Creating a Sustainable Tomorrow
Bottles out of algae! Yes, it does exist. Ari Jónsson, a product design student from Iceland, developed an environmentally friendly bottle without plastic. He combined red algae powder with water to create a biodegradable bottle. When agar powder is added to water and cooled, it forms a jelly-like material. If the bottle is filled with water it stays in form, but when the bottle is empty it will begin to decompose. [Read more…]
We almost face the situation every day:
After work you stop by the grocery store or a mall to get one or two items for dinner. While you are walking the aisles you come up with various ideas on what to cook. Finally when you are waiting at the cashier you find yourself not only with your two planned items but 15 different things you can hardly carry. [Read more…]
In a recent lecture by a woman who tried to live without plastic we have heard just how difficult a life without plastic is – it seems almost impossible to avoid it entirely and it creates a lot of waste. [Read more…]