Category: Green
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Esxence 2013: interview with Nikolas Gleber, Essence of new Gentlemen by Friendly Fur
Nikolas Gleber-Friendly Fur: “The “New luxury” is living true values, being yourself” At this year’s Esxence Milano, 2LUXURY2 had the pleasure to meet Nikolas Gleber – creator of Friendly Fur, conceptionist at ENGEE, an innovative, creative artist, and a true passionate about perfumes, and luxury objects of green glamour. His work is devoted to eco-responsibility, luxury…
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Green infrastructure: fresh herb vertical gardens
Using your wall as nature’s canvas “We are architects of vertical landscapes, using nature as our inspiration. Natural vertical gardens provide valuable lessons; teaching us about plant adaptations, ecology and sustainability.” – Michael Coraggio, Founder of greenEcoWalls. A vertical garden provide us with the holistic benefits of living plants, improving the aesthetic and overall biologic…
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Plastic Whale fighting the plastic soup
Plastic whale creates awareness about the plastic soup Plastic waste is floating around in the waters of our globe creating a dangerous soup harming the environment. Amsterdam’s Plastic Whale Foundation builds a special boat for the collection of the waste. Plastic Whale is fighting for plastic free waters around the world, but the boat starts…
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“The ocean cleanup” or how to extract plastics from the ocean
Massive quantities of plastic garbage are already contaminating our oceans. Where millions of tons of plastic kill ocean life and poison food chains, somebody sees opportunities to combat this. To extract 7 billion kg of plastic from the ocean in just 5 years? Is this feasible? Dutch tech student Boyan Slat says yes. His concept called…
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Eco-conscious hotels in US. Eco-friendly efforts don’t have to end at home
10 eco-friendly and stylish hotels in Americans’ favorite destinations according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index. The guests of this hotels think about reducing their carbon footprints without skipping a moment of vacation time. Here are top 10 most popular U.S. destinations (according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI) ramping up their conservation efforts…
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Detroit Electric’s SP:01 – the world’s fastest pure-electric production car
Limited-edition SP:01 two-seat electric sports car unveiled in Detroit The original electric car innovators, Detroit Electric began life in 1906 and went on to make some 13,000 vehicles by 1939, setting the EV production world record for the twentieth century. This week, Detroit Electric unveiled a new high-performance champion in the emissions-free motoring. Boasting an…