Tourist information office launches virtual office
4-10-2010
The Dutch tourist information office ‘VVV’ will help its clients and will provide information through a virtual office by using a webcam. With this new service, the VVV is responding to the changing market and to obtain the level of service.
Clean drinkingwater for everybody
18-8-2010
In South Africa, researchers discovered a way to purify drinking water at minimal costs. By means of nano technology in a tea bag, everyone can make clean drinking water for half a penny. Put the tea bag in the bottle and your water is purified.
Busses in the future
16-8-2010
An idea from China. If it ever will be introduced, buses will go over the traffic, so that they are less affected by traffic jams, and traffic jams are shorter due to less buses!
Not far from the tree
6-8-2010
Toronto has launched a project to prevent local grown fruit to perish. Volunteers pick fruit in the gardens of people who do not want to do this themselves. One third of the fruit is meant for the owner, one third goes to the volunteers and one third goes to charities in the area.
German highway turns into picnic place
24-7-2010
To promote the Ruhr area in Germany, the A40 highway was closed for 60 kilometers. The highway became a picknick place. Over 3 million people gathered on the highway.
Absolut Brooklyn
23-7-2010
The new Absolut Vodka, inspired by the streets of New York, has opened a discussion on Facebook, called ‘share your stoop story’. Part of the sales of the vodka goes to the ‘Human for Habitat’-project in Brooklyn. The bottle is designed by the director Spike Lee, who also made a short movie for their Facebook-page.
Socially responsible packaging
9-7-2010
On each carton of Vai-Vai juice, different socially responsable organizations are mentioned.
Rooftop garden
18-6-2010
We will see them more often, the green roofs. In The Netherlands, many municipalities subsidize for roof greening. Benefits of a green roof are: improved quality of the air, rain buffer, more CO2 absorption, brings down the city temperatures a few degrees and it just looks better. What is stopping you?
iPhone app to report local issues
28-4-2010
In Eindhoven, The Netherlands, citizens can report local issues and complaints to the city council by iPhone.
Political party for coffee
5-3-2010
Douwe Egberts cleverly anticipates on all the political drama of recent weeks. Look-alikes of prime-minister Balkenende and former minister of Finance Bos, asked the real Balkenende and Bos to vote for their favorite coffee. This action is part of the campaign ‘Party for the coffee’. With this campaign, Douwe Egberts is trying to convince companies and employees to choose good coffee at work.