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 15
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FIB Music Festival Goes Clean & Green This Summer
In Spain, the music festival season is in full swing, after Primavera Sound, Daydream’s tribute to Radiohead and the SOS 4.8 Festival, and we are glad to see that more and more festival organisers make an effort to lower the events’ environmental
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Don't Throw It Away! Give And Take For Free Works In Catalonia
For those of you who are fed up with consumerism or simply don’t like shopping and are looking for another way to acquire things or get rid of stuff, check out Vols Tens in Catalonia, Spain. Similar o Freecycle, this web site let’s you find or give
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Lost & Found: Barcelona Reinvents Second Hand Markets
You can find a few second hand markets in Barcelona, such as Antiguos Encantes, but finding cool stuff at a decent price is not easy, especially when you are not a local. On the other hand however, we all (Barcelonians are no exception) have a few too
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The Collection of Hope Shows at Bread & Butter Barcelona
Bread & Butter, the trade show for selected brands, opened its summer doors again in Barcelona today for 3 days of clothing culture under the concept ‘New Order’. Apart from some of our favourite eco fashion labels we already met at Bread & Butter King
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Expo Zaragoza 2008: The Biggest Water Festival Opened its Doors in Spain
Last year we announced EXPO ZARAGOZA when Lloyd wrote about the Digital Water Pavilion. Now it's time to visit Zaragoza in Spain, where the international Water and Sustainable Development show opened its doors this month. With 5,000 shows, 2,000
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Baja BBQ Firepack: Instant, Easy and Eco-friendly
We already read the words green and charcoal in the same sentence when Jacob wrote about charcoal being the next green alternative. Now the Baja BBB Firepack could be a greener option for your upcoming summer barbecues. Manufactured by Lazzari / Design
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Radiohead Pushes Festivals Like Daydream to Go Green
After Primavera Sound Festival got people dancing under the largest urban solar panel, the Barcelonians were lucky enough to attend the even greener festival Daydream (organised by Sinnamon), a tribute to no other than the
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Ecoogler, the Ecological Search Engine, Has Difficulties Earning People's Trust
Ecoogler, the ecological search engine, has created quite a bit of confusion online about whether it is real and whether Google is behind it or not. With Ecoogler, you can basically google the same as with Google or any other search engine, but in
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Barcelona Parties Under the Largest Urban Solar Structure
This weekend, the summer festival season has officially kicked off in Barcelona with Primavera Sound. Like last year’s Kubick (the recycled pop-up club) and the upcoming Daydream festival (a tribute to Radiohead), this pop, rock, as well as underground
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FreeFunk Festival in Cradle to Cradle Haven Venlo (NL)
The Cradle to Cradle enchanted Dutch town Venlo is hosting the 5th FreeFunk festival this year. Last year, the festival’s turntables and LED-lightshow were powered by 12 solar panels, home trainers (!) and wind turbines. This year, the FreeFunk
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Xeriscape, the Art of Water Conserving Landscaping
Garden centres in countries affected by draught, like Spain for example, are promoting Xeriscaping (or Xeroscaping) in order to motivate people to help save water. This technique of water conserving landscaping
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SOS 4.8: a New Green Music & Art Festival in Spain
After numerous music bands, such as Radiohead, took on the fight against climate change and decided to go green(er), more and more festival organisers are also keen on the idea to contribute towards sustainability with their events. A great example is
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Sore Bum from Cycling? Wear Greenknickers!
All Sarah and Rose from Greenknickers are waiting for these days is sunny weather as there is no more sore bottom excuses not to get on your bike! The girls have designed special padded boxers and knickers that look as sexy as the rest of their
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Why Not Add Wind Turbines to the Queensboro Bridge in NY?
Some people find wind turbines ugly, others say they kill birds (read more about that myth here and here), but New York based artist Andrea Polli likes them so much, she wants to see some on top of Queensboro Bridge. She believes that integrating
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Sonumbra, a Sonic Shade of Light
It looks like Loop.ph, a UK-based design research studio, has (re)created the perfect tree: by day, it offers shelter from the sun: by night, it sheds light for the local community, using the energy collected in solar cells
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Material Connexion's Cradle to Cradle Library Now Open
We found ourselves wandering through the Material Connexion Library in New York, happy like kids in a candy store. The huge physical library stores over 4.000 materials, with something to inspire any designer or architect. Of course what we were really
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HIK! Glasses from Reclaimed Beer Bottles
The Finnish family business Lasistudio reclaims glass bottles and jars without crushing them in order to create new objects. All the products are hand-made in an old barn in Finland. By taking advantage of the original shapes of the waste packages,
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Cork Ladders for Hot Pots by Hetta
Swedish design company Hetta’s favourite materials are cork, leather and wool. We particularly like the corky underlays for pots; one has the shape of a Ladder, and another one is Long and flexible for you to decorate the table in countless ways.
