As the world's population grows its need for water, food and energy will increase. Shell is determined to help meet the energy challenge, supplying a broad mix of lower emission energy sources.Check this video:
Showing posts with label Go Green Shop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Go Green Shop. Show all posts
Aug 31, 2012
Global Energy Mix
As the world's population grows its need for water, food and energy will increase. Shell is determined to help meet the energy challenge, supplying a broad mix of lower emission energy sources.Check this video:
Aug 25, 2012
Earth 2050 Trailer
By 2050, the world's population will reach 9 billion. This video touches on the demands this will put on our energy resources and innovative solutions to these future energy issues.
Aug 16, 2012
Go Green Shopping List: Ecologic Brands Paper Bottle
Lets do something for the environment ladies and gentlemen, something simple yet can contribute big to the reduction of plastic waste in the environment.
DW Product Development Inc., created a sustainable packaging solution consisting of a molded paper shell and a thin plastic liner that is intended to hold mass-market liquid laundry detergent called the Ecologic Paper Bottle.
The bottle’s iconic paper aesthetic communicates its environmental attributes and is very comfortable to touch and use. The outer shell comprises 70 percent of the bottle’s weight and is formed from 100 percent post-consumer paper fiber. The lightweight recyclable plastic inside the pouch uses up to 75 percent less plastic than rigid containers. Once the bottle is empty, the user separates the outside paper shell from the inside plastic liner. The shell is recyclable as paper or compost, and the liner is recyclable as plastic.
The initial Ecologic idea was a bottle made of two components: a thin liner and a paper structure. Out of that a simple, separable assembly was created. Developing appropriate design solutions to meet physical performance requirements was critical to the bottle’s success, and the product’s identity was worked into the performance features. Pulp thermoforming was selected for robustness and water resistance. The bottle’s surfaces were crowned, and the profile was arched to add strength and improve impact. Addressing capping torque without glue resulted in a visible interlock at the spout and shell. And the design was developed to accommodate natural dimensional variations. Because the empty pouch and outer shells nest densely, one truckload of Ecologic packaging is equivalent to nine truckloads of rigid packaging.
Moving from concept to high-volume production was a challenge to the industry status quo. The detergent co-packing infrastructure fills rigid plastic bottles, but with minor adjustment can fill the Ecologic bottle. Pulp molders produce independent parts, such as disposable plates and bowls, and are not used to contributing to an assembly. Pouch manufacturers use mixed material film to create stiff stand-up pouches, which sacrifice recyclability. Leveraging these attributes was challenging, especially to maintain tolerances and pouch flexibility. The design team also had to ensure that the bottle is easily separable by users. Surviving a logistics chain geared to rigid plastic challenged designers to truly understand the design and step up their game throughout development.
Strong sales of the bottle have helped it meet its ambitious first-year revenue goals. The Ecologic bottle has helped Seventh Generation, the largest green cleaning products company in US, gain market share and build brand value. Seventh Generation launched a new 4-times concentrated detergent using the Ecologic bottle in the natural grocery channel in March 2011. The company’s liquid laundry sales in the natural channel are up over 17 percent since launch. This visibly different tactile bottle has helped strengthen the emotional bond between the Seventh Generation brand and its consumers.
If your on for a shopping spree this weekend, try to look for this packaging solution and make a difference.
DW Product Development Inc., created a sustainable packaging solution consisting of a molded paper shell and a thin plastic liner that is intended to hold mass-market liquid laundry detergent called the Ecologic Paper Bottle.
The bottle’s iconic paper aesthetic communicates its environmental attributes and is very comfortable to touch and use. The outer shell comprises 70 percent of the bottle’s weight and is formed from 100 percent post-consumer paper fiber. The lightweight recyclable plastic inside the pouch uses up to 75 percent less plastic than rigid containers. Once the bottle is empty, the user separates the outside paper shell from the inside plastic liner. The shell is recyclable as paper or compost, and the liner is recyclable as plastic.The initial Ecologic idea was a bottle made of two components: a thin liner and a paper structure. Out of that a simple, separable assembly was created. Developing appropriate design solutions to meet physical performance requirements was critical to the bottle’s success, and the product’s identity was worked into the performance features. Pulp thermoforming was selected for robustness and water resistance. The bottle’s surfaces were crowned, and the profile was arched to add strength and improve impact. Addressing capping torque without glue resulted in a visible interlock at the spout and shell. And the design was developed to accommodate natural dimensional variations. Because the empty pouch and outer shells nest densely, one truckload of Ecologic packaging is equivalent to nine truckloads of rigid packaging.
