Tag: Italy - Page 9
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What's Up, Dame? Vivienne Westwood, Bugs Bunny Bag It Green For the Amazon
A legendary fashion designer and a two-dimensional, wisecracking rabbit don't exactly run in the same circles, but Vivienne Westwood and Bugs Bunny are just two of the five international bold-face names that have banded
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Italy to Get Another Gigantic Rooftop Solar Power Array (15 MW)
Recently the Milan Trade Fair announced that it would be building an 18 MW rooftop solar array, becoming the world's largest. Now, Interporto di Padova and SOLON have announced that they will be partnering to build
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Movable "Bridge" Slides Over Kitchen, Saves Space
Kitchen islands can take up a lot of space. Justin at Materialicious found this clever idea from Italian kitchen manufacturer Xera: the wood counter slides out, providing a place to sit or work, while exposing the sink and range when opened. Clean up
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Top 5 posts on the G8 Summit Across the Green Blogosphere
Calls for serious environmental leadership from the heads of state gathered at the G8 summit in Italy have rung out across the blogosphere this week. Here at TreeHugger Matthew McDemott implored Obama to live up to his promises, Grist got poetic about
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Italy's Trash Robot is a Real-Life Wall-E
In the computer generated waste land of Wall-E, a garbage-collecting robot is the last survivor on Earth, hoarding quaint treasures from the trash in a dogged attempt to find some slice of happiness amidst the ecological devastation left behind by
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Evolt Bull1 MX: An Electric Motocross from Italy
Photo: Evolt A Dirt Bike Without the Noise and Fumes The Zero X is probably the electric dirt bike that has been getting the most attention lately (there's also the Zero S street-legal version), but others are tossing their hats in the ring. Evolt from
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New World Record Rooftop Solar Power Array to be Built at Milan Trade Fair
Milan will soon be able to boast that it hosts the world's largest rooftop solar power array, taking the crown from Zaragoza, Spain and its 12 MW array on top of a General Motors factory. The new
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Replay Clothing Reopens Florence Store, Now With 100% More Eco Design
After a protracted stint under wraps, Replay is finally taking the scaffolding down and reopening the doors of its store in Via De' Pecori, Florence.
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What's Needed Out of the G8
The leaders of the G8 will be meeting this week in Italy and on the table, of course, is just what these rich countries will do about climate change. We are down to about 150 or so days before the international climate negotiations
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Giovanni Socci Does Transformer Furniture. In 1810
We love transformer furniture that serves multiple functions; it saves space and lets you do more with less. We have shown few as complex as this desk by Giovanni Socci et fils, made in 1810 and seen at the Louvre in Paris. Note the three-legged chair
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Culturata Introduces First Certified-Organic Cotton Designer Dress Shirts to North America
Italian luxury shirt-maker Culturata has added 100 percent organic dress shirts into its fold, and they're expected to make landfall on U.S. and Canadian shores this month. (Check the company's blog for local stockists.)
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Venice, Italy, Rebrands Tap Water As Aqua Veritas to Fight Bottled Water Waste
Spoofing the marketing of bottled water, as we highlighted the other day, is but one of the myriad tools being engaged to counter this resource hogging scourge. Another method is to fight fire with fire, such as the famous water city of Venice, Italy, is
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When Carbon Neutral Buildings Don't Add Up
via Mario Cucinella Mario Cucinella is one of the greener architects in Italy; I loved his Casa 100K euro that we featured earlier. His Satander building is interesting too, billed as the first "Zero CO2 office building in Milan." But the three storey
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Cement Makers, Worldwide, Volunteer 25% Cutback in CO2 Emissions
In the back and forth of setting emission cut-back 'best practices,' it's a common response for industry, sensing stingent regulations are just around the corner, to 'volunteer'
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GMO-Free Regions: A Growing Global Trend, Except In The United States?
The fifth GMO-Free Regions conference was held last month in Luzern, Switzerland, with participation from over 30 countries. Monsanto, the biotech juggernaut was absent, but as usual, they
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Want an Italian Stainless Steel Bike? Pay Up
Legendary bike builder Cinelli is out with a stainless steel beauty, made from the world famous Reynolds’ 953 steel tubeset. If you can get your hands on one of these, you'll know steel is real. The good news?
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Giving Up the Day Job for Organic Farming: The Dolce Vita Diaries
Cathy Rogers and Jason Gibb had successful careers in television production in Los Angeles, with homes both in the U.S. and their native England. Finding themselves restless, they wanted some physical work that would challenge them and produce
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Milan Furniture Fair Day 4: Gorgeous Lamps Made of...Cow Dung?!
Organic design goes to a whole new level with this conversation starter: A lamp made of cow dung. Yep, you heard right: This lamp is actually made of what comes out of the back end of a
