Category: Product design

Ever wondered how many litres of water it takes to make a beer or why a burping cow contributes to climate change? The Eco Innovators app is a mythbusting quiz style game designed to test your general environmental knowledge. Navigate your way through 3 rounds of multiple choice questions covering a range of topic areas.

The Eco Innovators Sustainability Quiz is now available from iTunes for iPhone, iPod, and iPad.  The app is perfect for anyone who has ever wondered how many litres of water it takes to make a beer or why a burping cow is bad for climate change!

Download or find out more here

Top 2010 graduate degree design projects from Universities nationally will now be considered for SRD Change : graduate sustainable design exhibition.

Last year $10,000 in prizes, great exposure and the opportunity to promote great projects to a wide audience that encapsulate solid ideas for our future. Apply till 15 April 11

View the SRD Change Website for more information

The Big Green Idea is open to any environmentally conscious Aussie eco-innovators who have plans to make a real contribution to Australia’s environmental future.

A maximum of six awards for either $10,000 or $20,000 cash grants will be given in a range of areas including initiatives addressing: waste reduction; transport and travel; energy efficiency; sustainable design; commercially applicable projects for industry; initiatives for creative industries; sustainable design; climate change; and positive communications campaigns.

Applications can be made at Big Green Idea, an initiative of the British Council Australia.

For all you modernist furniture fans out there who covet various pieces from Eames, Featherston, Parker and others, you are in for a modern day treat.  A name you may soon be hearing more of is Matty Smith, who just last month won the 2010 Tasmanian Design Centre Award for Sustainability and Emerging Designer with his quirky take on a cabinet named “shortdivision”. 

READ ON to learn more about Matty Smith in his interview with State of Green

February 15, 2011 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

An introductory workshop exploring the entire life cycle based impacts of producing and consuming products. A hands-on session for designers, architects, business and marketing, PR and sustainability experts. For full details and to book visit www.lifecyclethinking.com.au

This Tuesday in Melbourne.

If you are after a unique pair of shoes or accessories that will add that little extra zing (not to mention originality) to your outfit,  Dames and Divas is well worth checking out.

Melbourne based creator, Amanda Fox sources vintage silk kimono fabric direct from Japan and GOTS certified organic denims to adorn some very funky shoes which come in all shapes and sizes – wedges, kitten heels, sandals and ballet flats. State of Greenspoke to Amanda Fox to gleen more about her fashionable local business here.