Category Archives: Green

Shouldn’t EVERY Day Be Earth Day?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Yesterday the planet acknowledged and celebrated Earth Day.  I don’t mean to get all “hippy” on you but shouldn’t we be doing that every day?  This big blue marble we all inhabit is inconceivably incredible and diverse.  Here are two … Continue reading →

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Jetson Launches The E-Bike: The Future of the Eco Friendly Electric Bike

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Jetson was started by two young guys from Brooklyn, New York with a vision to start an environmentally and socially conscious company that would add value to people and their communities. These childhood friends, who ended up going to the … Continue reading →

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A Starbucks Coffee Location Built From Recycled Shipping Containers

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Recycling shipping containers has become a popular choice for construction over the past few years, and it looks like there is no end to this sustainable building trend. This form of architecture has  grown so much that global addiction giant … Continue reading →

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Yamaha Y125 MOEGI Concept: The Motorcycle/ Bicycle Hybrid

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

At this years Tokyo Motor Show Yamaha rolled out a really interesting eye-catcher, the Y125 MOEGI. The sleek motorcycle only ways 176 pounds, has a single cylinder engine and it’s belt-driven crossover sources a four-speed transmission.  Now they say it gets … Continue reading →

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Watch This 8-Year Old Convert His Toilet Into A Dual Flush. (If HE can do it, what’s stopping YOU!~)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Using the HydroRight Drop-In Dual Flush Converter($18.80 at Amazon) you can convert just about any toilet to dual flush in about five minutes using no tools. This video from the manufacturer uses an eight year-old kid to emphasize how easy … Continue reading →

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Idea Paint: Where Would YOU use it?

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Idea paint turns virtually anything you can paint into a dry erase surface and any room into a hub of creativity and collaboration.  Where would YOU use it? In the home?… The family needs a better place to gather than … Continue reading →

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Kick Starter Brings You: earthCell – An Eco-Friendly Battery

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

If you really want to minimize the amount of toxins that you put into the environment, use rechargeable batteries. Disposable and rechargeable batteries can contain heavy metals such as mercury, lead, and cadmium, and with an estimated 3 billion batteries … Continue reading →

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Strati Temporali By Gumdesign = Recycled Marble Tiles

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

Strati Temporali by gumdesign (or for Italian Doma by Sacerdote) explores the repurposing/upcycling of marble tiles. The making of these stunning pieces starts from merging together a number of discarded/found pieces of marble carefully layered in order to create the … Continue reading →

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Honeycomb Surfboard By Mike Grobelny

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Surfers are typically a green lot but surfboard manufacture can be a toxic business.  Surfer and AUT product design graduate Michael Grobelny has designed a strong, lightweight and eco-friendly wooden surfboard that eliminates the use of polyurethane foam, fibreglass and … Continue reading →

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Grove: Sustainable Products For Your iPhone, iPad & Macbook

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Grove was founded back in 2009 by Joe Mansfield and Ken Tomita they gathered a bunch of artisans to challenge the status quo of how products were designed and made.  Every piece is designed and made in Portland, Oregon. They … Continue reading →

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Bird Island: Zero Energy Home in Kuala Lumpur

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

Bird Island is a stunning urban renewal project that is currently being developed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by Graft Lab architects for the YTL Green Home Competition, the project comprises a zero energy home made of sustainably-sourced silicone glass … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Furniture By Andre Joyau

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Raft Table – Reclaimed beams are reassembled, rearranged, and repurposed to create a strikingly modern table that is both tactile and aesthetically rich. Balanced on solid cherry footers, the table is hand finished and waxed to improve the feel yet … Continue reading →

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Flip & Tumble Reusable Produce Bags

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

Green = Good and these bags will help reduce useless waste.  The Flip and Tumble Produce Bags come in a set of 5 for $10.95.  Flip & Tumble’s draw-string polyester produce bags resist staining and shrinking better than natural fiber … Continue reading →

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Save The Animals Poster by The WWF (no…not pro wrestling…)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

World Wildlife Fund (or just WWF in short) is an organization  which protects endangered wildlife and environments, tackles climate change and promotes sustainable use of resources. But what WWF also does, it creates one hell of a memorable billboard campaigns. … Continue reading →

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Growing Is Forever

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

“I have a deep affection for the Redwood forests of Northern California. This is my best attempt to capture the reverence I feel when in the presence of these giants. “ A Film by Jesse Rosten – twitter.com/​JesseRosten Written & … Continue reading →

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Recycled Cardboard Cooler Boxes

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

Camping, backyard BBQ’s and the beach…the spoils of summer.  All of them are fun, smell good and require frosty beverages and great food to complete the sensory overload.  Well now you can bring you pops and grub in an environmentally … Continue reading →

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Puma and Yves Behar’s Green Packaging

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

This is exactly what they mean when they say “think outside the box.”  After three years in the mak­ing, a new solu­tion to the shoe­box is announced– and it’s quite impressive. It’s hard to imag­ine some­thing as sim­ple as the … Continue reading →

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Legion Pallet Table

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Re-purposing is something that we absolutely love here at blurppy and here is a great example from the folks over at Made.com.   These tables are created from their own shipping pallets.  After they’ve helped deliver their furniture they reclaim them … Continue reading →

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Worx 788 Eco Cordless Electric Lawn Mower

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

I’m down with being “green”.  We recycle every day at the house, conserve water, hang clothes out to dry on a retractable clothes line and drink water from a Britta.  (Did you know that each Britta filer saves you over … Continue reading →

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Wood Hammock by Adam Cornich

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Ahhhh… resting in the backyard with the smells of BBQ wafting through the air never looked so good until you were resting tranquilly on this amazing wooden hammock. Winner of the Herman Miller Design Competition this Wooden Hammock by Australian … Continue reading →

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