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Buildings in Moscow used to have a long distance from others so you may easily find large space between offices if you’re wandering in that city. But such space between buildings would not exist too long after Za Bor Architects come up with the Parasite office concept. To be finalized in the future, the office building will be built between two buildings without a base on the ground. It is so interesting. More surprising is the office building will have three floors with an accessible roof area as well. Will that be safe enough? No certain answer is offered by now so we may need to wait to see. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Surprised, ordinary sugar can be used as a sustainable resource to make lamps? But of course you may need other materials when to make a Crystallized Sugar LED Lamp as that of Won Joon Lee’s. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nordisk Cryobank is one of Europe’s leading sperm banks, and recently they’ve caught more attention than before for their CO2-friendly way to deliver their sperm samples using a bike- a custom designed bike that looks like a huge sperm! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Disposable wooden chopsticks, although deemed to have destroyed a vast amount of trees, are still in great need nowadays. But fortunately we may have the hope to see our forests saved with Chung Ran Hee’s Re-Paper Chopsticks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Chew Leg Cover is something that can entertain both your dogs and your furniture. It is made of natural rubber, therefore safe enough for your dogs to bite and you needn’t worry about their teeth. Meanwhile, these gadgets would protect your tables and chairs and as a result ensure them always fine legs. Available in creme, fuchsia, purple, brown and turquoise. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Cellphone covers especially designed for iPhone 4 surely need to have their unique characteristics, and these ones are announced to be “the world’s first and only printed iPhone 4 covers made of plants”. Therefore they’re totally friendly, to both the users and the environment. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Let’s start a green journey—never using any kinds of fuel, but simply relying on wind power. Sounds incredible? Not necessarily, because Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer have already completed a 5,000km journey with their electric vehicle powered by wind. They built their car with both electricity-generating wind turbines and a kite, which produced enough electricity power for use during their 18-day trip. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Can you believe this, these OAT shoes will biodegrade and sprout trees after you throw them away? If that could become a reality, our shoes would indeed leave no marks to the environment. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously a bridge could do more things than we would ever think of. According to Italian designers Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino, a bridge is expected to offer electricity energy while still ensuring a convenient transportation. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Waste Folder is a recyclable bin that you can take everywhere, as it usually keeps in a compact size as that of a notebook. But simply unfold it and then you can get a six-compartment garbage suited for any situations. [Read the rest of this entry...]

About 2000 years ago, the great mathematician Archimedes concluded that anything shaped to displace the same amount of water as that of its weight can float on the water. Inspired by that principle, Muzaffer Kocer and Ayca Guven have collaborated with the Water Scale, a measuring device that can read out the weight of the object placed onto the scale plate. It can weigh anything within 1000grams, and it doesn’t cost any energy or result in any pollution- really a green device for household use. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is reported that every year about 1.3 billion trees worldwide are used to make various types of paper products and nearly every minute a forest that has the size of a football field is destroyed. So what should we do to protect the trees? Recently a designer Sangbyum Kim has created these Melt Tags to take the place of common paper tags on clothes. It will disappear in water, and more importantly the tag can clean your new clothes too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creature Industry’s Soft Gang is a new series of toys that would satisfy both the kids and their parents. It is made of light foam, ensuring the kids safe while playing; it also features eco-friendly leatherette, which is easy to for moms to clean and wash. Plus, these toys are multifunctional and you can easily shift them between an animal, a storage device and a sleeping bag. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We can use potatoes to make various dishes, but what about using them to make a rain poncho? The results seem still good. This biodegradable rain poncho here is rightly manufactured with bioplastic derived from over 20 varieties of French potatoes. As a result, it not only protects you users from rain, but also protects the world from pollution. So it is really an eco-friendly design, do you love it too? [Read the rest of this entry...]

The disposable BBQ is a clever alternative to aluminum trays and forks. All its components are combustible, minimizing the operation time and saving your energy. It is also chemical free, leaving no footprints to the environment. So when finished with the picnic, you can simply throw the devices into the fire and therefore to lighten your bags. [Read the rest of this entry...]