Shop for Good Ideas: The Unreasonable Institute Finalist Marketplace is Open
January 24, 2011 No Comment
Image: The Unreasonable Institute The Unreasonable Institute needs your help: the Boulder-based program is down to 45 finalists, but relies on the public to choose the 25 fellows who actually make it into the fellowship. It’s TreeHugger news because so many of the finalists have some pretty impressive green ideas that you’ll hope will become a reality…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit weburbanist Wired notes that January 24 is the anniversary of the sale of the first can of beer, in 1935. Wired claims that “Compared to glass, the cans were lightweight, cheap, and easy to stack and ship. Unlike bottles, you didn’t have to pay a deposit and then return the cans for a refund.” So it was hugely popular and now only 3% of Americans drink beer from refillable bottles. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Meatless Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital, photo: Meatless Monday. The Meatless Monday campaign has just gotten a big boost: Institutional mega-feeder Sodexo has joined the campaign and has started to roll out and publicize vegetarian options on its corporate, healthcare, and college menus across the United States. All told, Sodexo serves about 10 million people daily…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Screenshot: YouTube Why are we so fascinated with polar bears, one of the climate change movement’s best-known icons? Perhaps because they can be so adorable, and yet so deadly, at the same time. The 10 rare videos here offer a peek into the minds of these white furry beasts: From conquering video equipment, playing with dogs, hunting dinner, and more, these videos prove polar bears are not so easily defined as friend or foe. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Dave Gingrich , used under Creative Commons license. From what to do if you see a bike thief to how do you keep your toes warm in winter , the Guardian’s bike blog covers some of the most important, and practical, questions faced by everyday cyclists. (OK—it’s also where I learned about
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Images credit i gland design Sunlight is free, but it’s not always in the right place. That’s why people use light shelves and other technologies to reflect it against the ceiling. Danish designer Dag Igland has built Pure Sunlight , a sort of indoor heliostat, that lets the user adjust a mirror built into a coffee table to reflect light up to the ceiling…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Your Little Ideas Make Big Differences With Open IDEO’s Revolutionary Design Model (Video)
January 24, 2011 No Comment
Nathan Waterhouse at Compostmodern, discussing how collaborative effort, rather than financial incentives, is the way to come up with solutions for a problem. Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The design company IDEO , which we’ve been following with admiration since 2006 , has developed a new method for collaborative design. It allows anyone to participate in crafting the best possible product, from conception to production. Nathan Waterhouse, the lead at Open IDEO, pres… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Solarcentury , used with permission. Some folks may believe that solar feed-in tariffs are a subsidy for the wealthy , but it’s not just the rich that are getting in on the action. Just like some pioneering solar affordable housing projects in the States , one UK housing authority is pressing ahead with plans to install solar on over 650 houses by 2012. The initiative will, i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images credit yuya vs design Designer yuya ushida built this transformer sofa, that extends from chair width to full three person sofa, out of eight thousand chopsticks, cut into four lengths and fastened with rings and joints. It took him three months…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via The Moderns slideshow When their building’s water tower burst in October 2009, The Moderns office space suffered an 8,000 gallon flood. They called it their own tsunami of change. They knew that while it was a huge hassle to build a new space, they’d received a great opportunity to completely re-do what they considered an office and try to integrate their green ideals into that new workspace. Janine James, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Moderns, presented their remodel to the attendees at this year’s Compostmodern conference in San Fra… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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