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Solar powered pop-up store launches in London

A new eco-friendly pop-up store, called the Kioskiosk, opened in London this week to provide a rent-free retail space for creative entrepreneurs.

The KiosKiosk , designed by Wayne Hemingway of Red or Dead fame, will host a different store owner every day for the next two months, with the aim of helping fledgling businesses who are usually priced out of high-rent shop fronts. The KiosKiosK also includes solar powers to power lights, a laptop computer and a sewing machine.

Businesses signed up for the kiosk include Jamble favorites, Above & Below London , the makers of recycled tube sho...

Gotwind leading the charge for renewable energy

It may not quite be a rags to riches story, but the progress of Gotwind, a British renewable energy company, has certainly gone from a breeze to a gale force blast.

Gotwind was founded in 2006 by Ben Jandrell. His aim was simply to share his 25 years of experience of DIY renewable energy projects, but a spiking interest in wind and solar energy has helped Gotwind rapidly expand, and this year Gotwind launched the Skycharger MkII, the world's largest renewable energy phone charger.

The Skycharger was developed in part due to Gotwind's relationship with UK phone company Orange. For the pa...

Müvbox brings new meaning to take away restaurant

Recycling old shipping containers into stores, offices or even homes is becoming increasingly popular, and now in Montreal, a new shipping container café, dubbed the Müvbox, has opened on the city's waterfront.

The Müvbox is a complete café packed inside a 20 foot shipping container. With a flick of a switch, the box unfolds, and in less than two minutes, the container becomes a café with seating for 14. At the end of the day, the café can be quickly packed away, and if needed, transported to a different location.

In addition to the innovative recycling, 40% of the energy needed ...

Win a handmade PaperCloud Travel Journal

Blogs are great, but nothing can beat sitting on a sun soaked beach jotting down your latest adventures in your travel journal, and courtesy of Allmodern.com we have an eco-friendly, made in America, Papercloud journal to give away.

Paper Cloud hand makes all of their products, one at a time, using techniques including sewing, drawing, printing, cutting and pretty much anything else you can do with paper or fabric. The designs are inspired by nature, and only 100% linen and water based inks are used to make the journals.

To enter simply add a comment telling us where in world would be yo...

Green hotel, wind turbines planned for Sears Tower

At 110 stories tall, Chicago's Sear's Tower is America's tallest building, but at over 30 years old, the tower is far from America's greenest skyscraper. In a plan announced this week, however, that could soon change, as over $350 million will be spent on greening up the building.

The eco-friendly retrofit will likely include the installation of wind turbines, solar panels and green roofs, which would be among the tallest in the world, to test their effectiveness at high altitudes.

Upgrades will also be made to the lighting, elevators and heating and cooling systems; 16,000 single pan...

Orange reveal solar tent concept

Earlier this week Orange announced the news of the foot pump powered wind charger, and now, the UK mobile company has revealed it's latest creation - a solar powered concept tent that could change the image of music festival camping.

The tent, designed in association with American product design consultancy Kaleidoscope, draws on knowledge gained in two previous solar tent experiments in 2003 and 2004, and shows what a solar tent may look like, and what it could be capable of, in the future.

The concept's design focuses on the emerging technology of solar fabrics. By weaving specially ...

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Green gear: Traveling Naturally in France

From Biologique (organic) restaurants to Montpellier's public vélomagg cycles, there's no doubt there are plenty of green travel opportunities in France; so step forward the Green Earth Guide: Traveling Naturally in France, the first printed green ...

Glastonbury festival to showcase foot power charger

Campers at this year's Glastonbury festival (June 24-28) will be able to charge their phones with leg power, thanks to the new Power Pump, a foot pump powered wind generator.

The new eco-friendly gadget is the latest creation from alternative energy c...

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2009 wildlife photo contest taking entries

Wildlife charity, the Nature Conservancy, is now accepting entries for its 4th annual digital photo contest.

The competition is for any original, nature themed digital images, including landscape images, plants, animals, people in nature, and marine w...

The Best Green Festivals of 2009

Green was the theme for music festivals in 2008 with more events than ever introducing solar powered stages, organic food and biodegradable beer cups; and in 2009 some of the world's biggest music festivals will be continuing with their environmental...

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