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 13
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UNCUT felt slippers by Amor de Madre
Today we came across these funky house slippers called UNCUT, made from 100% natural felt and designed by Ernest Perera.It has been a while since we wrote about Amor de Madre, mother love in Spanish, who design and distribute unconventional and mostly
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SunCat: DIY solar batteries
Knut Karlsen had a lot of empty rechargeable batteries lying around at home, and thought it would be nice if they would simply charge themselves. "The batteries should just bask in the sun like a cat and left for a while, in a sunny window, they
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Rajboori, beautiful eco silk textiles from India
If you like it colourful and silky, eco-friendly and hand-crafted, Rajboori has just the things for you. These luxurious eco silk textiles brighten up any home with a bit of Indian colours and modern designs.
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Sustainability Does Not Yet Exist in Spanish
Last weekend we attended the creative event Pecha Kucha Night Barcelona, where creative people could informally show their work and ideas. One such creative was Ignasi Pérez, the Spanish sustainable architect who just launched the book ECO Productos
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BoB, the Eco Clothes Hanger Made from Cardboard and Reused Water Bottles
Designer Joan Nadal took on the challenge to re-design one of the most common everyday objects: the humble clothes hanger. A small object with a large environmental footprint if we consider that of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate hangers
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Bergmönch, the Bicycle that Folds into a Rucksack
For all of you who love riding a bike downhill but prefer to walk uphill, here is a revolutionary new bicycle design that fits in a rucksack! It is actually meant for going mountain hiking uphill, and then wheeling downhill. The name of this new
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Vaso 2.0, a Flowerpot Made From Cork
The Home Project, a design studio based between Berlin and Portugal, have surprised us before with their curious choice for materials; egg cups made from salt, and speakers made from cork. Wonderfully simple, fully biodegradable and renewable is what we
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Eco-chefs Gather at VII International Summit of Gastronomy
Eco this, eco that, now we also have eco-chefs! They are those professional cooks that have their own vegetable garden, prepare seasonal dishes from local produce and are possibly into slow food. At Madrid Fusion 09, the VII international summit of
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Spain Buys 6 Million Tonnes of Carbon Credits From Eastern Europe
According to the Spanish newspaper El País last week, Spain will be the first big buyer of CO2 emission rights from Eastern Europe, in order to fulfil the Kyoto Protocol. In 2007, Spain's emissions had
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2009: Year of the Gorilla
2009 has been declared the Year of the Gorilla (YoG) in order to avoid the extinction of the largest living primate, by the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the UNEP/UNESCO Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP) and the World Association of
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Oh Bike-Powered Christmas Tree, How Are Thy Leaves So Solar!
This year, Barcelona city council decided to set an example and opt for low energy Christmas lights around town. The most intriguing ones are the 6 metal Christmas trees that are either solar or bike-powered. The Barcelonans however believe they are
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Cradle to Cradle - Hype or Future? An exhibition about what could be the next industrial revolution.
The Dutch are still enamoured of the Cradle to Cradle concept and are currently hosting the exhibition Cradle to Cradle -Hype or Future in the Centre Céramique in Maastricht. The aim of the show is to explain to the general
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Boc'n Roll, the Reusable Sandwich Wrapper Rocks!
Are you fed up with having to waste tin foil or plastic food bags to wrap your sandwiches? Or you had enough of carrying bulky plastic containers to get your snacks to work? Well, BOC’N ROLL, a Spanish design by MarcaDiferencia, (VERY similar to
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A Resolution for 2009: Around the World in an Electric Bike
Guim Valls Teruel is almost ready to go. His goal: Travel all 5 continents on an electric bike. The project is called the Electric Bicycle World Tour. Guim decided to choose this alternative form of personal transportation to promote the use of cleaner
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Green Spaces NY - where eco entrepreneurs get down to business.
If you are an eco entrepreneur, imagine all the people who work around you are so too. Wouldn’t that be super productive, highly motivating and very efficient? Well, such a space exists in New York It is called Green Spaces, and brings together leading
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Barcelona Forever, a Recycled Interior Design Installation by Mette Bak Andersen
Casa Decor, the international interior design show, chose "Pathway to a Sustainable Environment" (or Rumbo Sostenible in Spanish) as this year's theme for their exhibition in Barcelona. We already wrote about the elegant recycled restaurant by
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Elegant Recycled Restaurant Made from Scrap by Nancy Robbins Design Studio
In our previous article about Casa Decor, the international interior design show taking place this month in Barcelona, we weren't sure they stuck to their self-implied title Pathway to a Sustainable Environment (or "Rumbo Sostenible" in Spanish).
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Casa Decor, Interior Design on the "Pathway to a Sustainable Environment"
We were delighted when Casa Decor, one of the leading interior design shows taking place in cities like London, Miami, Milan, Madrid or Lisbon, chose sustainability as this year's theme for the Barcelona edition. After more than 38 exhibitions all
