Category: Environmental Living
This category provides you with a place to find new startups looking to help the world through services and products that are eco-friendly, eco-conscious and/or eco-supportive. Here you will find posts that feature companies looking to better our world and reduce theirs’ and your eco-footprint.
- Found On: PSFK
- May 10, 2012
A 55-year-old farmer from Beijing, China, proclaims that he has created a functioning car powered by wind. The vehicle is constructed using what looks like scrapes of materials costing a total of $1600…. Read More…
- Found On: PSFK
- May 9, 2012
Bubble Hotel in the countryside east of Marseille, France invites guests to stay in clear tents set in nature…. Read More…
Makani Power has created a tethered wind turbine that can generate power by flying aloft in large circles, much the way a kite does…. Read More…
UK-based Field Lover is launching its field matchmaking site, which aims to make it easy for those with land to lease to find renters and vice-versa…. Read More…
Black+Blum’s Eau Good water bottle embraces the centuries-old use of active charcoal to make every day tap water taste better…. Read More…
It all started because he was really sweaty. Dr. Jim Bahcall, an avid cyclist, spent his mornings biking before work, usually stopping at a local Starbucks in his hometown of Chicago to cool off. Then he would clean himself up using hand wipes…. Read More…
Adobe unveiled its LeanPrint technology today, aiming to cut the cost of printing in homes and businesses. LeanPrint works by optimizing document formatting, colors, and layout, while managing toner output to reduce the overall use of ink during a print job. Adobe’s patent-pending software technology is … Read More…
HORTUS isn’t like any other greenhouse you can imagine – well it comes with the atmospheric aspects of a green living environment (clean air and bright sunlight). But there are no plants. HORTUS (Hydro Organisms Responsive To Urban Stimuli) is a new exhibit from ecoLogicStudio that invites visitors to engage with 325 transparent “photobioreactor” bags to produce green energy and learn about the organisms that make it possible…. Read More…
German GreenPocket’s namesake smartphone app “helps consumers share their carbon footprint in a competitive and entertaining way on Facebook.”… Read More…
Claiming to be the “most eco-friendly and efficient way to charge mobile devices,” Bracketron’s GreenZero battery and chargers eliminate stand-by energy consumption by automatically shutting off once your device is charged. Set to be released at CES in Las Vegas later this month, the series inclu… Read More…