Environment

Animal Collective and Keep Company For Socorro Island Conservation Fund Charity

by Fashion Finds

Many brands have released fashion lines designed to raise money for charity. Keep Company is the latest to get in on the trend, and they've done so in a bit of a different way and produced some of the wildest kicks you're likely to come across this year!

5 Last Minute "Trashy" Kid Costumes Make A Green Statement

by Gloria Campos

Why spend $15-20 (sometimes more) on a Halloween costume for your kid? Your child is only going to wear it once. For some ideas to make your own, take a look at the homemade eco-themed costumes below made by very innovative parents.

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Designs By Katell Gelebert : Fashions From Recycled Food Packaging

by Fashion Finds

Recycled fashions are all the rage, and sometimes designers get a little bit creative in selecting their mediums to create a unique clothing line. A hot new designer has a line that's creatively delicious!

Groundbreaking Floor Tiles by Skoda

by Amanda Hinski

Skoda's revolutionary Energy Producing Tiles took center stage at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. These glass-like floor tiles use energy from human footsteps to produce electricity. Hybrid cars took a backseat to these groundbreaking floor tiles.

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The 2% Solution – Milk As A Styrofoam Superlative

Your cushions may soon be stuffed with milk.

by Doug Bonderud

A combination of milk protein and ordinary clay may represent a biodegradable alternative to the Styrofoam and plastics we dump in our landfills.

Precer's Bioracer: Off-Road Vehicle Runs on Wood Pellets

Bioracer is Precer's New Biomass Powered Car

by Amanda Hinski

The Bioracer, developed by the Precer Group, is an off-road, hybrid vehicle powered by wood pellets. Using biofuel has its advantages and disadvantages, but this fun, 16HP vehicle is certainly headed in an environmentally friendly direction.

Worried About Winter Germs? GetGloved And Kill Them Naturally

by Kim Patterson

Gloves start out looking fresh and clean, but after a very short while end up looking pretty dirty and beat up, not to mention that they likely harbor a lot of germs. GetGloved bamboo gloves sound like a great alternative to the usual old hand protection. The organic bamboo material is said to be incredibly soft on the skin, eco-friendly, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial and hypoallergenic.

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Dream Machine Recycle Rally May Bring $100,000 To Your School

by Gloria Campos

I love recycling fundraisers, but schools hesitate participating in recycling fundraisers because they often don't produce a lot of money and they require a lot of work on the schools part. Junk food and cheap holiday gifts make a quicker buck. This year I'm emailing information about The Dream Machine Recycle Rally to my daughters' principal. Maybe the incentives mentioned below will be mind changing.

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Coffee Grinds Keep Clocks Ticking With Nespresso Batteries

by Toby

Design trends are all about sustainability these days, and repurposing what would otherwise be garbage fits right in. So why shouldn't we expect to discover that an Austrian design company, Mischer' Traxler, created batteries from Nespresso's used coffee capsules to power clocks and small radios?

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This Smart Glass Takes The Heat For You

The Green Smart Glass - Smarter than you.

by Doug Bonderud

New Green Smart Glass is intended to make getting the perfect cup of coffee both easier and more eco-friendly.

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Whale Poop Is Vital To Ocean Ecology

by T Goodman

You probably don't think about the nutrients in whale poop very often, but biologists from the University of Vermont and Harvard University actually made a huge contribution to many scientists and fisherman, sharing what they learned studying whale poop and which way it floats.

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The Scream: Uh... What's That Under The Chair, You Say?

by Toby

If the image of the Scream chair, designed by PIE Studio, takes you aback, I understand very well. I too was having difficulty wondering where I would place such a chair in my home.

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From Finalist To First: The Snail Wins 2010 Electrolux Design Competition

by Toby

Sugar may not be good for you, but it sure is expected to be very good for cooking just about everything quickly. That was the idea behind Peter Alwin's awesome design of the Snail, the 2010 winner of the Electrolux Design Lab Award.

Spooky EcoDecor: X-Ray Lamps

by Gloria Campos

While searching the web for interesting eco-friendly Halloween décor I came across a few lamps, by different artists, reupholstered with x-rays. If x-rays weren't creepy already, have them wrapped around your lampshades for a constant reminder of skeletons and death. Take a look at these five interesting lamps below.

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The Disposable Katpak™ Eco-Friendly Litter Box In A Box!

by Lady Bee

Buy your cat any toy you want; in a few days he won't want anything to do with it. But cats never seem to tire of playing with paper bags and cardboard boxes. So, a cat litter box made of cardboard seems an obvious solution for two purposes. Of course the Katpak, with some eco-friendly kitty litter, is a clean ecological potty for home and for travel. But the other purpose, as you'll see in the video...

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Grand Prizewinner An Eco-friendly eBay Box With A Virtual Community

by Gloria Campos

Very soon the eBay Green Team will begin giving eBay members and eBay staff specially designed reusable shipping boxes. The innovatively green box design is the grand prize winning entry of eBay's yearly spring Innovation Expo. The travels of each box can even be tracked online.

Green Technology is the Future

by Spencer Lanoue

In the midst of one of the worst economic periods the United States has ever seen and the increasing need for renewable energy sources, green technology will lead the way toward an environmental revolution. Throughout history it has been entrepreneurs and inventors that have pulled economies out of the gutter, not government bailouts or higher taxes. As the future innovators of the world, it is our responsibility to make sure our planet is taken care of, not taken advantage of.

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KFC To Pack Its 'Sides' In Reusable Containers

by Toby

After my rant last April about KFC's latest contribution to the world of fat food, grilled bacon in cheese sandwiched between two fried chicken breasts called the 'Double Down,' today I find myself congratulating KFC. Oh, don't get me wrong, the company has not decided to sell out to the health nuts...

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A Mighty Solar Wind May Power Us Up

Solar wind may herald next generation of power producers

by Doug Bonderud

Scientists at Washington State University have developed a semi-practical plan to take advantage of the solar wind that blows our way.

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A Facade Grows From The Sea To Become A Wildlife Habitat

by Toby

Sometimes a design really knocks you out, and you wonder at the capability of the human mind to conceive it and create it in such a way that it serves our need to utilize renewable resources, our need for beauty and wonder, and the need to create safe refuge for the world's wildlife. The GEOtube, a plan for the city of Dubai by California architectural firm Faulders Studio, will be such a wonder.

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