Tag: Cork
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Put a cork in it: Natural renewable cork makes a comeback as home insulation
For his renovation of a 200 year old farmhouse, Alex Wilson tries out the greenest insulations on the market
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B'Kid, the Balance Bike that Grows with your Child (Photos)
A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.
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Portuguese Designer Builds Stunning Little Shelter Out Of Cork
It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.
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A Cork Floor for the Sagrada Familia, Visited by Millions Each Year. (Photos)
Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the
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Poetree: A Funeral Urn That Lets You Plant A Tree From Ashes
Though conventional 'deathcare' is hardly green, thanks to the use of embalming chemicals, concrete vaults and non-biodegradable caskets, burials are getting greener each year with various eco-friendly options and smarter
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5 Little Designs That Make Life Nicer, Fresh from the Valencia Design Week (Photos)
Different themes seemed to be embedded in the Valencia Design Week. After spotting 6 great wooden flat-pack designs, I also found these little
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Green Shopping In Tel Aviv
One of my favorite things to do when I travel to new cities is check out their green shopping scenes. I was recently in the Tel Aviv/Jaffa region of Israel and had a few hours to visit the area shops and outdoor
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The Cork House by Arquitectos Anónimos (Photos)
Image Credit: Ivo Canelas Cork has fascinated me for a long time; it's fully renewable and you don't even have to cut the whole tree, it's biodegradable and has curious characteristic such as insulating and shock absorbance. I came across many ugly
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Nudge, the New Eco Lifestyle Shop in Helsinki, Has Opened Its Doors
I wish there was a Nudge in every city. It's a whole new way of shopping, or actually, it's not just about shopping, but rather about living, and style. Nudge is the new eco lifestyle experience, which consists of a shop, a
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Cork Furniture and Cardboard Bars by Marina68 (Photos)
At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at
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Innovative Student Furniture Design at ICFF Steals the Show
Actually, the student designs steal the show every year at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held annually in New York. This year was not quite up to Pratt's spectacular exhibit from last year, but was close. Parsons I think Parsons the
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The Designer's Material of the Year: Cork
Last year at ICCF the material du jour was felt; while its presence is still being, well, felt, this year the stuff that dreams are made of is cork. And not just thin sheets of cork but big honking blocks of the stuff. It is post-industrial recycled
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Cute Animal Bulletin Boards Deliver a Serious Reminder About Mass Extinction
Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a
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Angels, Reindeers, Pigs and Christmas Trees; sustainable wood decoration by Lovi
more images below Matteria, good design+smart materials online store, suggest a spicy Christmas this year, without forgetting the environment. Apart from the gorgeous cork advent candle holder, the cosy Finnish red felt slippers, and giftbags to spoil
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Green Holiday Gift Guide: The Design Junkie (Slideshow)
We all know at least one person who's more inclined to exclaim over how great a gift looks than how durable, usable, or sturdy it is. But sometimes you can get beauty that is more than skin-deep. The gifts in our design guide--graphic benches, custom
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Green Gift Guide: The Design Junkie
Whether your design junkie is obsessed with the newest eco-friendly designers, entirely sustainable furniture, or strikingly cool artwork, you'll find the perfect gift here. You might even take inspiration from these designs to come up with some of your o
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Green Materials Guide: An Intro to Green Flooring
We all walk on it every day, but don't often think of it. It's underfoot, and, for many of us, out of mind. But just because you trod on it doesn't mean you shouldn't pay close attention to the materials that make
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Green Kitchen Designs, Countertops, Cabinets, and Flooring
Your kitchen is the heart of your home, so it's easy to see why so much time, energy, and money gets spent on just that one room. From floor to ceiling (and the cabinets and countertops in
