Another great future transport idea coming out of China - The Straddling Bus...
Basically, cars travel and pass underneath, passengers travel in the top. It's neat. A similar though to the train that never stops
Watch a demo video and read how it works here
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
The Straddling bus
Monday, 2 August 2010
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Power up
This power station in Roombeek, the Netherlands is designed to develop a sensibility for the consumption of energy and sustainable cohabitation. Looks stunning, lovely tiles and a great idea to make something visible and with a message - when most other power stations strive to be invisible within the landscape...
Read a bit more at ArchDaily
Urban forest
'Unlimited Urban Woods' is an urban installation in the centre of Amsterdam... inside, one tree in a mirror reflects into an endless forest. Lovely...
By DUS Architects
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Monday, 5 July 2010
Trunk CO2 tool
Nitipak Samsen has designed a measuring tape that calculates the amount of CO2 absorbed by a tree through measuring the trunk’s circumference...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Favela Painting
A project by Jeroen Koolhas and Dre Urhahn, two artists from Netherlands who in 2006, started developing the idea of creating community-driven art interventions in Brazil - Favela Painting 
There are loads more picture here
PS: this is a lot like The Dulux 'Let's Colour' project... soon it will be on here no doubt
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Oil
First up this great infographics / timeline of the history of oil:
The second, this website which puts the scale of the BP oil spill in context and it makes grim viewing:
Friday, 21 May 2010
Friday, 14 May 2010
No Trash NYC
Lovely vision of a trashless NYC by Ideo...
NO TRASH NYC 2030 from IDEO on Vimeo.
Direct from their site: "As part of Living Climate Change, IDEO New York imagines Manhattan in 2030 as a city without trash. When most people consider the environmental impact of trash, steamy landfills and smoky incinerators come to mind. The reality, however, is that these are merely endpoints of a much larger system. Come take a look or view more scenarios at Living Climate Change, a place to discuss the most defining design challenge of our time."
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Feed the world
This is aimed at kids but it's amazingly done and makes the complex so clear... worth a watch (or show to your kids)
Monday, 1 March 2010
The Plastiki Expedition
David de Rothschild, a 31-year-old English banking heir and environmental daredevil along with his team of hand picked scientists are on a mission, to address the issue of sustainability with the creation of Plastiki. An all around environmentally friendly masterpiece, the Plastiki is a 60-foot catamaran floating on approximately 12,000 reclaimed whole plastic bottles which have been highly pressurized. The masts are made out of reclaimed aluminum irrigation pipes, while the ropes are also made from recycled plastics.
Read more at the official site
Monday, 18 January 2010
UseLess Products
Nice line of products from Nika Rams creating awareness to save the planet through using less water and energy, etc.
Monday, 11 January 2010
Cueva de los Cristales
Read Paul William's account of spending a short while in Cueva de los Cristales (The Giant Crystal Cave) in Mexico - it's 50 degrees centigrade and 100% humidity - one of the the deadliest places on earth.
Here he is in ice suit to keep cool...
Here's the cave...
Friday, 8 January 2010
Eco golf ball
A golf ball that bio-degrades within 48 hrs of being submerged in water - and releases fish food as it does. Smart. 
Read lots more here
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Solar Roadways
I really hope this happens... roads harnessing solar energy. Great idea. Asphalt is made from petroleum anyway so this is double whammy problem solving.
Here's a picture of what it might look like...
Read more here
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