World Environment Day: Green designs that capture the imagination
2019-06-05
Editor's Note: World Environment Day is celebrated June 5 every year, and is the United Nations' vehicle for encouraging awareness and action on the protection of the environment. Some environmentalists have designed many unusual creations with technology to show the public ways to live a more environmentally friendly life. Let's see some of their designs.
A French-Canadian start-up has created a space-saving way to grow your own herbs and small plants at home with an indoor rotating garden. The device enables users to plant and grow miniature gardens in a small rotating wheel which revolves around a grow light placed at the device's center. [Photo/IC]
A rehearsal of an orchestra with instruments made of recycled materials in Madrid, Spain on Jan 2, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A Berlin-based start-up has designed a series of mugs and reusable cups made from recycled coffee grounds. [Photo/IC]
This huge drainage net, installed by the City of Kwinana in western Australia, has received a lot of attention. [Photo/IC]
A screengrab of a video showing the process involved to create clothes from waste milk. [Photo/IC]
The new eco-friendly straw called The FinalStraw, designed by Emma Cohen and Miles Pepper. This is the world's first collapsible, reusable straw which could go some way to saving the planet. [Photo/IC]
Dutch design firm Studio Bas van der Veer has created Raindrop, a rain barrel designed to mount to an exterior wall and make collecting rainwater easy. [Photo/IC]
The GoSun solar cooker converts sunlight with vacuum tube technology that allows for safe and clean cooking without propane or charcoal in just 20 minutes. [Photo/IC]
Empowering solar energy, supporting much-needed shade and offering complimentary WIFI, the "smart palm trees" have been seen sprouting up across Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [Photo/IC]
A design student has flipped the idea of microwaveable dinners on its head, proposing tasty meals that can be cooked inside a washing machine. He invented a food bag which, when placed in the machine, sees the vacuum-sealed ingredients steamed over a long period of time. He hopes that his idea will be a way for homeless people in large cities to have access to cooked meals. [Photo/IC]
