Tag: Product Service Systems - Page 2
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New Soap, Old Bottle. Detergents now come in a Heineken, Coke or Dr. Pepper Bottle
Researching innovative packaging solutions the other day, I stumbled on New Soap, Old Bottle. Similar to this green way of drinking (old bottles, fresh wine), Scott in the States sells new liquid soap packaged in old plastic bottles. That way, he saves
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Exclusive Preview: Urbikes Trapper, the First Intelligent Electric Public Bicycle Sharing Systems
What characteristics should the perfect public bicycle have? A minimum of mechanical maintenance, maintenance-free shaft transmission, solid tires to avoid punctures, a theft-free design and an
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Roo Rogers on the Rise of Collaborative Consumption (Podcast)
Photo credit: Andrew Zuckerman "The great success of hyper-consumption in the 20th century was persuading consumers that sharing is somehow akin to being either a hippie or a communist," says Roo Rogers. "The 21st century is about realizing that sharing
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Libraries as the Next Big Pop Culture Phenomenon
We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop
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Designing Out Waste in Industry Becomes a Priority for Big UK Businesses
This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition
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Here's an Idea: Share Things with Your Neighbors
Sure, we have Zipcar, bike sharing, and even tool shares, but Good wants to know why this sort of thing isn't more popular.They say:
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Design for a Shareable World
TreeHugger gives a lot of pixels to Product Service Systems , a dreadful name for what is basically sharing things. As Alex Steffen asked in the Worldchanging book, why buy a drill when what you really want is a hole? Why own things that you use
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Nike Strategizes on Deep Green Future
At the Pop!Tech Conference this year, one thing to come out of the event are the new Labs that Pop!Tech will be holding to find solutions to many of today's resource use 'issues.' Nike was first
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Why Buy When You Can Rent? 5 Product Service Systems I Wish Were More Common
One of top things you can do to make your life a bit greener is cut down on stuff. Limit your purchases to things you really need, really use and will last a while. Making it more difficult is that some of the things that
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Does Human Nature Doom Bike Sharing Programs?
TreeHugger loves Product Service Systems like bike sharing, which recognize that we really need to get from A to B rather than own the mode of transport. But as we learn from April and Kimberley's posts, even wildly successful programs like Paris's
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Galpshare, a European Carpooling Platform
Lately, individual car ownership has become less and less attractive in cities, whilst carsharing services have become more and more inviting: more commodity (no need to hunt for parking spaces, less bills,…), less expensive and greener. Gulpshare is
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Zipcar and Zimride - Carshare Marriage Made in Heaven?
Seems like a smart idea for Zipcar, the world's biggest on-demand car share program, to team up with Zimride, the online carpooling tool that helps match available drivers with ready-to-go riders. A pilot of a
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Are We in a Library Renaissance?
The New York Times writes about the logic of libraries: It Has Computers, Gives Advice and Is Free. they note that library use is booming because of the economy and the growing numbers of unemployed people using it as a
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Green:Net 2009: Debuting the 10 Start-Ups to Follow
A final event at Green:Net 2009 was the LaunchPad. Ten start-ups, many never-before-seen, had an opportunity to pitch themselves to the audience. The audience and a panel of judges decided the best start-up. Check out the
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Ikea's April Fool's Day Present: A Car, Car-Sharing, or a French Joke?
Since the Internet's abuzz with rumors of an IKEA car, supposedly to be called the 'Leko' and to be introduced by French IKEA on March 31 - we thought we'd jump in with some facts, as well as some healthy
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eBay's New Green Team Steers Shoppers Towards Eco Purchases
eBay has noticed three things: Our current consumption patterns aren't sustainable, the economy is requiring us to rethink how we shop, and we want help shopping with green as a priority. As a response, the company is launching a Green Team to
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IBM Wades Into Water Management
Well, just as Google didn't want to get left behind when it comes to the smart grid, IBM doesn't want to get left behind when it comes to water management. We knew the company is paying attention to water issues,
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Zumbox Makes Paperless Postal Service Possible
Businesses wanting to go paperless can wipe their brows and say, "Phew!" Zumbox, a paperless postal service, has just launched - and that means your home's mailbox is on the web. But no, it's not email. It's actual post mail. Read on for how this
