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For Every Green T-Shirt Sold, Eco-Fashion Label Wiloh Gives One to a Child in Need (Photos)

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

“Bamboo Panda” by Tokyo Candies. Image via Wiloh . An eco-fashion brand born in social media heaven. Not only did I find out about this new fashion label through Twitter — thanks for the follow, Wiloh — but that’s exactly how the founders of green fashion label Wiloh met: New York-based Edward Cinelli met Sydney-based Angela Wozniakmet online through social networking and their mutual love for street style and eco-fashion co… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A New Guzzler Made of Glass and Grass by Bamboo Bottle Company

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

All pix: Bamboo Bootle Company Is this what people have been clamoring for? A refillable glass bottle, protected by a sheath of fast growing, renewable bamboo. When the scare over Bisphenol-A (BPA) in our drinking bottles was in full flight, folk were ditching their Nalgene BPA laden polycarbonate bottles in their droves. Camelbak offered their Tritan plastic. Many opted for

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10 Best Bamboo Bikes For Style and Performance (Slideshow)

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A high-performance bike from Boo Bicycles. Credit: Boo Bicycles Bamboo not only makes for beautiful bikes, it is one of the greener building materials we’ve got: It has a low CO2 footprint compared to aluminum and steel, is renewable, and even biodegradable (though hard to imagine how it would biodegrade with all those layers of lamination). Yes, bamboo isn’t perfect — often it comes with a big carbon footprint for transport — but these bike designers are taking bamboo to the heights of beauty a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Emerging Ghana wins Open Source House competition: Local, Modular & Efficient (Video)

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Last year, Enviu , known for the sustainable dance floor and club , launched the Open Source House project , a platform to share much needed sustainable and affordable housing solutions. The goal of their first competition, in which 3100 architects participated, was to design an affordable, flexible and sustainable house for people living in poor housing conditions in Ghana.