Spark Lamp by Beverly

The more I learn and find out ’bout Ecology, the more I become surprised. Today the team at JustEco found a magic lamp…not the one of Aladdin but another genius one!!!

 

Spark Lamp (by Beverly) is incredibly simple. During the day, the lamp is flipped upside down and placed next to the window to recharge. At night, the lamp is turned upright and switched on. At this point it establishes a wifi connection to the Internet and displays your home’s energy consumption by giving a soft green, yellow, or reddish glow for around three seconds. After a moment of eco-illumination, the light then turns white and works just like a regular lamp!!! 

 

Source: JustEco

Topi Footstool by Elisabeth Nossen

 

Norwegian designer Elisabeth Nossen based her Topi Footstool upon a Salvation Army thrift shop purchase. Nossen’s stool is a “50’s style” reclaimed from a thrift store and redecorated by the designer with wool roses. Nossen is considered one of Norway’s up and coming young furniture designers. The Topi Footstool was displayed as part of the 100% Norway exhibition, which had recycling and sustainable design as a theme.

 

One of the more interesting elements – though hard to photograph – of the show was a two-store prefabricated bedroom unit called the Bedroom Box by architects Brendeland & Kristoffersen and used in an affordable housing area in Trondheim. At the show itself unemployed youth from Trondheim rebuilt 40 meters of shelving from old materials for display, and after the show they’ll go to a children’s center to be re-used yet again. Via: Haute Nature and 100%Norway.  

 

Source: treehugger.com

Gift Warp & Cards – by Karin Helena Turner

Be kinder to the planet this Christmas and use 100% greener Karin Helena Turner Designs gift wrap and cards on sale from Pure Design. Beautiful, environmentally friendly and with a high quality finish, Karin Helena Turner Designs gift wrap and cards will make your present look a hundred bucks, and, won’t cost you or your kids the earth. Now available to order online from Pure Design.

 

All cards and paper are printed with non-toxic vegetable based inks; using 100% recycled paper (85% post-consumer waste, 15% wood free unprinted waste). The envelopes are 75% recycled and from an FSC Accredited paper mill in Scandinavia, incorporating post consumer beverage cartons. The see-through packaging that the cards are packaged for sale in is 100% compostable and made from corn starch.

 

Karin Helena Turner Designs have a passion for pattern and all things decorative. Established by Karin in 2007, the company aims to create inventive and beautiful packaging that delights and inspires people. Karin is a textile designer with a specialisation is surface decoration and creates gift wrap and cards that are artwork in their own right. Karin has also gone to great lengths to ensure her products are as environmentally friendly as possible.