Shala Yoga Rug
$88.00
Manuka’s Shala yoga rug is handwoven in India from apparel scraps and provides an attractive and practical solution to your outdoor yoga or meditation practice, though it can also double as a …
Tag: Sustainable Materials
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
A mathematical puzzle solved, an ocean floor around Earth's core, innovations in architecture and more
Via newatlas.com
World’s First Bio-Material Toilet
Discreet and elegant, the Block is the world’s first bio-material toilet—made from a mixture of wood chips and resin. Produced by Finnish interiors brand Woodio and designed by Pentagram, the toilet eschews …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Mushroom computers, eggshell bricks, electricity from air and more
Via interestingengineering.com/
Transforming Renewable Grass Into Building Materials
To innovate in the fight against climate change, the startup Plantd devised a method of turning a fast-growing perennial grass into a building material that is stronger, lighter and more moisture-resistant than …
Via newscientist.com
Building Sustainable Computer Chips Out of Mushrooms
There are 50 million tons of electronic waste produced per year, including computer chips which are made from un-recyclable plastic. Within each chip, the substrate—an insulating and cooling layer that transmits data—is …
The reBoard
$35.00
Crafted from kitchen plastic scraps and renewable sugarcane, the reBoard from Material Kitchen adds a pop of color to the kitchen while its circular cutout makes it easy to hang and save …
Grain’s “Clover” Collection Reveals the Playfulness and Sustainability of Cork
Accountability to the planet lies at the heart of this new range, on view at NYC's Colony
Via phys.org
New Environmentally-Friendly, Heat-Resistant Plastic is Developed
In developing a new technique to create polymers (large molecules that are composed of smaller, structured molecules), Japanese scientists have opened the door for the creation of environmentally-friendly plastic. These scientific researchers …
Via sciencenews.org
Jet Fuel Made From Air, Sunlight and Water Vapor
Jet fuel is a large driver of climate change but finding sustainable alternatives has proven difficult since many are less efficient when it comes to long-distance aviation. This is why scientists are …