- Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part One)
- Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design (Part Two)
- Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design (Part One)
- Andy Revkin - Climate in the Obama Age
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)
- Chris Goodall - Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part Two)
- Chris Goodall - Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part One)
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Petz left Luxembourg to study eco-design in London, trying to figure out what it’s really all about and how green she could make things. Her work took her to the small Tanzanian island Pemba, the Catalan capital Barcelona where she worked with Curro Claret and Javier Mariscal and the Netherlands where, together with fellow treehugger Leonora, she worked for Demotech. She hurried back to London just in time to finish off her ba eco design course with her final project locaLunch.
After a project for Thomas Heatherwick Studio she moved back to Barcelona where she’s living now, working on her R3project (sustainable renovation blog), as a freelance eco designer (see 1st TreeHugger product, the StuffBump) and green consultant. She also manages o2Spain and Pecha Kucha Barcelona.
Petz loves simplicity and good design, making practical and fun things, bringing people together (the more the better), travelling, speaking 5.5 languages, scuba diving, the Eden Project in Cornwall, open air parties, coffee and chocolate.
Check out Petz's studio Pöko Design. Petz can be contacted at petz at treehugger dot com.
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11.20.07
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11.15.07
Book Review: Superuse
11.13.07
Gold & Wood Spectacles, the Green Option for Eyewear?
11. 8.07
Sort of Coal, Purifying Charcoal for Your Home
11. 6.07
Clownfish, Experts in Both Marketing & Sustainability
11. 1.07
Good Travels Contest by Razoo, a Platform for Social Good
10.30.07
Swing With The Plants by Marcel Wanders
10.25.07
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10.23.07
Actics.com, the "Ethical Facebook”
10.18.07
Trees + Community = Tree-nation
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All We Need, an Exhibition on Human Needs, Resources and Fairness
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10. 4.07
INDEX: Design to Improve Life, the 2007 Winners
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Ingle & Rhode -No Blood Diamonds, but Ethical Jewellery
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The RCA Presents: Slow Water, Design Solutions to Water Wastage and Management
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09.11.07
Timtimxtimtim- Step by Step Recycled & Educational Design
08.31.07
Kubik Barcelona: Djs & Funky Lights in a Recycled Pop-Up Club.
08.28.07
Damaris & Marc, Fun & Local Sustainable Design from Barcelona
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Face Your Elephant!
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A Simple Switch Campaign by Philips
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Gorgeous No Child Labour Carpets by Nani Marquina
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Sparks Install Green Grass in London to Provoke Convocation
07.17.07
Venus Albir, the First Eco Hotel in Spain
07.10.07
New Stylish & Green Notecards by ReadyMade
07. 3.07
New Network for Eco Innovation: eco-i net
06.29.07
Plastic Ain't My Bag: The Launch by We Are What We Do
06.26.07
Skunkfunk: Bamboo & Soybean Clothes from Spain
06.24.07
Vandana Shiva & Why We Need More Trees (exclusive video footage)
06.19.07
Woodloops, Pure FSC Furniture
06.18.07
Better Thinking’s Issue #2: Transparency in Businesses
06.12.07
Al Gore & Vandana Shiva at the 1st International Meeting for Friends of Trees in Spain
06. 5.07
Dennis Dollens Grows Architecture: Podhotels and Spiral Bridges
05.29.07
Barcelona Has Gone Bicing Crazy: 30.000 Users in 2 Months!
05.22.07
There’s a Jungle in Madrid’s Train Station.
05.21.07
Richard Rogers & Bamboo for Madrid's Airport Extention
05.15.07
Sustainable Construction at Construmat: the R4House
05. 8.07
Solar, Wind & Gardening Toys by Imaginarium
05. 1.07
Seriously funny: Designing Critical Design Show
04.24.07
Certified Wood for El Prado in Madrid
04.17.07
Edens Lost & Found – Great American Cities Restored
04.10.07
Recyclicity, Re-using Waste in Architecture
04. 6.07
Sublime Magazine Issue 2: The Silent Road
04. 3.07
Better Thinking's New Ethical Magazine Online Now!