Moving from concept to high-volume production was a challenge to the industry status quo. The detergent co-packing infrastructure fills rigid plastic bottles, but with minor adjustment can fill the Ecologic bottle. Pulp molders produce independent parts, such as disposable plates and bowls, and are not used to contributing to an assembly. Pouch manufacturers use mixed material film to create stiff stand-up pouches, which sacrifice recyclability. Leveraging these attributes was challenging, especially to maintain tolerances and pouch flexibility. The design team also had to ensure that the bottle is easily separable by users. Surviving a logistics chain geared to rigid plastic challenged designers to truly understand the design and step up their game throughout development.
Strong sales of the bottle have helped it meet its ambitious first-year revenue goals. The Ecologic bottle has helped Seventh Generation, the largest green cleaning products company in US, gain market share and build brand value. Seventh Generation launched a new 4-times concentrated detergent using the Ecologic bottle in the natural grocery channel in March 2011. The company’s liquid laundry sales in the natural channel are up over 17 percent since launch. This visibly different tactile bottle has helped strengthen the emotional bond between the Seventh Generation brand and its consumers.
If your on for a shopping spree this weekend, try to look for this packaging solution and make a difference.
Jun 24, 2012
Go Green Innovators Part One: Wayne Hemmingway
Time to feature another Go Green article, this time around, a trip of legendary designer Wayne Hemmingway with Jo Whiley on the Chevrolet Volt to talk about his green lifestyle and how green design influences his work.
Apr 5, 2012
Nov 15, 2011
Generation Awake: A fun way of promoting Resource Efficiency
I thought this video deserves a slot on the blog, European Commissions campaign to help save the environment by using paper bags instead of plastic.
Its time to wake up and start thinking about the place we all live in, think green!
Generation Awake, the movement launched today by the European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potoènik and the Polish Environment Minister Andrzej Kraszewski in Warsaw, Poland, provides answers to everyday questions like the ones already mentioned and many more. Above all, this new initiative aims to arouse curiosity and encourage us all to change our behaviour by providing tips and promoting good ideas.
A public debate featuring Janez Potoènik, the Polish Environment Minister Andrzej Kraszewski, and representatives of NGOs and the private sector is organised in Warsaw. In his opening address at the Generation Awake Summit, Commissioner Potoènik appealed to “citizens everywhere in Europe to take the time to think before they consume. We all want to continue to enjoy life, now and in the future. And this is why we need to think about the impact of our choices on natural resources today. If you know it takes 140 litres of water to produce a cup of coffee, you’ll certainly enjoy every sip of it… won’t you?”
The launch event in Warsaw also features a stand where visitors will be given tips on sustainable cooking, fashion, and efficient energy use.
The campaign is part of the European Union’s strategy for a more resource-efficient European economy. Progress is being made - our water and air are significantly cleaner than they were a few decades ago, and more of Europe's nature is protected than ever before. The EU is now turning its attention to developing new policies to mobilise business, industry, and individual consumers.
The situation is clear: our future depends on how we use resources now
The way we use our natural resources every day is unsustainable in the long run. In fact some of them are already under considerable pressure today – think of fish stocks, wood, clean water, precious metals … If we don’t want these and other resources to run out in the future, they need to be used responsibly right now.
Today's world simply cannot create the growth it needs to accommodate the needs of 9 billion people by 2050. The kind of growth industrialised countries have had over the last two centuries is no longer possible. Demand for resources is rising, and the cheap supplies we have enjoyed for so long are dwindling. Resources will cost more.
Currently 200,000 people are being added to the world every day: 2 billion middle income earners in 'developing countries' are expected to triple their consumption by 2020. Today in the EU, we use 16 tonnes of materials per person per year, of which 6 tonnes become waste, with half going to landfill.
If we carry on using resources at the current rate, by 2050 we will need, on aggregate, the equivalent of more than two planets to sustain us. To grow successfully and be competitive under these conditions, companies and countries must use resources better and more efficiently.
Europe’s role
The European Commission has put into place a number of measures to tackle this problem. The Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative on Resource Efficiency attempts to incorporate resource-efficient strategies into all policy areas covered by the EU, providing for coherent targets and indicators.
Furthermore, in its Roadmap to a Resource-Efficient Europe, the European Commission identifies the economic sectors that consume the most resources, and provides tools and indicators to help guide action for our future wellbeing. This Roadmap is an agenda for competitiveness and growth based on using fewer resources when we produce and consume goods, and creating business and job opportunities from activities such as recycling, better product design, materials substitution and eco-engineering.
The key words for resource efficiency are reduce, reuse, recycle, substitute and save. This implies using new materials, lighter materials, renewable materials and recycled materials. It means changing the ways we use them – and also the way we live: we need to limit waste, avoid overconsumption, protect and value biodiversity; use resources like water; minerals and wood sustainably, choose greener modes of transport solutions, and use energy efficiently. Not only will these choices benefit nature, but they will also improve people’s lives and even help them save money.
Get ready! This campaign is going to wake people up. Generation Awake will energise, excite and inspire people to embrace new ways of thinking, consuming and living. It’s a movement to make people aware that their choices can change their world and the planet.
