No vinyl is used in the wallpapers produced by Mod Green Pod. This company, founded by Lisa and Nancy Mims, uses water-based paints and a water-based varnish to ensure greater durability to the product when in contact with light. And the fabrics they sell are made from certified organic cotton and paints.
Source: Inhabitat
Coconut fiber replaces fern fibers which are in danger of extinction, and is also a very ecologic alternative since its husk is usually discarded. It is renewable and our country has a large production of coconuts. Coquim is the name of a company that produces several types of vases made from coconut fibers, as wells as coasters, placemats and sous plats. Because their website does not make online sales you will have to e-mail the company to order the products.
I also found another product made from coconut fiber—the doormats manufactured by Komeco, available at CompraFácil starting from R$19.90.
Chuck’s Studio has developed this wastepaper basket for offices, made from recycled cardboard. They are available in two models and the paints used on the wastepaper basket—which has been nicknamed Chuck—are water-based and have very low VOC emissions (volatile organic compounds). The basket with the green print is not available yet, but the model with the botanical print is available at Chuck’s for US$ 9.99.
Source: Inhabitat
Another cool project created by the Ciclus studio. A while ago, we showcased an amazing eco-wine carton that can be used as a luminary. Likewise, this coaster for pans is a great way to recycle corks. A stainless-steel tray, which is used as a support, is inlaid with pointy little tines in order to hold the corks in place. This project was developed in collaboration with designer Nikoline Arns.
Read this post at Rodrigo Barba’s Blog: Pan Coaster Made with Corks
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(Legenda) Pablo Handl and Terra Boa composters
Yesterday, I visited The Hub-SP, and learned that in addition to being a collaborative entrepreneur, Pablo Handl also has a very nice eco-enterprise called Rio-Sol Eco-opportunities. The company was incubated within the Artemisia Foundation, which promotes the construction of social business models; its first product is a composter that can be used in apartments: the Terra Boa.
The system is free and very easy to use at home. Three resistant and stackable plastic boxes transform all of the organic waste by using select earthworms to digest the waste.
Each Terra Boa composter has 1 box to collect the animal fat (with a faucet, at the bottom) and two digestive boxes. The main digestive box has a thin layer of humus and select earthworms that transform the organic waste deposited in the box into good soil, or terra boa in Portuguese. You can lay some dry leaves or shredded paper on top of the organic residues, and close the lid. In another expanded ceramic box, you can add humus and continue the process when the first one is full. The decomposition of this material generates leachate (a liquid byproduct of the decomposition). The leachate is practically and cleanly stored in the collecting box, and can be used to fertilize your plants.
The small set, shown in the photo above, costs R$ 250. It is ideal for families of up to 4 people. Orders can be placed by e-mail.: ecooportunidades [@] gmail.com
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Pablo Handl and Terra Boa composters
Yesterday, I visited The Hub-SP, and learned that in addition to being a collaborative entrepreneur, Pablo Handl also has a very nice eco-enterprise called Rio-Sol Eco-opportunities. The company was incubated within the Artemisia Foundation, which promotes the construction of social business models; its first product is a composter that can be used in apartments: the Terra Boa.
The system is free and very easy to use at home. Three resistant and stackable plastic boxes transform all of the organic waste by using select earthworms to digest the waste.
Each Terra Boa composter has 1 box to collect the animal fat (with a faucet, at the bottom) and two digestive boxes. The main digestive box has a thin layer of humus and select earthworms that transform the organic waste deposited in the box into good soil, or terra boa in Portuguese. You can lay some dry leaves or shredded paper on top of the organic residues, and close the lid. In another expanded ceramic box, you can add humus and continue the process when the first one is full. The decomposition of this material generates leachate (a liquid byproduct of the decomposition). The leachate is practically and cleanly stored in the collecting box, and can be used to fertilize your plants.
The small set, shown in the photo above, costs R$ 250. It is ideal for families of up to 4 people. Orders can be placed by e-mail.: ecooportunidades [@] gmail.com
This article belongs to Ladybug Brasil. If you have found it on another blog, please, contact me.
French Artist Gilles Eichenbaum has created projects that reuse household items, also known as “Garbage.” His works are mostly comprised of lamps made of teapots, forks, funnels, pots, lids, and other items.
Read this post at Rodrigo’s Barba Blog: Lamps that reuse household utensils
Made of wavy recyclable cardboard, this set of boxes is an amusement park for ecologic cats. This condo is interconnected by an opening in the middle box which allows its dwellers to visit other residents. If your cat is on the heavy side, like Garfield, don’t worry because these boxes are made of double cardboard sheets and are very resistant. The paint used on the boxes is soy-based, non-toxic paint.
Each one costs US$29.95, at Caboodle Cats.
Tip from MirrowAlice.
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It’s agony to make room for all of our pots and pans in our increasingly smaller kitchens. We even store them in the oven.
But here is a much cooler solution that requires very little space. This shelf was specifically designed to hold pots and pans but can be used as a fruit bowl—and an ecologic one, because it is made of bamboo. It costs US$175 at Crate & Barrel.
Read this post at Rodrigo Barba’s Blog: Shelf for pans
Have you ever thought about buying the Sao Francisco Basin or helping to curb global warming? Well, rest assured that these actions are now child’s play — at least in the ecologic versions of Monopoly and Risk.
Made with recycled materials, Sustainable Monopoly promotes issues such as environmental protection, selective collection, and social responsibility. Instead of money, each player uses their carbon credits to buy properties, such as the Zona da Mata Area, in the State of Alagoas, or a reforestation company.
WeAtheR, an internet game developed upon Greenpeace’s request, has a similar aim. Played by up to four internet users, the green version of the famous strategy game RISK stimulates participants to get together to solve climate crises. Activists have sixteen rounds to solve all of the environmental problems.
Taking care of nature is worth points!
Read this post at the Guindaste Blog: Throw the dice and win the Amazon
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