Solar panels have been utilized for decades by businesses and consumers alike to save money and do their part in helping reduce global emissions from fossil fuels. However, their popularity waned somewhat due to various subsidies being taken offline and causing the prices to increase beyond the point of viability …
It is often the case during power outages that we stumble and rumble in the dark only to find that our emergency light has no charge left! In such unfortunately annoying scenarios, many of us would surely like to have a self-powered light source. Well, the Secur Collapsible LED ‘handily’ …
Last month, we harped about a remarkable habitable unit refurbished from a various decrepit Boeing passenger airplanes. This time around, things are much smaller in scale but arguably more practical in their approach. Two brothers Rehan and Josh Nana with the help of their architect friend Kyle Davis, have re-purposed …
3D printing – the very term alludes to a synthetic process of modern times to achieve complex contoured details of three-dimensional objects. But what if such a synthetic process could be used to replicate an organic pattern? Well, the designers at MALINKO (headed by Marta Cherednik) have successfully contrived such …
BaseCamp is the latest brainchild in a long line of impressive energy-efficient wood-burning stoves, mainly for backpackers and campers, by BioLite. The NYC-based company, which was launched back in 2009, is known for its innovative outdoor-cooking gear, that also generate off-grid electricity. One of their premier products is CampStove, a portable stove …
Solidwool is a unique, eco-friendly composite material, similar to fiberglass-reinforced plastic, made from coarse fleece of the upland UK sheep. Specially engineered using 60% wool and bio-resins obtained from the waste of wood pulp and bio-fuels industries, Solidwool is a stable, non-reactive and indeed, green alternative to fiberglass. What is …
Another glorious instance of tradition fusing with modernism; we have in our hands the Flame, a sustainable kettle crafted from 100 percent recyclable materials. Conceived by Hakan Gürsu, the design is supposedly inspired by the ole copper kettles of the yester-years. In fact, the inspiration takes quite a purist direction by …
Biodegradable designs are certainly cool; however biodegradable designs that physically transform to meet practical demands are even cooler! In regard to the second notion, we have stumbled across the ‘sustainable expanding bowl’, a bowl made from biodegradable materials that remarkably ‘hardens’ on application of hot water. Designed by Anna Glansén and …
Those who proudly go by their ‘green thumb’ nature would know a thing or two about the convenience of a personalized workbench for gardening. In this regard, we have come across a fully folding potting table, which is showcased and made commercially available as a part of the thriving British small scale …
The essence of sustainability does not get more natural than this. Aptly named Sustainable-Furniture has concocted an innovative way of crafting table pieces directly from the roots of old logged teak trees that are left decaying on the ground surface.