The campaign is articulated around a central website and Facebook page, where people can learn more about their consumption habits, are encouraged to join ‘Generation Awake” and accept resource efficiency challenges, like reducing showering time to save water or using public transport once a week. New features will be added during the course of the campaign.
To learn more, visit www.generationawake.eu or www.facebook.com/GenerationAwake
Other launch events will also be organised this year in the Czech Republic, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
Its time to wake up and start thinking about the place we all live in, think green!
Generation Awake, the movement launched today by the European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potoènik and the Polish Environment Minister Andrzej Kraszewski in Warsaw, Poland, provides answers to everyday questions like the ones already mentioned and many more. Above all, this new initiative aims to arouse curiosity and encourage us all to change our behaviour by providing tips and promoting good ideas.
A public debate featuring Janez Potoènik, the Polish Environment Minister Andrzej Kraszewski, and representatives of NGOs and the private sector is organised in Warsaw. In his opening address at the Generation Awake Summit, Commissioner Potoènik appealed to “citizens everywhere in Europe to take the time to think before they consume. We all want to continue to enjoy life, now and in the future. And this is why we need to think about the impact of our choices on natural resources today. If you know it takes 140 litres of water to produce a cup of coffee, you’ll certainly enjoy every sip of it… won’t you?”
The launch event in Warsaw also features a stand where visitors will be given tips on sustainable cooking, fashion, and efficient energy use.
The campaign is part of the European Union’s strategy for a more resource-efficient European economy. Progress is being made - our water and air are significantly cleaner than they were a few decades ago, and more of Europe's nature is protected than ever before. The EU is now turning its attention to developing new policies to mobilise business, industry, and individual consumers.
The situation is clear: our future depends on how we use resources now
The way we use our natural resources every day is unsustainable in the long run. In fact some of them are already under considerable pressure today – think of fish stocks, wood, clean water, precious metals … If we don’t want these and other resources to run out in the future, they need to be used responsibly right now.
Today's world simply cannot create the growth it needs to accommodate the needs of 9 billion people by 2050. The kind of growth industrialised countries have had over the last two centuries is no longer possible. Demand for resources is rising, and the cheap supplies we have enjoyed for so long are dwindling. Resources will cost more.
Currently 200,000 people are being added to the world every day: 2 billion middle income earners in 'developing countries' are expected to triple their consumption by 2020. Today in the EU, we use 16 tonnes of materials per person per year, of which 6 tonnes become waste, with half going to landfill.
If we carry on using resources at the current rate, by 2050 we will need, on aggregate, the equivalent of more than two planets to sustain us. To grow successfully and be competitive under these conditions, companies and countries must use resources better and more efficiently.
Europe’s role
The European Commission has put into place a number of measures to tackle this problem. The Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative on Resource Efficiency attempts to incorporate resource-efficient strategies into all policy areas covered by the EU, providing for coherent targets and indicators.
Furthermore, in its Roadmap to a Resource-Efficient Europe, the European Commission identifies the economic sectors that consume the most resources, and provides tools and indicators to help guide action for our future wellbeing. This Roadmap is an agenda for competitiveness and growth based on using fewer resources when we produce and consume goods, and creating business and job opportunities from activities such as recycling, better product design, materials substitution and eco-engineering.
The key words for resource efficiency are reduce, reuse, recycle, substitute and save. This implies using new materials, lighter materials, renewable materials and recycled materials. It means changing the ways we use them – and also the way we live: we need to limit waste, avoid overconsumption, protect and value biodiversity; use resources like water; minerals and wood sustainably, choose greener modes of transport solutions, and use energy efficiently. Not only will these choices benefit nature, but they will also improve people’s lives and even help them save money.
Get ready! This campaign is going to wake people up. Generation Awake will energise, excite and inspire people to embrace new ways of thinking, consuming and living. It’s a movement to make people aware that their choices can change their world and the planet.
The campaign is articulated around a central website and Facebook page, where people can learn more about their consumption habits, are encouraged to join ‘Generation Awake” and accept resource efficiency challenges, like reducing showering time to save water or using public transport once a week. New features will be added during the course of the campaign.
To learn more, visit www.generationawake.eu or www.facebook.com/GenerationAwake
Other launch events will also be organised this year in the Czech Republic, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
Aug 30, 2011
Nokia 700, The Most Eco Friendly Smartphone
Remember my plan to create a site where it will only feature Green Environment Friendly Products from all walks of life? Well, the wait is over since the blog will now allocate a category that will feature such products with the very first featured product on the list, the Nokia 700, the most environment friendly Nokia smartphone to date. It is primarily produce by extensive use of eco friendly materials.
The Nokia 700 is among the smartphone announced recently by Nokia carrying the critically acclaimed Nokia Symbian Belle, the most savvy and feature-rich Symbian upgrade yet to date.
