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Loll Outdoor Furniture: Recycled Post-Consumer Plastic Goes Modern
From David de Rothschild’s plastic pollution awareness-raising journey on the Plastiki to Terracycle’s nationwide Recycling Brigades, innovators on the front lines of the environmental movement are devising new ways to inform and empower us how to either diminish our dependence upon one-use plastic items or turn that plastic to our advantage. Enter Loll, a modern [...] -
2012 VW Passat TDI: First Clean Diesel Car Built in America
To understand the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI you have to understand where it comes from: Just outside Chattanooga, TN there is a brand new, state-of-the-art, billion-dollar automotive production facility. The Passat is the only car they make in the new factory. VW designed the new Passat at their headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Better still, they [...] -
Replenish: How Design Innovation Solves Green Challenges
I came across this product yesterday at the Sustainable Brands conference here in Monterey, CA and was immediately thrilled. Replenish is not just good design, it’s brilliant design. It’s a high-concentrated cleaning product that’s about as green as it gets: non-toxic, biodegradable, and pH neutral. it’s also one of the few consumer products to be [...] -
Uhuru Design Melds Modern Sensibility With Ecological Materials
Brooklyn has been a hotbed of sustainable furniture design for years. In fact, the presence of so many sustainable designers is what led me to relocate Vivavi (my former furniture retail company) to Brooklyn in 2005. Uhuru is a design firm committed to sustainable principles. Making furniture pieces suited to every room of the home, [...] -
TRTL BOT offers Modern Accessories from Recycled Materials
I’m constantly searching for modern design products made with environmentally responsible materials. TRTL BOT fits the bill with its plastic cell phone cases made from recycled soda bottles and manufactured in Southern California. Not only are they sleek, they’re functional too – exactly what’s required of green products in order for most consumers to seriously [...] -
A Most Amazing Visual History: Hans Rosling
We’re often so mired in negative news that we fail to realize the megatrends propelling civilization, albeit kicking and screaming sometimes, toward an increasingly healthy and prosperous future. Hans Rosling is a marvelous teacher. Over 3 million people have watched this video on YouTube. My personal feeling is that the more we strive to bring [...] -
New Green Site: Eco-Snobbery Sucks
We all know there are lots of ways to talk about green. Some cajole and prod. Others moralize. As the Lazy Environmentalist, I prefer to entice. I believe that if you frame green choices in ways that are appealing and satisfy people’s self interests, then you minimize resistance and stand a better chance of driving [...]
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