Eco-chic Bed & Breakfast
29-5-2012
The Cottage Lodge is an Eco-friendly Bed & Breakfast in Bruckenhurst (UK). The Bed & Breakfast feature rooms where the television is powered by a bicycle. The remainder furniture is handcrafted and made of sustainable materials.
Outta-the-door Reminder
25-5-2012
Leaving your house with stress, because you doubt if the heating is off, all lights are off and the door is locked? The Off Door Handle could help you with this problems. A small dial at the end of the handle lets users choose whether to turn off the electricity, gas, or both upon leaving. The door handle, created by designers Eun Ah Kim, Jinhyuk Rho, and Maria Rho, was a 2011 Red Dot Design award winner.
Outta-the-door Reminder
25-5-2012
Leaving your house with stress, because you doubt if the heating is off, all lights are off and the door is locked? The Off Door Handle could help you with this problems. A small dial at the end of the handle lets users choose whether to turn off the electricity, gas, or both upon leaving. The door handle, created by designers Eun Ah Kim, Jinhyuk Rho, and Maria Rho, was a 2011 Red Dot Design award winner.
The Moss Table
7-5-2012
A different type, the Moss Table. The Moss pots on the table are used to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. The table is an innovative to demonstrate the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV). This would be a nice and sustainable idea for in a hotel.
Electric pizzascooter with great sound!
19-4-2012
Electric pizzascooter with great ‘ad’sound! Domino’s Pizza in The Netherlands has new electric pizzascooters. Watch the movie and smile.
Restaurants grow vegetables in office
18-4-2012
The iNG restaurant and the Moto restaurant in Chicago grow their own vegetables on a rotating cone. Because the vegetables are freshly picked they keep their fresh bite. The plants are fed with waste from the kitchen. The restaurants are working to expand the building to grow more vegetables.
No doggybag but a Foodiebag
12-4-2012
The Foodiebag must reduce the food waste of restaurants, designed by the sustainable production label VerdraaidGoed!. The Foodiebag will be accompanied with a special spoon. When the guest leaves this spoon on the plate after dinner, the waiter knows that the guest is interested in a Foodiebag.
Farm hotel
30-3-2012
Babylonstoren is a Cape Dutch farm and manor house in South Africa with vineyards, orchards and a large garden. Guests are invited to join in and harvest their own products, which can be used in the restaurant or can be cooked in a self-catering kitchen.
Eco-tourism in Chile
13-3-2012
We saw this picture on website The Fancy. On the website of eco-hotel Tierra Atacama in Chile, we found many more inspiring pictures. So if you’re looking for inspiration, check their website.
Chutney made of fruits and vegetables
12-3-2012
Rubies in the Rubble, number 26 in the list of the Observer newspaper’s “New Radicals” series, makes delicious chutney out of discarded fruits and vegetables found at wholesale markets. Watch the video for more information!