03.27.07
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03.20.07
WASTE, Sexy Beanbags From Barcelona
03.13.07
Yahoo! Big Shot in Cannes Green Ad Competition
03. 4.07
Stokke Tripp Trapp Chair Grows With Your Baby
03. 1.07
EcoCity, the Trade Show with Environmental Solutions for Cities
02.28.07
Superuse, Where Recycling Meets Design
02.20.07
Wicanders, Lush Cork Flooring from Portugal
02.13.07
[re]design Show at Bluebird
02. 6.07
Wooden Low-H20 Radiator by Jaga
01.30.07
Sublime Magazine - Issue 1 Out Now
01.23.07
Karrysafe Bags, not to die for
01.16.07
Design Against Crime for more Sustainablility
01. 9.07
Sweet Dreams Security, Safety with a Smile
01. 2.07
Calendar of Climate Change 2007
12.26.06
Merry Christmas and a Happy 2007 from Barcelona
12.19.06
Drap-Art International Creative Recycling Festival
12.12.06
Carpet-Burns: from Waste Carpet to New Material
12. 6.06
Eenee's Zero Waste Eco Nappies
12. 5.06
Leopoldo & Vaho Works team up: Leoboldo
11.28.06
Materia's November Eco Materials
11.21.06
Denim Therapy for your Tattered Jeans
11.14.06
TOMS Shoes - Buy One, Give One Away
11. 7.06
GreenKnickers On Sale Now!
10.31.06
Conservation Has Never Been So Sexy: Whale Nation’s 2007 Calendar Out Now!
10.24.06
Soft Wooden Chair by Front Design
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10.17.06
BARK CLOTH: easily available Eco Material from Germany
10.15.06
Street Furniture Revamped in Eco-Style
10.10.06
Cultivate Centre’s Events Towards a Low Carbon Future
10. 3.06
TreeHugger Gets Naked & Wet With William
09.26.06
Sublime Magazine Taster Issue Out Now!
09.19.06
Good & Gorgeous? [re]design at the London Design Festival
09.12.06
Wooden LED Clock from Japan
09. 5.06
Biogas from Cow Dung in Luxembourg
08.29.06
Butt Comfortable Saddle by Manta Design Looking for Partners
08.22.06
Natural Swimming Pools after the TeichMeister System
08.15.06
Lazy Gardening Ideas: Garden-in-a-Bag & Topsy Turvy
08.10.06
Happy Shrimp Goes Local in Rotterdam
08. 8.06
Leopoldo City Vegetable Garden Greening Many Different Corners of the Cities.
08. 1.06
Triodos Green Credit Cards Launched
07.25.06
Real Ecourns by Econatur
07.18.06
Casa Camper Hotel to Feel at Home in Barcelona
07.14.06
The Perfect T-Shirt III – Dyeing for a Change
07.11.06
Unu-life for Greater Appreciation of the Physical
07. 4.06
caféDiverso Wants Your Stories & Photos
06.27.06
Global Warming Mug Heats up the Topic
06.23.06
Design Graduates 2006: Domesticating Dirt by Sam Hulbert
06.20.06
Design Graduates 2006: YouMake by Matthew Graves
06.14.06
Design Graduates 2006: A Cardboard Concept by Anna Gover
06.13.06
Design Graduates 2006: Made By Products by Li Jonsson
06.11.06
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06.10.06
Design Graduates 2006: Carbon Copies by Nadine Jarvis
06. 6.06
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05.30.06
New SLIM Bike Parking Solution by Modular
05.23.06
Amor de Madre for Unconventional Objects
05.19.06
International Solar Cookers Conference, 12-16 July, Spain.
05.16.06
G4E! An Eco Design Platform Good for Environment
05. 9.06
OYBike – Rent It Via Your Mobile Phone
05. 4.06
XIII BioCultura Eco Fair in Barcelona
05. 2.06
You’ve got SOUL – not just a Solar Oven
04.25.06
Grind Your Own with the KoMo Fidibus Classic
04.18.06
Lasentiu’s Storage Solutions made from Syntrewood
04.11.06
Vote! The Perfect T-shirt
04. 4.06
SECCO – Treasures from Wasteland
03.28.06
Zicla- Recycled Products for Construction
03.21.06
Well Fashioned: Eco Style in the UK
03.20.06
Urban Grow-Your-Own Event by Fundació Terra & Hort Urbà
03.16.06
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03.14.06
HappyMais by Ecotoys - an Ecological Toy in Every Aspect
03. 7.06
What's Your Earth Day 2006 Event?
