Board game uses melting ice to highlight effects of global warming on animals Educational children’s games have delved into territories such as environmental responsibility before – regular readers may remember our coverage of Play Rethink, for example. Treading the line between entertainment and education can be a tough act to pull off, however. MELTDOWN – a new board game from Germany – innovatively incorporates real ice to demonstrate the plight of polar bears whose habitat is being affected by global warming. READ MORE…
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Board game uses melting ice to highlight effects of global warming on animals

Educational children’s games have delved into territories such as environmental responsibility before – regular readers may remember our coverage of Play Rethink, for example. Treading the line between entertainment and education can be a tough act to pull off, however. MELTDOWN – a new board game from Germany – innovatively incorporates real ice to demonstrate the plight of polar bears whose habitat is being affected by global warming. READ MORE…

Living Christmas trees, delivered and replanted for free Christmas trees are considered an integral part of the festive season for many, but most vendors sell trees that have already been cut down, meaning that by the time they reach peoples’ living rooms the decomposition process is well underway. Local authorities in Paris have already made an effort to make the industry more sustainable by crushing and replanting the trees as fertilizer in public locations, but our latest spotting is encouraging consumers in Austria to purchase a Living Christmas Tree that can be picked up and replanted after the season is over. READ MORE…
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Living Christmas trees, delivered and replanted for free

Christmas trees are considered an integral part of the festive season for many, but most vendors sell trees that have already been cut down, meaning that by the time they reach peoples’ living rooms the decomposition process is well underway. Local authorities in Paris have already made an effort to make the industry more sustainable by crushing and replanting the trees as fertilizer in public locations, but our latest spotting is encouraging consumers in Austria to purchase a Living Christmas Tree that can be picked up and replanted after the season is over. READ MORE…

Electric scooters provide a green taxi service in Amsterdam We’ve previously seen green taxi services, including cab4one, which uses mini cars that only transport one passenger to keep carbon emissions down. Now, however, Dutch company Hopper has introduced an eco-friendly taxi service to the streets of Amsterdam that uses electric scooters rather than cars. READ MORE…
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Electric scooters provide a green taxi service in Amsterdam

We’ve previously seen green taxi services, including cab4one, which uses mini cars that only transport one passenger to keep carbon emissions down. Now, however, Dutch company Hopper has introduced an eco-friendly taxi service to the streets of Amsterdam that uses electric scooters rather than cars. READ MORE…

In Beijing, citizens build and fly kits equipped with air pollution monitors We’ve seen numerous technology-based efforts aimed at giving citizens the power to monitor their environment, including the Montre Verte project for assessing air quality in Paris. Taking an airborne approach to much the same problem, FLOAT is an initiative to teach residents of Beijing how to build and use kites equipped with air pollution monitors. READ MORE…
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In Beijing, citizens build and fly kits equipped with air pollution monitors

We’ve seen numerous technology-based efforts aimed at giving citizens the power to monitor their environment, including the Montre Verte project for assessing air quality in Paris. Taking an airborne approach to much the same problem, FLOAT is an initiative to teach residents of Beijing how to build and use kites equipped with air pollution monitors. READ MORE…

Site connects businesses with others that want their used oil In Tokyo, there is a candlemakers called Filt that sources the material for its products from the cafe situated on the ground floor of the same building, which hands over its used cooking oil. Could this kind of hand-me-down business model be replicated on a larger scale? Stay Green Oil hopes to tackle just this question, offering an easier way for businesses to sell their used oil to others instead of throwing it away. READ MORE…
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Site connects businesses with others that want their used oil

In Tokyo, there is a candlemakers called Filt that sources the material for its products from the cafe situated on the ground floor of the same building, which hands over its used cooking oil. Could this kind of hand-me-down business model be replicated on a larger scale? Stay Green Oil hopes to tackle just this question, offering an easier way for businesses to sell their used oil to others instead of throwing it away. READ MORE…

Wall mural purifies the air around it While Alcoa’s photocatalytic panels offer architects the possibility of creating buildings that can help reduce impurities in the air around them, Italian artist Andreco has come up with a different use of the technology that may be more aesthetically appealing. His Philosophical Tree mural installed in Bologna uses paint that helps to tackle smog in the city. READ MORE…
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Wall mural purifies the air around it

While Alcoa’s photocatalytic panels offer architects the possibility of creating buildings that can help reduce impurities in the air around them, Italian artist Andreco has come up with a different use of the technology that may be more aesthetically appealing. His Philosophical Tree mural installed in Bologna uses paint that helps to tackle smog in the city. READ MORE…

Crowdsourcing app rewards users for reporting illegal dumps Illegal dumping is a scourge that does untold environmental harm, yet a lack of data has long made the magnitude of the problem difficult to estimate. That’s where TrashOut comes in. The free mobile app not only gives consumers a way to report illegal dumps, but it also rewards them with badges for the steps they take toward getting those dumps cleaned up. READ MORE…
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Crowdsourcing app rewards users for reporting illegal dumps

Illegal dumping is a scourge that does untold environmental harm, yet a lack of data has long made the magnitude of the problem difficult to estimate. That’s where TrashOut comes in. The free mobile app not only gives consumers a way to report illegal dumps, but it also rewards them with badges for the steps they take toward getting those dumps cleaned up. READ MORE…

Top 10 ideas from Eco and Sustainability over the last 12 months We’ve picked out our top ten Eco & Sustainability articles from the last 12 months on Springwise. We hope that the ideas listed below provide entrepreneurs with plenty of inspiration and spark even more innovative efforts in the future! READ MORE…
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Top 10 ideas from Eco and Sustainability over the last 12 months

We’ve picked out our top ten Eco & Sustainability articles from the last 12 months on Springwise. We hope that the ideas listed below provide entrepreneurs with plenty of inspiration and spark even more innovative efforts in the future! READ MORE…

Jewelry products feature tiny pots that carry plantlife Having recently covered DesignLibero’s Green Wheel micro rotary garden, we thought we’d found the most compact system for growing plants. That was until we spotted Wearable Planter‘s tiny plantpot jewelry, which enables people to incorporate living matter as part of their clothes. READ MORE…
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Jewelry products feature tiny pots that carry plantlife

Having recently covered DesignLibero’s Green Wheel micro rotary garden, we thought we’d found the most compact system for growing plants. That was until we spotted Wearable Planter‘s tiny plantpot jewelry, which enables people to incorporate living matter as part of their clothes. READ MORE…

In mobile game, virtual points earned help battle real-world deforestation Much like the way social gaming company Zynga created limited-edition in-game goods to benefit its real-world Haiti Relief Fund a few years back, so California-based XEOPlay’s Tilt World mobile game strives to have a similarly beneficial effect in the battle against deforestation. Specifically, thanks to a partnership with non-profit WeForest, the points Tilt World players earn in the game help buy real seeds and trees to aid with reforestation efforts in Madagascar. READ MORE…
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In mobile game, virtual points earned help battle real-world deforestation

Much like the way social gaming company Zynga created limited-edition in-game goods to benefit its real-world Haiti Relief Fund a few years back, so California-based XEOPlay’s Tilt World mobile game strives to have a similarly beneficial effect in the battle against deforestation. Specifically, thanks to a partnership with non-profit WeForest, the points Tilt World players earn in the game help buy real seeds and trees to aid with reforestation efforts in Madagascar. READ MORE…