Nokia 700 Key Features
The fresh new Nokia user interface delivers what you need, when you need it
• Interactive live widgets help you to see and seize opportunities around you
• Personalize your home screens with different sized widgets so you only see what you are interested in
• Choose from thousands of applications to make your smartphone your own
• Select your software updater to automatically check for updates for the best experience
• The ClearBlack AMOLED display with the Gorilla Glass on top makes it look almost as the icons are painted on the surface of the handset. Vibrant colors and sharp contrasts indoors and outdoors
Sharing pictures and pairing accessories has never been so easy
• Tap and share. You can effortlessly share your photos, videos and contact cards with NFC, just by tapping two NFC-enabled phones together
• Tap and pair your accessory through NFC
• Tap and access information and benefits from NFC
tags placed in stores and public places
• Tap, play and unlock new levels on NFC enabled games
Additional Features
• New Symbian Belle operating system with fresh home screen, user interface and widgets and simple software updates
• 5 MP full focus camera with LED flash, HD video
• Nokia Maps with free global drive and walk navigation
• Ovi Store for thousands of content items, including eco applications
• Music player, FM radio
Technical Profile
• System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• OS: Symbian Belle
• Dimensions: 110 x 50.7 x 9.7 mm (L x W x T)
• Weight: 96 g
• 1 Ghz processor
• Display: 3.2 inch AMOLED ClearBlack display
• Memory: 2GB internal memory (support up to 34 GB with microSD card)
• Video capture: HD video (720p, 30fps)
Connectivity
• NFC
• WLAN 802.11 b/g
• HSDPA cat 10 up to 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6 up to 5.76 Mbps
• Bluetooth 3.0
• A-GPS with magnetometer
• Micro-USB connector and charging
• 3.5 mm Nokia audio connector
Operating times
• Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 7.3 h/ up to 4.7 h
• Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 465 h/up to 450 h
• Music playback: Up to 47 h
• Video playback: Up to 6.9 h
Colors
• Cool Grey, Silver/White, Coral Red, Peacock Blue and Purple
Nokia Standard Sales Package Includes
• Nokia 700 handset
• Nokia Battery BP-5Z, 1080 mAh
• Nokia Charger AC-15
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-207
• Connectivity Cable CA-179
• NFC gift card with selected applications from Ovi StoreN
The Nokia 700 is among the smartphone announced recently by Nokia carrying the critically acclaimed Nokia Symbian Belle, the most savvy and feature-rich Symbian upgrade yet to date.Nokia 700 Key Features
The fresh new Nokia user interface delivers what you need, when you need it
• Interactive live widgets help you to see and seize opportunities around you
• Personalize your home screens with different sized widgets so you only see what you are interested in
• Choose from thousands of applications to make your smartphone your own
• Select your software updater to automatically check for updates for the best experience
• The ClearBlack AMOLED display with the Gorilla Glass on top makes it look almost as the icons are painted on the surface of the handset. Vibrant colors and sharp contrasts indoors and outdoors
Sharing pictures and pairing accessories has never been so easy
• Tap and share. You can effortlessly share your photos, videos and contact cards with NFC, just by tapping two NFC-enabled phones together
• Tap and pair your accessory through NFC
• Tap and access information and benefits from NFC
tags placed in stores and public places
• Tap, play and unlock new levels on NFC enabled games
Additional Features
• New Symbian Belle operating system with fresh home screen, user interface and widgets and simple software updates
• 5 MP full focus camera with LED flash, HD video
• Nokia Maps with free global drive and walk navigation
• Ovi Store for thousands of content items, including eco applications
• Music player, FM radio
Technical Profile
• System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• OS: Symbian Belle
• Dimensions: 110 x 50.7 x 9.7 mm (L x W x T)
• Weight: 96 g
• 1 Ghz processor
• Display: 3.2 inch AMOLED ClearBlack display
• Memory: 2GB internal memory (support up to 34 GB with microSD card)
• Video capture: HD video (720p, 30fps)
Connectivity
• NFC
• WLAN 802.11 b/g
• HSDPA cat 10 up to 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6 up to 5.76 Mbps
• Bluetooth 3.0
• A-GPS with magnetometer
• Micro-USB connector and charging
• 3.5 mm Nokia audio connector
Operating times
• Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 7.3 h/ up to 4.7 h• Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 465 h/up to 450 h
• Music playback: Up to 47 h
• Video playback: Up to 6.9 h
Colors
• Cool Grey, Silver/White, Coral Red, Peacock Blue and Purple
Nokia Standard Sales Package Includes
• Nokia 700 handset
• Nokia Battery BP-5Z, 1080 mAh
• Nokia Charger AC-15
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-207
• Connectivity Cable CA-179
• NFC gift card with selected applications from Ovi StoreN
