Tag: Eco-Friendly | Apartment Therapy

EcoPad Paperless Notepad from Brookstone

For all of us who find our desks or phone tables covered with sticky notes and scraps of paper at the end of the day, Brookstone is offering a stylish paperfree alternative for taking down quick not...

Chillchasers Are Eco-Friendly Patio Heaters

With the rapidly plunging temperatures, it's certain that most of us have already abandoned using our patios, unless you're in a warmer state. Let's face it, patios are great for BBQs and hosting part...

An Environmentally Friendly Update to Acoustical Insulation

When it comes to acoustic-friendly insulation, sound quality tends to overpower eco-friendliness. In the last year or so though, companies have been coming out with alternatives to formaldehyde and p...

De Dietrich Ultrasonic Dishwasher Is Detergent-Free

Ultrasonic cleaning has been around for years. However the concept is rarely seen used in traditional dishwashers in homes. De Dietrich is a French appliance manufacturer that is seeking to change thi...

Bedol Eco-Friendly Water Clock

As we kick off escapes month here on Apartment Therapy, we thought this wonderful eco-friendly gadget would make an excellent addition for any traveler. This tiny and stylish travel alarm clock req...

Look! Floating Garden: Mixes Plants and Fishes

Aquariums are a really good way of integrating something very relaxing in your home. Whole living rooms can be designed around nicely placed aquarium. If you've ever kept fishes, you know that sometim...

Neuton Battery Powered Gardening Tools: Mowers, Trimmers, and Blowers

Gardening and mowing your lawn is always a pleasurable experience, especially since summer is about to arrive in style. For most lawns, you absolutely need a gas-powered lawnmower. The smaller electri...

Universal Eco Speakers: Made Out of Cardboard

When you are on the go, you don't always need the best pair of speakers to share music with your friends. Most of the cheap speakers out there are made out of plastic, and plastic isn't the best green...

Green Ideas: Using Counter Top Dishwashers

I think that most of us take it as a given that we will use dishwashers to clean up our dishes. I've had a few, but I have to say that I rarely use dishwashers. Most of the time, immediately after usi...

Grass Patch: A Clock that Runs on Mud

We've always heard of eco-friendly gadgets, but none would be more eco-friendly than a clock that runs on mud. Clocks are important. Most of us need them daily to tell time and to wake us up. Even tho...

The Flat Pack Office: Revisited

We featured a post a little while ago about two cool pieces of flat-pack office furniture. Little did we know, those two tables were park of a huge undertaking between Because We Can designers and the...

Eco-Button Blasts Your Unit Into Hypersleep

Don't you wish saving the world was easy? Don't you wish you could just push a button and drastically reduce your energy consumption? Well, you can. One push of this Captain Planet-themed button activ...

Siemens Eco Friendly Handsets

The German high-technology giant has decided to try something green for its next series of telephone handsets. On top of that, Siemens is trying to make a bold and beautiful green statement with these...

Smokeless Ashtray: Looks Like a UFO and a Hair Dryer

We saw a recent post on ATLA about welcoming smoking guests into your non-smoking house. While some of you thought you should ban the offending chimneys completely, others of you seemed willing to wor...

Eco-Friendly Water-Powered Clock

Bedol has created a great way of tracking the time, in an eco-friendly way, without using any batteries. The clock is powered by water and salt alone. Even though this might sound far fetched, it's a ...

Dell Launches Studio Hybrid Line of Desktop PCs

Watch out now, green enthusiasts. Dell's newest line of super tiny PCs are pretty much the most eco-friendly PCs you can get today, using up about 71% less power than your standard mini-tower. Dell's ...

Green Sleep: Eco-Friendly Mattresses

Did you know that your current mattress may have polyurethane and formaldehyde in it. Not only are those harmful materials for the environment, they aren't the best chemicals to be sleeping on. Unless...