Domino’s Pizza switches to electric scooters

15-2-2010

After a successful trial in Rotterdam, Domino’s pizza only wants to use electric scooters for pizza delivery within two years. The scooters are less polluting and more quite. The only problem now is that the battery runs-out rather quickly.

Tea house heated by compost

11-2-2010

Architects in Tokyo have designed a compact teahouse that is heated by compost. The walls are filled with leaves that will start composting. That process creates a heat of about 48 degrees Celsius which heats the tea house.

Elevation Burger 1st restaurant outside US

11-2-2010

The meat used of burgers of Elevation Burger is 100% USDA certified organic, 100% grass-fed and 100% free range. The fresh fries are fried in 100% olive oil. The biological burgen chain, based in Northern Virginia, has developed rapidly since 2005. They now have 17 branches. The first branch outside of America will open in Kuwait.

Glass vs plastic

10-2-2010

Yealands, a winemaker from New Zealand, produces wine in plastic bottles. These bottles are environmentally friendlier than glass bottles. The production saves 54% on CO2 and 19% on energy, compared to glass bottles. However, consumers should drink the wine within 18 months after purchase.

Rethink, the interactive eco-game

6-2-2010

‘Play Rethink’ is an interactive board game to bring groups of people together. It helps groups to think creatively about everyday products and services and creating environmentalfriendly ideas. It is an inspiring game for designers, teachers, students and creatives.

Wineglas shaped lamps

6-2-2010

These lamps have the shape of wineglasses. They create a romantic atmosphere and they are nice if you have an open kitchen. The LED lights can burn up to 30,000 hours.

What will the future look like?

30-1-2010

It’s expected that the world will change drastically in the future because of high waters. Architecture will therefore adapt to more sustainable, eco-friendly and will have more focus on saving energy. There may be green walls and floating buildings within futuristic designs. Some pictures above have been approved for construction, others however will never happen.

 

Natural kitchen utensils

29-1-2010

 With this design, the Danish kitchenbrand Starwood clearly states that they are socially responsible and that their products are produced and made of natural materials.

 

Ekokook kitchen

26-1-2010

This envorinmetal friendly kitchen was designed by Victor Massip and Laurent Lebot. The innovative cuisine is based on four pillars: waste management, healthy cooking, less energy and reducing the use of water. For example, the water, the lettuce is washed in, is reused to water the plants.

 

Urban garden

26-1-2010

Urban and private gardens are getting increasingly popular. With Urbgarden people can create a vertical garden of herbs at home. The worm colony fertilized the earth and makes sure it’s recycled in a biological way.  

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