SustainInteract

Here are a few good examples of how you can charge your mobile phone with an eco-friendly device.
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“The last few years have seen an incredible amount of innovation when it comes to electronics accessories, and a lot of that novel design has manifested in the form of eco-friendly products. Now that the iPad has sold nearly 10 million devices, it’s time that we accessorize and protect this technological wonder in a stylish yet environmentally friendly way. Read on for our top 10 eco-friendly ipad cases!”
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GOOD – a platform for people who want to do well by doing good. Some intersting and funny ideas for engaging people with sustainability.

Reaction Housing

Ways to save water

Smart parking in San Francisco

Revolution Door

Here is a great viral video from Coca Cola encouraging us to recycle. Like the fun theory videos by Volkswagen this video makes the process of recycling fun and enjoyable.

Here’s a great idea for the Festival season, camping or those times you need an improvised lighting solution. The LED Light glows for 4 hours.

Environmental Artist and Photographer Chris Jordan has a unique way of confronting the issues that affect us today. His work questions our use of technology and our neglect of the environment. Chris was a speaker at the recent Greener Gadgets conference below is his opening keynote presentation. The video provides insight into the vision behind the art, and the innovative method Jordan uses to visualize statistics as fine art.

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“GE will soon release to the public an updated version of the LED bulb that will be omnidirectional and long lasting. Right now, most LED bulbs project light in only one direction and aesthetically, the bulbs aren’t too pleasing even if you’re all about having super energy efficient lighting. GE’s new bulb, the Energy Smart® LED bulb, will distribute light in all directions (just like the soon to-be-phased-out incandescent bulb, meaning in all directions) instead of just one. The light will also consume 9-W of energy and last for 17 years, which is 25 times longer than a 40-W incandescent bulb and three times longer than a normal CFL.”

“The lights are off all day! 1,200 students of the Friends School of Baltimore eat, socialize, and study as part of a tight knit community without the use of a single light bulb. Their new Dining Hall, designed by Ziger/Snead Architects, uses an array of 21 skylights to bathe the entire room in 100% natural daylight – creating a clean, elegant place for students and faculty. Even on heavily overcast days, exterior ambient light can provide enough illumination to completely replace artificial lighting – reducing electricity consumption and providing occupants with all the other proven benefits natural daylight.” Design solutions like this prove their is a sustainable solution to most problems and that we do not need to waste energy unnecessarily.

“Thanks to a smart TED talk by biologist Janine Beynus that made the rounds a few years ago, books like Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, and new online resources like AskNature.org, more and more designers are realizing a simple truth when trying to find responsible, ecological solutions: If we’re trying to do it, chances are, nature already did it better.

Biomimicry is quickly becoming a cornerstone of sustainable design, but for designers who want to incorporate biomimicry into their work, many don’t know where to start. Some famous biomimetic solutions have gotten passed around the mainstream press–including examples like self-cleaning surfaces modeled on lotus flowers, or the sticky repositionable tape inspired by gecko feet–but biomimicry isn’t as easy as using nature as a crib sheet. “One of the big realizations that designers have when they play with biomimicry is that it’s not a tool, it’s a mindset shift,” says Dayna Baumeister, who co-founded the Biomimicry Guild with Benyus in 1998. “Because of that–because of the fundamentally different way of thinking–it’s hard.”

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Similar to the earlier entry that ejects your power cable when the device is charged, this product makes you more aware of the power you are using.
“Power strips are used on a daily basis in most homes as a means of ‘transporting’ energy to the products we use every day. The ‘Power-Aware Cord’ is a re-designed electrical power strip in which the cord is designed to visualize the energy rather than hiding it. The current use of electricity is represented through glowing pulses, flow, and intensity of light. Expressing the presence of energy through light can inspire people to explore and reflect upon the energy consumption of electrical devices in their home. “