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Some nice local press coverage to share with you. As you all know I am one of the Eco Bloggers for www.greenme.ie
The Sunday Business Post reported on the gathering success of the Irish website 'Greenme' as a one stop shop & blog machine for all things local and eco. I can whole heartedly recommend and praise Greenme's efforts in bringing sustainable awareness and access to the depths of Ireland.
View the article in the link below and spot my few seconds of published glory. Thanks to Gina for a mention.
Design Boom reported on an interesting feature at the recent Design Festival in London.
Designers: b3 Designers, British interior architectural consultants
Especially for the festival, this cardboard cafe became a hot spot! Using a card construction of brick like boxes, they created a temporary bar using individual boxes and a glue gun. They took the cardboard experience one step further with cardboard cups. This is an ingenius way of highlighting ways materials can be reused and recycled. Eco concepts are progressing, designers are thinking outside of the box (pun intended!). Whilst there are obvious issues with the durability of the structure and the glue used - the statement is clear, a new vision is needed.
You all know my love for using waste materials in innovative ways to combat landfill issues. Fresh from The Daily Telegraph came an inspiring article about a disused railway carriage that has been renovated and turned into a beautiful and admirable home.
Reclaim, salvage and reuse is an important part of eco design. It reduces the demand on our landfill sites by using materials that would otherwise be thrown away. It also reduces the demand on new materials during manufacture - saving energy from production and precious resources. An all round better choice.
Introducing the Eco Cooler. Made by hand this fruit and vegetable bowl not only stores, but cools. It's a micro version of the traditional larder. The terracotta bowl absorbs water in the bottom plate and as it evaporates, it cools!
The retailers state "As the water evaporates it cools helping to create the ideal cool, damp, dark environment to store potatoes, onions, garlic, swede and other root vegetables inside. Root vegetables last longer if stored 3-4 degrees below room temperature and in an environment a little warmer than a fridge. Fruit likes to be slightly chilled, but stored in the open air and light, so Eco Cooler also has a bowl on top which cools fruit just a couple of degrees."
Height: 250mm Diameter: 280mm Manufacturer: Wales, UK Designer: David Weatherhead
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