02.28.06
Books: Experimental Eco->Design
02.21.06
Canvasco – carry easy mucho with these recycled canvas bags
02.18.06
What would your perfect t-shirt be like? - a Better Thinking project
02.17.06
Canal*ACCESSIBLE- different map making
02.14.06
Books: Diseño Ecológico by Joaquim Viñolas i Marlet
02. 7.06
3M – a sticky business on its way to eco-safe manufacturing
02. 4.06
EON ice light: Iain Sinclair’s latest torch
01.31.06
Compostadores.com – Specialists in Domestic Composting
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Indian Ingenuity – Arvind Gupta’s Toys from Trash
01.24.06
Centre For Alternative Technology – Europe’s Leading Eco-Centre
01.21.06
Bread & Butter – Fashion Fetish For Charity
01.17.06
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01.14.06
Cyclepods – Sleek New Design For Bike Storage Using Recycled Aluminium
01.10.06
Flower Power – H&M are using the EU Eco-Label
01. 7.06
Rematerialise – Database for Eco-Smart Materials.
01. 3.06
Tea & Philosophy from Today Was Fun
12.31.05
Relax – A peaceful place for a New Year Detox.
12.27.05
Walled Paper – Interior insulation panels by Concrete Blond.
12.24.05
The Desktop Windmill – The UK Design Council’s Energy Saving Proposals.
12.20.05
Emmeline 4 Re – Topshop sells recycled fashion.
12.17.05
Recycled shelters on recyclicity.net.
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The TH Interview: Environmental Artist Julienne Dolphin Wilding
12. 9.05
Orlando Bloom, Kevin Bacon and Mischa Barton star in Global Warming campaign.
12. 5.05
Tesco Supermarket Recycles Christmas Cards for the Woodland Trust.
12. 2.05
Sublime - First International Ethical Lifestyle Magazine
11.28.05
Dutch scrap wood furniture – Piet Hein Eek
11.25.05
Giving Thanks – www.goodgifts.org
11.21.05
Woven Hide – Jon Male’s animal friendly rug.
11.18.05
Green Envelopes – Spanish Postal Service start planting trees with Bosques de la Tierra.
11.14.05
Pure Beauty - The Organic Pharmacy.
11.11.05
Thanks to the Trash that has given me so much – Joystick's project to promote recycling.
11. 7.05
Modern Vintage Recycled – Christa Davis Clothing.
11. 4.05
Yemm & Hart Green Materials – Recycled sheeting.
10.31.05
Art in the Garden – Duchy Originals Sustainable Furniture
10.28.05
A Right Royal Worry - Prince Charles speaks up about his environmental concerns.
10.24.05
Service with a Smile – Ethical Internet bank wins at The Guardian/Observer consumer finance awards 2005.
10.21.05
Maderas Nobles – Invest in planting trees.
10.10.05
NORTHSOUTHEASTWEST – A 360° View of Climate Change.
10. 7.05
Trolleytastic! – Reestore and Vaho recycle shopping trolleys.
10. 3.05
the Polycart - a friendlier shopping trolley
09.30.05
Ecoralia – Constructive Recycling
09.26.05
Peeing in your pants – the ideal public toilet accessory for women.
09.23.05
FUTUR Employment – Barcelona NGO creating jobs through organic cafes.
09.20.05
The Windwandler – Topping up your energy on those dark days.
09.16.05
Exercising the Mooncup – stories from active women.
09.12.05
Sandals – Nagore Footwear
09. 9.05
La Mediterranea – 100% recycled glassware
09. 5.05
Rocking Tyres – recycled car tyre swings by Wild Life Creations.
09. 2.05
Green with Service Envy – The Live|Work and Streetcar Partnership.
08.29.05
Illuminating the Way Ahead – Nightlights from Vessel and Demotech
08.19.05
Tuka Bambú and Quick Bamboo – Importing to Europe
08.15.05
Clock watching? - Normal clocks
08.12.05
Cleaning up their musical act – Anti Litter Campaigns (part II)
08.10.05
Cleaning up their act – Anti Litter Campaigns in Catalonia.
08. 8.05
Demi - Guide to Design for Sustainability
08. 1.05
The Third International Television Festival For Urban Ecology
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