It’s a ‘wise’ home decorator who furnishes their palace with products made of renewable or sustainably-sourced materials. This laser-cut owl clock is handmade from 3-ply bamboo sheet. Each 8″x 10″ clock is made-to-order and hand finished by DecoyLab.
Fashion editors have their hands full this time of year – Vancouver, BC and London’s fashion runway scenes are hopping right now; NY Fashion Week wrapped just days ago.
Sponsored by Aveda, Eco Fashion Week Vancouver kicks off today with a trade show, seminars and of course the fun stuff – runway events. Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Friday, a total of 22 eco fashion designers and brands debut sustainable fare for Fall/Winter 2011.
Whose collections will be in the limelight? Nicole Bridger, Prophetik, Lav & Kush, Tonic, Downtown Betty, Sofia, Sitka (yes, like the surfboards), and Jason Matlo, to name a few. The roster is stocked with planet-friendly brands that are chic, easily accessible and totally wearable.
As sponsor, Aveda will be doing all makeup and hair styling. How does Environmental Working Group rate their products? Oh my, looks like they could do better.
Here’s how to tap into all the action:
Having recognized the growing popularity and number of electric vehicles (EVs) expected to hit the road in the near future, Sharp has developed the Intelligent Power Conditioner to utilize an electric car’s battery as part of a residential power storage system.
During product testing trials Sharp succeeded in using a battery pack in a commercially available EV to supply 8 kW of power – enough to power the electrical appliances in the average household. In addition, the charge controller in the Intelligent Power Conditioner was able to deliver 4 kWh of energy to recharge the electric vehicle battery pack in approximately 30 minutes. Sharp envisions future homes drastically reducing their carbon footprint and energy expense by integrating photovoltaic solar panels and other advanced energy-saving technologies into their day-to-day operation.
Sharp will be conducting exhaustive tests to confirm the safety and reliability of this system, with the aim of making this device commercially available in the near future.
via: digital journal & akihabara news
For true organic hair, makeup, fragrance, body and skincare products, you can count on futurenatural.com. This week only (until Friday, Feb 25) you can receive 20% off when you enter code SPRING BEAUTY at checkout. Important Note: Discount will not show up during checkout but will be applied during processing. A nice way to be beautifully green – spring for it:)
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