No more paper towels

1-4-2010

On average a person uses 2,500 paper towels a year. To prevent  garbage People Towels made a towel that you can use several times. A personal towel from 100% organic Fair Trade cotton to ensure that the use of paper decreases. 1% of sales goes to “1% for the Planet”.

Built-in waterfilter

27-3-2010

These water bottles by Water 321 contain built-in water filters that will make tap water taste like spring water from a bottle. You can use the filter up to 50 times. 

Organic soups delivered at home

24-3-2010

Soup cycle is an American company from Portland, which makes organic soups and delivers at home. The soups are made from local ingredients and delivered by bicycle which is better for the environment.  Now SoupCycle has 150 customers who are provided with soup every week.

Earth hour

24-3-2010

All over the world hotels and restaurants participate in Earth Hour, an initiative by WWF (World Wildlife Fund). For one hour the lights where switched off! Candles on the table, no illuminated logos, “unplugged” candlelight concerts, one hour walk with torches and so on. 

Amsterdam forks

23-3-2010

Trendy cocktailforks referring to the city on stilts: Amsterdam. The design shows four houses with typically traditional Amsterdam facades on a cocktail fork. The fork is made of durable stainless steel (metallic), and is hygienic and dishwasher safe. 

Don’t even try to switch me on!

19-3-2010

A light switch that makes you think twice before using it, trying to reduce the use of energy. Designed by French designer Zaïgouche Josselin.

Peer+ Smart Energy Glass

18-3-2010

Smart Energy Glass by Peer+ is designed to save energy and to generate electricity. The amount of light and transparency of the glass can be set, whicih saves energy. For example in the summer the glass turns darker, making it less hot inside and an airconditioning is no longer required.  

Brewery combines beer with tourism

18-3-2010

This brewery is not only popular for its beer and the guided tours, but also because of the company’s commitment to a better environment. The brewery is committed to promote the bicycle. It organizes annual cycling races, owns a ‘bike library’ and regularly organizes drive-in cinemas on their parking lot exclusively accessible to cyclists. 

Green toilets

12-3-2010

These toilets of Nomix contain filters that separate urine substances that are recyclable from useless substances. With the valuable waste such as nitrogen, methane and phosphorus they can then generate electricity or it can be used as fertilizer. 

Tapwater in hotels and restaurants

8-3-2010

With the website www.drinkkraanwater.nl Tom Niekamp and Tetsuro Miyazaki are trying to get attention for drinking tap water. Tap water is much better for the environment than bottled water. It saves mountains of waste, and is cheaper. Especially for the hospitality industry it will be difficult to join this trend, as they make money selling bottled water. However, according to the men is also a way for the hospitality entrepreneurs to demonstrate their ‘green’ business.

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