Designer Nitipak Samsen has created a measuring tape to translate the amount of carbon stored in a tree into the amount of carbon emitted by activities like breathing and car journeys. More about Tree Tape by Nitipak Samsen
Dutch company OAT have designed a range of biodegradable shoes with seeds embedded in the tongues. More about The Virgin Collection by OAT
London designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw Edges created an animated pond at the Bloomberg offices in London using equipment the company had thrown away. More about The Pond by Raw Edges
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design a power plant for Copenhagen with their design that will blow smoke rings and double up as a ski slope. More about Waste-to-Energy Plant by BIG
German-Taiwanese designer Béatrix Li-Chin Loos has created this series of spherical vases from layers of scrap wood, glass, cardboard and leather. More about Beautiful Planets by Béatrix Li-Chin Loos at Galerie Gosserez
Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler have created a series of lights where two found lamps share one fluorescent bulb. More about Relumine by Mischer’Traxler
This seat by Nicholas Le Moigne of Switzerland is made entirely of scrap fibre cement. More about Trash Cube by Nicolas Le Moigne
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a series of objects designed to monitor electricity consumption in the home for energy company Schneider Electric. More about Efficient Home by Mathieu Lehanneur for Schneider Electric
This algae-producing tower designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London studio CRAB came second in the recent Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition. More about The Tower of Droplets by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham
Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara of Jahara Studio has created a collection of furniture made using scrap wood. More about Neorustica by Jahara Studio
Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. More about Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners
German graduate designer Christoph Thetard has created a set of pedal-powered kitchen gadgets. More about r2b2 by Christoph Thetard
This rubbish bag by Ahhaproject of Milan and Seoul spells out how much energy the user can generate with each bag of kitchen waste collected. More about Biomass by Ahhaproject
At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. More about Leather Lampshades by Pepe Heykoop
Toys are displayed between steel fins at this second-hand shop in Andorra by Miquel Merce Architect and MSB Workshop. More about Món Petit by Miquel Merce Architect and MSB Workshop
These photos from British designer Austin Houldsworth show the results of his machine, featured in our earlier story, built to fossilise a partridge (above) and a pineapple. More about Fossilisation machine results by Austin Houldsworth
Vienna Design Week 2010: Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler made batteries from 700 used coffee capsules to power clocks installed in the window of Nespresso Austria during Vienna Design Week. More about Nespresso Battery by Mischer’Traxler
Vienna Design Week: Vienna designers Dottings presented a series of coffee cups made of recycled aluminium coffee capsules for coffee brand Nespresso in Vienna last week. More about Grand Crus Cup Parade by Dottings
This mobile phone concept by London designer Patrick Hyland can be charged by the heat in your pocket. More about Nokia E-Cu by Patrick Hyland
A collective of young architects and designers from AlArchitects of Prague have designed a range of jewellery made from recycled medical waste. More about Design Help by A1 Architects