My Alter-Eco

Dark House Tattoo Co-Operative are opening the first their eco-friendly, vegan tattoo studio which is based in East London UK. Dark House Tattoo Co-Operative was established at the start of 2018 by two East London based tattoo artists, Lucy Frost and Adam Willett. Lucy and Adam began the year with dreams of opening the world’s […]

We’ve always loved the idea of bamboo bikes here at GreenFinder HQ – combining sustainable materials with innovation and one of our favourite activities – cycling! The Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative looks like a great idea that has finally come to fruition – check out their video https://youtu.be/8YHH-Iq-0ac The Initiative has already trained 35 young people and […]

Introducing the world’s smallest AND most ECO-friendly café, totally enclosed in a bicycle. The Wheelys 2.0 is packed with small details and large solutions. It is no longer a bike that sells coffee, it’s a full service café on wheels. A Wheelys is a full serviced café on wheels, made in a small factory. It […]

If you’re a fan of our My Alter-Eco stories you’ll know by now that we love creative recycling especially if it is as cheeky as this. If you’re a gardener and happen to have a bra to recycle (or know someone who does) then forget expensive planters from your local nursery or garden centre and […]

We’ve chosen our top 7 unusual recycled Christmas ideas for 2010 for you to enjoy.

For those of you who keep up with our My Alter-Eco stories you’ll know by now that we do like a bit of toilet humour occasionally.  We’ve had the toilet paper wedding dress, Scandanavian buses run on human waste and of course the infamous ‘butt butt’ This month we heard about an unusual eco gift […]

2010 sees the introduction of a green fleet of buses servicing the capital city of Norway. Oslo aims to be carbon neutral by 2050 and one of the first steps its taking is to power its buses in an eco friendly but unconventional way. Oslo’s buses will be run on biomethane made from human waste […]

Jim Jablon, the owner of Florida’s Wildlife rehab centre has reused an alligator skin to create the unique ‘Gaitor Bike’ He hopes to sell raffle tickets at £75 each to raise money for the wildlife centre which rescues abused and neglected exotic pets. So what do you think?  Noble cause, creative reuse or tasteless PR […]

The greenest raincoat award must surely go to the new Spud Coat. Made from bioplastic which is derived from potato starch and other natural resources it’s the perfect companion on a rainy day out or for those wet summer festivals. The spud coat is 100% biodegradable and compostable and even has a small clay ball […]

A team of researchers at our very own Warwick University have come up with the first racing car designed and made from sustainable and renewable materials – dubbed the WorldFirst project. Components made from plant materials form the cars framework – with the steering wheel and seat derived from root vegetables, flax fibre and soya […]