Floating wellness center in Rotterdam
19-7-2011
GO Marketing is designing and developing a floating island in the harbour of Rotterdam in corporation with IOU Architecture. The island features two floors that measure a total of 1.700m2. It will offer visitors a swimming pool, whirlpool, park, restaurant, sauna, Turkish steambath and more. The island is mobile, made of recycled materials and provided with the latest energy saving technologies.
Hydration Stations
18-7-2011
Refilling your water bottle for a better environment. That is the idea behind the Hydration Stations on the international airport of San Francisco, passengers can find behind the security checkpoint. This is introduced by Virgin America to reduce the plastic bottles handed over to the security agents. Virgin America swag shop offers special branded water bottles.
Glow-in-the-dark furniture
4-7-2011
This furniture lights up your garden, looks nice, and is very comfy. Vondom designed this furniture of recycled materials.
Hotel for insects
4-7-2011
This insects hotel is located in the Dutch province Limburg (village Beesel), next to a large frog pond, with the aim to house insects and to stimulate nature.
Environmentally beneficial billboard
28-6-2011
This first environmentally beneficial billboard is launched in the Philippines by Coca-Cola and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and consists of the Fukien tea plant. These plants absorbe each 13 pounds of carbon dioxide a year. This billboard also makes use of recycled materials, such as old bottles of Coca Cola.
Inspiration from 2004: Teacup as bracelet
10-6-2011
Instead of tea in your teacup, wear these as a bracelet. The idea is pretty old, but it still looks nice. These juwelry are designed by Abigail MaryRose Clark and are available at the webshop Etsy. But be careful, these are some fragile bracelets.
A chocolate shot
6-6-2011
Austrian chocolate maker Zotter offers products that are organic, fair trade, and very creative. Choco Shots are available on their website; syringes full of chocolatey liquid that comes in packaging designed to look like it’s real medicine. These strange but inventive chocolates come in seven different varieties including Raspberry Brandy, Mandarin, Whisky and Almond.
Ice bear sculpture for attention
3-6-2011
In Sydney they thought of a special way to get everyone’s attention around World Enviroment Day. To show the people the impact of humankind on the environment they made a lifesize polar bear ice sculpture. The sculpture will melt away in several days and reveal a bronze skeleton. An interesting concept whereby the inner sculpture is revealed slowly.
Pick your own
1-6-2011
In Belgium some farmers have a garden where people can harvest their own fruits and vegetables. It is cheap, fresh, and people get an idea where the product comes from. It is also an ideal trip for kids. Special is that they made a calender of where to get which fruit!
First Rawfood restaurant in Belgium, Danku
30-5-2011
Danku (or: Thank you in Dutch) is a new and the first raw food restaurant in Belgium which has recently opened their doors. The menu only contains sprouted seeds and raw vegetables, ways of cooking are to marinate, mix, centrifuse, dry, sprout and ferment. Also cold “cooking” is possible with lemonjuice of vinegar. The philosophy is that all enzymes are kept in the food when you don’t cook it and ultimately this should be the recipe for a longer live expectancy.