seen in inhabitat:
" Keetwonen, a student housing project in Amsterdam, turns shipping containers into 1000 units and provides all the amenities a student could ever want. And aside from the obvious green usage of surplus shipping containers, Keetwonen has integrated a rooftop to accommodate efficient rainwater drainage while providing heat dispersal and insulation for the containers beneath. Designed by TempoHousing and completed last year, this is a great example of large-scale shipping containers serving as functional and comfortable space."

Recycling the "Freitag" way taken to a higher level. 30m2 per units times1000. There must be some action on a saturday night.

I want one-
Weltweit erstes emissionsfreies Prtoduktionsmotorrad mit Elektroantrieb. Nice styling. Maximale Geschwindigkeit 80 Kmh.Reichweite ca. 70 km. Gewicht 120kg. Jetzt erhältlich bei www.enertiabike.com. Leider nicht gerade billig mit $ 11.995.-

We saw this Bicycles at the premium fair in Berlin.
They look very old skool but they have everthing a modern bike needs.

Check the website of the Berlin based company.

Zerofootprint is a not-for-profit that combines the best financial engineering, environmental engineering, social networking tools and business intelligence to create products and services that help large corporations, organizations and individuals significantly reduce their environmental footprint.

" Our Mission

Zerofootprint started with an idea about ideas.

If future generations blame us for not responding adequately to the converging crises of this century, it won’t be because we didn’t have any good ideas at our disposal. It will be because we didn’t do anything about them.

Zerofootprint’s mission is to change the world by helping people reduce their environmental footprint. Our goal is to provide a forum for the massive and growing, but mostly unconnected majority of people – whether they think of themselves as citizens or businesspeople, parents or consumers, activists or theorists—who want to do the right thing.

Action is impossible without information. We are forging a community where those who have it can share it with those who are looking for it, and where those who can offer direction will come into contact with those who need it.

Zerofootprint: getting good ideas off the drawing board and into the world."

Another website I came across is WorldChanging.

"WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together."

The site is full of very interesting articles and ideas on making the world a better palace.

There is a whole section on urban living and cities:

"We live on an urban planet. For the first time in history, a majority of us live in cities. How we grow those cities, how we build neighborhoods, how we provide housing, how we choose to get around, how well we incorporate nature into the places we live - these are the challenges that will largely determine our future.

And with millions and millions of people moving every year from the countryside to the city, all of these difficulties seem even more insurmountable. Appearances, however, can be deceiving. For, along with the boom in urbanization, we're seeing a boom in urban innovation. Simply put, we're getting better at building better cities."

www.worldchanging.com

Surfing the internet late a night I came across the SWSU project, StyleWillSaveUs is an independent digital magazine (no paper here, they’re saving trees) that loves all things super-stylish, organic, eco-friendly, vintage, recycled and sustainable.

"It’s easy to get freaked out in our current climate of global warming and toxic overload, especially when hair shirted eco-warriors (or indeed eco-worriers) are continually telling us to give up the little luxuries that make life worth living. Quite frankly, we’d rather not live in a tipi. In fact we don’t think there’s any need – by making a few smart choices we can live lovely lives safe in the knowledge that what’s good for us can also be good for the environment.

Small things make a big difference when we do them together – all we need to do is stop for a moment, think about things and change a habit or two. That’s where StyleWillSaveUs comes in. We’re desperate to tell you about all the cool things you can do and buy so your hard earned cash goes on something you truly believe in."

It time to start thinking about these issues in the glorious world of style and fashion (and child labour). I like their approach. On the site you can find lot of interesting articles and products, there is even an Eco Dictionary!

www.stylewillsaveus.com