This coffee maker is an eco-friendly alternative to the electric coffee maker, as it doesn’t use electricity at all (although for best results you have to use hot water).

The Presso coffee maker  is one of the simplest and most ingenious mechanic coffee makers available and is also made of recyclable materials. How it works: fill the brewing filter with coffee grounds, fill the Presso with water, raise the handles up and the press them down. Allowing the coffee to be infused Read the rest of this entry…

The 2CLight solar powered baseball cap allows you to see at night without having to hold a flashlight.

The cap is also eco-friendly, using a solar panel located on the bill and a rechargeable NiMH battery. The cap is made of durable fabric and the electric parts are placed in a water-tight compartment. The Cap has 2 bright LEDs located on the bib which project Read the rest of this entry…

General Motors has paired up with Clairvoyant Energy, Veolia Environmental and the Government of Aragon, to build the largest rooftop solar array in the world.

The solar power plan will extend over 2 million square feet, summing up about 85,000 solar panels and being able to deliver up to 12MW, easily surpassing the present record by over 9MW. The giant solar power plant will be built on the rooftop of Zaragosa assembly plant in Spain. General Motors Read the rest of this entry…

The last time you asked for a drink “on rocks”, did you think that it could be literally on rocks?

Well, some guy loved the idea so much that he designed some stone cubes that can be chilled in the freezer and put in your drink afterwords. The Nordic Rocks are mined from an unpolluted are from Sweden and they do not dissolve or alter the taste of your drink. The Nordic Rocks come in packs of 10 and with a leather pouch Read the rest of this entry…

Many households don’t use ecologic detergents or highly bio-degradable detergents for the simple reason that they are expensive.

With this BioWashBall is easy to be environmentally friendly because it’s a lot cheaper than to use regular detergents and doesn’t require the use of detergents. This ball lasts up to three years of usage running a 4 kilograms washing cycle daily. You only have to “charge” in direct sunlight once a month. The BioWashBall works by rising water pH to about 10 and weakening the dirt’s adherence to clothing by emitting negative ions Read the rest of this entry…

Trying to go green? Toss your old MP3 player into…well…the electronic parts recycling container and go green with this new Eco-Media Player, which is environmentally friendly and doesn’t use electricity.

How does it work? You have to power it by winding it up. Read the rest of this entry…

Walmart

The Walmart monolith is planing to buy energy from one of the new wind farms in Texas. Actually, they are so committed to renewable energy that they intend on buying all of the energy from that windfarm.

The power will go, in case the agreement is settled, to 360 Texas stores and should provide 15% of their necesities. Whether this change for a greener Walmart will happen is still unknown, as it very much depends on the normal energy costs. Read the rest of this entry…

A Japanese company, Kokuyo, has thought up a way of how to be more eco friendly and ended up making its employees feel better at work as well. Or probably it was the other way around.

Everyone knows how obsessed the Japanese are of efficiency at work. I think that if there is someone who knows best how improve your working conditions and be more productive, it’s them. The company I mentioned above has forsaken the cubicle. Read the rest of this entry…

The “eco” current has appeared for some time in the mobile phone area. Now you have the opportunity to see a wooden Nokia. Should we expect an entire series of wooden terminals?

It seems not. The Finnish don’t want to, at least for the moment, to produce this kind of gadgets Read the rest of this entry…

Toilet Sink

This is a great idea and it should have been applied a long time ago. We would be able to save huge quantities of water with such a system. I mean, who wants clean water when flushing?

The device is called the Profile Smart Dual Flush Toilet. The only inconvenience is the toilet sink that bothers when you want to wash your hands. But you can save water up to 70% with this system. Read the rest of this entry…