Tag: Bamboo - Page 11
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Outdoor Retailers Get the Eco Fitout Bug
The Piton (an outdoor punditry blog) had a story the other day where they proclaimed 'Someone Call TreeHugger." So figured we might as well oblige and reference the articles they'd found. The first is a tad thin of detail. But, as best we can
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Propellor Design's Pendant Lighting: No Spinning Blades Necessary
Though they don't create anything that keeps itself aloft with a spinning blade, the work of Propellor Design does seem to float, effortlessly, through space. We're especially fond of their pendants (that's "Galiano" above), but the Vancouver, BC-based
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Bamboo Crash Helmet from Roof
We've featured a few different bamboo bikes here on TreeHugger before, and even bamboo clothing, but this combines both. The Roof R06 Bamboo is a motorcycle helmet made from bamboo slivers, that passes all the European E22/05 safety requirements for
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TreeHugger Picks: Surfs Up, Green Dudes!
Surfing and TreeHugging go hand in hand much of the time; the surfer's credo to not wreck the ocean and TreeHugger's endeavors to help folks keep the world clean are quite complementary, so it follows that surfing would be well-received at TH HQ. Here
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Follow Me to Eurobike 2007...
...if you can keep up with my Storck Fascenario 0.8, that is! The stiffer and shinier successor to the world's lightest bicycle (Fascenario 0.7) is one of the many novelties that will be premiered at the Eurobike 2007 International Bike Convention,
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TreeHugger, House & Garden and Teragren Present: Green & Gorgeous Video Podcasts
TreeHugger teamed up with our pals at House & Garden magazine and the good people of Teragren to produce a series of video podcasts, all about the fabulous world of green. Hosted by TreeHugger's own Jacob Gordon (that's him on the left, above -- sorry,
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Transformer Clothing
You've heard all about transformer furniture—those convertible home and office accoutrements that conserve both natural resources and space with their talent for multitasking. But what about transformer clothing? Can less ever mean more in today's
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Square Cat Habitat: Green Living (and Lounging) for Your Cat
Because modern pets (and their owners) sometimes prefer modern furniture, Square Cat Habitat has updated the scratching post and kitty bed with a modern, sustainable alternative. The Portland, OR-based cat lovers chose bamboo plywood and water-based
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One Year Ago in TH: No Energy Ice Cream, 100 Mile Diet, Straight Veggie Oil and More
The weather wasn't the only thing that was hot this time last year, though we were happy to learn how to make no energy ice cream to mitigate the heat. Fuel was a hot topic, too: we debated whether or not ethanol was a viable alternative fuel, reported
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Design Mobel - Sustainable Slumbers
A good bed is often touted as an investment. The inference being you’ll be getting a worthy return from that third of a life spent sleeping. But because beds usually last a long time, it also holds that we should want them to have invested wisely in
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Green Fusion Design Center: Green Retail, Education & Showroom All In One
As the name suggests, the Green Fusion Design Center (GFDC) offers a slick combo of green building and design retail, a bookstore, and a showroom for all of their green products. Offering not just the stuff to make your home healthier and more
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Bamboo Shirt Secures Eco Beachhead for White Sierra
White Sierra, an outdoor apparel brand, released a men’s shirt last season that they called the Tecta. Shown here, it’s made of a blended fabric tagged Bam Bam Weave, seeing as it has a 55% bamboo content. The other 45% being polyester. They claim the
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Dirk Dieter's verb2: Designed to Live Long & Prosper
Dirk Dieter is a multi-talented guy. Not only does he live large in a 250 square-foot house of his own design, but engages in some pretty mean industrial and product design as well. Take his coffee table (pictured above) for example; like many of his
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Wine-y Furniture from Cliff Spencer
A newsletter that tries to find a new homes for used building materials isn't the first place some designers would look for materials, but it works for Cliff Spencer. The Los Angeles-based designer was intrigued by a Napa Valley winery's offer of used
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4 Seasons Table Group: Classically Modern Design
Designer Rick Lee's homage to the cycle of the year, the 4 Seasons table groups offers a playful, artistic takes on the four seasons. Each table is a different height and shape, to replicate the growing cycles of the year, and features an accompanying
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Skunkfunk: Bamboo & Soybean Clothes from Spain
Greening your wardrobe is easier said than done, especially here in Europe. We found some great European eco shoes (see here, here and here) but when it comes to clothes, we had to mainly shop online, until recently. Skunkfunk decided to bring bamboo,
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Up & Coming Sustainable Designer: James Lear
James Lear has some serious design pedigree. Before enrolling full-time as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design’s Furniture Design Department, he cut his teeth as a fabricator for both Bettencourt Woodworking and Scrapile (both TH faves, who
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More Stranger Furniture: Modern, Green, Not Weird
While we don't know if his name describes his personality, we do know that we like William Stranger's furniture. His self-named design/build company, Stranger Furniture, has been building furniture in a Pasadena, California studio for the better part
