For teachers by teachers

What is it? Linked2Teach is a platform for teachers where they can see what is going on in other classrooms around the world through themed pinboards and gain inspiration. When a teacher logs… Continue reading →

Boarding a plain at a railway station

What is it? A project called Clip-Air, from the Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Today’s air travel is a nightmare of long drives to crowded airports, expensive parkings, long queues and… Continue reading →

Life is a Picnic

What is it? Springtime, a three in one picnic basket designed by Jeriël Bobbe from BloonDesign, it can be easily transformed from a picnic basket to a cycle carrier and finally into a… Continue reading →

Your Personal Coach

What is it? The Jawbone UP is “a system that takes a holistic approach to a healthy lifestyle”. It tracks how you sleep, how you move and how you eat and it helps… Continue reading →

Fantastic Bioplastic

What is it? Equilicuá’s Spud Raincoat, not an ordinary plastic raincoat, but made from potatoes! And they are fully biodegradable, compostable and suitable for planting. The raincoat can be reused numerous times, it’s… Continue reading →

Sustainable Clothes

What is it? A 10-piece women’s wardrobe for 365 days. The Malaysian label ULTRA introduced a minimalist wardrobe consisting of only 10 items, with the intention to be worn over 12 months, which,… Continue reading →

Eco Stove

What is it? This is the BioLite Stove that stoves convert waste heat into electricity for charging small devices. It is a sleek and compact stove that saves substantial amours of energy, while… Continue reading →

Intelligent Thermostat

What is it? This is a thermostat called Nest, that not only encourages people to reduce their energy use in their house by remembering to switch off appliances, but also ‘learns’ it’s users’… Continue reading →

Mail-Back Pack

What is it? “What if a toothbrush could clean the earth as well as your mouth?” That was the question that Preserve has been asking for nearly 15 years. They already had toothbrushes… Continue reading →

gDiaper

What is it? The fact is that there are 50 million diapers entering the landfill in America every day and each diaper takes up to 500 years to break down. Now there is… Continue reading →