Shipping containers have been used to create a lot of cool homes but the idea is that they’re still, well, pretty much shipping containers. The EBS Block unfolds from a shipping crate into a cute and stylish home or office.
Read More
We’ve all had IKEA furniture before. We’ve all spent an evening alone or with friends piecing together a chair or shelf set with that little tool they send. It’s time to take that training to the sustainable level with the Growroom, the build it yourself vertical garden space that can feed a neighborhood. Plans are free and waiting for your elbow grease.
Read More
We all probably have a bag of plastic bags in our house. I don’t mean garbage bags, I mean bags from grocery stores and gas stations that we’re saving up to reuse because we know just throwing them out is wasteful but eventually, they’re going to end up in a landfill or worse. With Avani Eco Bags, you can just toss them because these bags are 100% biodegradable and safe.
Read More
Growing your own food is really taking off as a movement and lot of people are getting into it, even those that live in urban environments, with container and community gardens. Not everyone has a green thumb though and some people who want to grow their own food need a little help. The Grobo is the indoor grower that will help you grow food, even if your condo gets no sunlight.
Read More
Growing your own food is one way to become more sustainable in your life but not everyone has a green thumb or time to spend digging into the dirt (no matter how therapeutic it may be). For those that want to grow their own food but are better with a keyboard than a trowel, check out FarmBot Genesis, the open source farming robot.
Read More
The ocean is sort of a large part of our planet and we’ve spent a good deal of time just filling it all up with garbage. We’ve realized the error of our ways and we’re trying to fix it. The Ocean Cleanup is a largescale project that wants to use the ocean to . . clean the ocean.
Read More
There are many ways to generate electricity, some are a lot more earth friendly than others. Recently we’ve seen research that focuses on how to harness the energy that plants use in their growing process and one company is setting out to make those innovations available to the public in a form they can really use. The Bioo Lite is the plant pot that turns plant power into a way to charge your devices.
Read More
Before we had the modern convenience of a refrigerator, people had to find other ways to keep their perishables from, well perishing. Humans figured out pretty quickly that it was always cooler below ground and food would last longer. If you want to use that same system to store your food but with a more modern appeal, check out the GroundFridge, a new take on root cellars.
Read More
