The government of Ontario, Canada has made a move to promote the use of green vehicle. Starting 2010, the government will already issue a green license plate to green vehicles such as plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. The plate was chosen via an online poll that garnered over fifteen thousand votes. The plate further uses …
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Pop Up By Liddy Scheffknecht and Armin B. Wagner
Carrying your office physically anywhere is something new at least to some of us. The Pop Up is another green design that will allow everybody to conduct office everywhere the feel like doing. The pop up is made of giant cardboard of 94 x 275 x 200 cm in size and was installed by Liddy …
Plywood Christmas Tree By Raow
Celebrating Christmas tree eco-friendly way is now not impossible at all with the plywood Christmas tree by Raow. In replacement for plastic Christmas trees that are obviously not environment friendly at all, the plywood Christmas tree can be flat-packed for easy storage and can be re-used for the next Christmas season. Plywood flat-pack Christmas trees …
Eneloop Rechargeable Interior Light By Sanyo
Rechargeable items are now starting to dominate in the market. Aside from it preventing the hassle of buying the same item for more than once, it also helps minimize the possible growth of our landfills. The eneloop rechargeable interior light is another eco-friendly product from Sanyo. The eneloop rechargeable interior light has a contactless charging …
BLAUVENT By Carmesine: Air Sports And Ecology Combined
Enjoying our favorite sports without harming our environment is now made possible and even easier with the stylish handmade air sports products from Blauvent By Carmesine. All of their products like bags and backpacks, scarves, swimwear wall arts, and other small products that has lots of uses are part of Blauvent’s limited edition and all …
White Light Fixture By Winnie Lui
Designed for Innermost, jewelry designer Winnie Lui created the White Light Fixture that is made of waste. With this design, wastes that are supposed to be destined to our landfills have given new life and have been used in the designers light fixture by applying things of the same color. Aside from the lighting fixture, …
Tio Light Switch System By Tim Holley
With our kids being our future, as early as their young age let us teach them how to conserve energy. Designer Tim Holley in with us in our aim of molding our kids’ energy consumption attitude with his eco-friendly and kid-friendly product called the Tio Light System. Tio is a wall mounted switch that allows …
The Cellulose By Paul Coudamy
Cardboard furniture has been around for quite sometime as a form of respect to the environment. We all know that cardboard is easy to dispose and doesn’t have any chemical to decompose. In this way, every time cardboard’s life has come to end, it normally decomposes itself if not recycled. Another designer paying tribute of …
The Hakutan Coal Air Purifier: Cleans Air Without The Chemicals
With the vast growth of air pollutants, and eco-friendly product that has been used for generations in Asia is made available at Design Within Reach. The Hakutan Coal Air Purifier is a white coal that purifies air by absorbing kitchen odors and it regulates humidity in your bathroom as well. One greater thing that the …
The Pangolin Backpack From Cyclus
Inspired by the animal known as he Pangoline, the Pangolin backpack has the design that resembles the razor sharp scales on the back part of the spiny pangolin. The backpack is made from recycled tire inner tubes from trucks and is handmade in columbia. Instead of a standard zipper enclosure, the Pangolin Backpack is designed …