Petz Scholtus
Petz left Luxembourg in 2000 to study eco-design at Goldsmiths College in London, trying to figure out what it’s really all about and how green she could make things. Her work took her from London to the small Tanzanian island Pemba, the Netherlands and to Barcelona where she has been working as a freelance eco designer since 2004, and writing for TreeHugger since 2005. Some of her design projects are the StuffBump and We Need More Trees cards.
Petz believes in design for people, planet and profit, connecting people and eating local food. She loves simplicity, good design and fairness, 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, and her wormcompost on the balcony.
Apart from designing sustainable products, services and concepts, Petz is also a teacher at various design schools, (re)started the eco-design network o2Spain with some friends, founded the R3project, brought PechaKucha Nights to Barcelona in 2008 and launched the Barcelona Green Map.
To see all of Petz's work, visit her studio Pöko Design.
Latest Stories from Petz Scholtus - Page 12
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84 Recycled PET Bottles to Make ECOALF Cabin Trolley
Here is something that is 100% recycled, but doesn’t look it. ECOALF is the new fabric developed by the Spanish company fun&basics;, made from recycled PET bottles. It is a high quality textile: flexible, tension resistant, long lasting, waterproof and
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ZEBRA Recycled Bicycle Path Divider, Safe for Cyclists and the Environment
Most of us agree that cycling is one of the most eco-friendly and healthy ways of transportation, although it can also be dangerous, even if you use bike lanes. Motorbikes swishing past, doors opening, parked cars that need driving around into the car
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Spud Plantable Raincoat Made from Potatoes Closes the Loop
Now here's something happy for rainy days: the Spud Raincoat, made from potatoes and designed by the guys from Good for Environment! Under the brand name Equilicuá, they make thought provoking products such as the Econo, a water
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MAKEA your life, other furniture is possible
MAKEA stands for fixing it, customising, personalising, tuning things, adapting or basically making it beautiful yourself. It is an alternative to the throwaway culture (hence the reference to IKEA!). MAKEA, active since 2006, is a multidisciplinary
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Barcelona Forever Goes Copenhagen, a Recycling Project
After Barcelona Forever in
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Singer Kimya Dawson at Primavera Sound Festival: "Our choices are powerfull"
Although we missed the actions Barcelona's Summercase Festival took last year to green their music events (reusable cups, recycling schemes, LED lighting, etc.), two singers really got their message across at this
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Ecocity, Environmental Solutions for Cities and Industry
This week the seventh edition of Ecocity & Industry, a fair all around the environmental future of industry and cities, is held in Barcelona, Spain. It is all about waste management and recycling, air quality monitoring, renewable energies and urban
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Watch the Falcons Living in Sagrada Familia Cathedral via Web Cam
One of the tours of architect Gaudi’s famous cathedral La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has now become the home of a family of falcons. Peregrine Falcons had disappeared from the city in the 70ies, but reappeared in 2005 by moving into the unfinished
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Galpshare, a European Carpooling Platform
Lately, individual car ownership has become less and less attractive in cities, whilst carsharing services have become more and more inviting: more commodity (no need to hunt for parking spaces, less bills,…), less expensive and greener. Gulpshare is
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34 kg of CO2 to make a book (Book Review)
At Construmat this year, the international building and construction trade fair held in Barcelona every two years, the Government of Catalonia presented their project "34 kg of CO2", along side Casa Barcelona. 34 kg is the exact quantity of CO2 that
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Construmat 2009: Casa Barcelona Housing Project Fits Everyone
Last week, Construmat, the leading construction fair held in Barcelona, Spain, every two years, attracted some 153,000 visitors. Amongst the most interesting works exhibited was the Casa Barcelona,an innovative, social and sustainable housing
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Sustainable Construction — one of the main themes at the 30th Construmat in Spain
Construmat, one of the biggest construction trade fairs in Europe, held this week in Barcelona, Spain, has chosen sustainable construction as one of the main remedies to successfully tackle the crisis in the sector this year, as well as other challenges
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MELLO Bamboo Stool by Ekobo
You probably came across some of Ekobo's elegant and colourful kitchen accessories made from bamboo. If you like their work, which incorporates ethical production and eco-friendly materials, check out the MELLO stools. Glossy, minimalist and funky
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SOS 4.8 Music Festival in Spain Asks: And now what?
The Festival SOS 4.8 in Spain runs under the theme SOStenibilidad (sustainability) and celebrates 48h non-stop of Music, Contemporary Art and Reflection. Their first line-up last year was already pretty impressive, but nothing compared to this year:
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Mora Bike: Foldable in 8 Seconds, Local and Recyclable
Josep Mora, a Spanish designer well-known for specialising in everything that has wheels, has developed a new urban bike that can be folded in 8 seconds (see video link below). In a market full of folding bicycles, we asked ourselves if the Mora Bike
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Robot Fish Detects Contamination in the Sea in Northern Spain
According to Spanish newspaper El PaÃs last weekend, British scientists have developed a 1,5 meter long robot fish that will swim around the Spanish north coast to detect contamination in the water. If the robot fish, released in
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Barcelona's Bike Sharing Program Celebrates its 2-Year Anniversary with its 186,000 Users
As you could read in our first post about Barcelona’s bike sharing system written in May 2007, Bicing started with a bang: 30,000 subscribers in the first 2 months; 15 stations and 200 bicycles to start with.
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Where Memory Used To Sit by Guillem Ferran
We love it when furniture can be adapted to different functions, like Catalan designer Guillem Ferran’s chair ‘Distendido’ that turns into a laundry rack. We also love it when design brings back traditional values and adds innovation to a
