throw away?  Would you be impressed if I told you could make cool products including furniture from those leaves?  I know you would!  Naturecast is doing just that.  They are gathering dry leaves, barks, and dead twigs from the city of Compostela in the Phillipines, shredding them [...]

A couple of weeks ago we reported on companies using recycled shipping containers to develop homes.  Travelodge has taken it a step further by building an entire hotel in Uxbridge, England out of recycled shipping containers.  Not only is Travelodge doing the environment a favor by reducing their material usage by 70%, but they are [...]

Solar power plants are being developed all over the world, but none is bigger than the one planned to be built in the state of Gujarat in India.   This plant is still in the planning phases, but with a power output of 5 gigawatts this will be the world largest solar installation project.  Additionally, the [...]

Its amazing the number of useful things people are creating from things normally tossed into the garbage.  In the past I have seen mostly smaller companies taking part in sort of effort to reduce their footprint, which is great, but the real impact occurs when larger entities are involved in recycling.  The larger companies environmental [...]

When one visualizes alternative energy, often the images that one sees are either large windmills in a distant field of grass or fancy looking displays of solar panels on rooftops.  Add a new image to your brain.  Crap!  Chicken crap to be exact.  Yes, the Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg has unveiled a biomass power plant [...]

Hard core gamers can do their part for the environment by placing an order for the Reee chair.  Why?  The Reee chair is made from recycled game console casings.  The seat and back use the rubber from recycled game consoles to wrap around black powder coated steel for cool and comfortable chair.  The Reee probably [...]

While you may be thinking outside the box for work,  you can now live in it when you get home!  More and more people are building homes from recycled freight containers.  The original idea of using the containers for abodes was started by TempoHousing.  Their original idea was to use these old containers as temporary [...]

The mainstream has grown past just eating organic food to maintain a green lifestyle.  Many are demanding green clothes, green cars, and now even green living.  Homes and apartments using ecofriendly methods for water, energy, building materials, and building surroundings are surging in demand.  Many buildings, both residential and commercial, are also getting LEED certification. [...]

Tired of paying $4/gallon for gas every week?  I found a way to reduce your gas bill and your carbon footprint at the same time.  The Neuton CE 6.2 is an electric powered lawn mower that can go toe to toe with its gas counterpart.  Its powerful enough to cut almost any residential grass you [...]

Want to know how it feels to sleep flat in a 747 but can’t afford the first class ticket?  Now anyone can afford to sleep in a jumbo 747.  Jumbo Hostels of Sweden bought an old 747 from a bankrupt airline, converted it into a hotel, and parked it at the Arlanda airport.    Jumbo Hostels [...]