Plumen 001 by Hulger
London design brand Hulger has launched Plumen, a product it describes as "the world's first designer low-energy light bulb". More about Plumen 001 by Hulger
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Bags by Maam Project
Here's another project using old carpets (see our earlier post on a chair made of rolled-up carpet), this time handbags by Spanish initiative Maam Project, manufactured by prisoners. More about Bags by Maam Project
Rrround by Arttu Kuisma and Janne Melajoki
Finnish Lahti University of Applied Sciences students Arttu Kuisma and Janne Melajoki have rolled up 250 square-metres of recycled carpet to create this multicoloured chair. More about Rrround by Arttu Kuisma and Janne Melajoki
Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heavenby London Fieldworks
These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing. More about Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heavenby London Fieldworks
Cancer City by Visiondivision
Swedish architects Visiondivision have created this undulating concrete habitat for crayfish in a stream in Sweden. More about Cancer City by Visiondivision
Watt-Lite by the Interactive Institute
Loove Broms and Li Jönsson of Sweden's Interactive Institute have devised a system of lamps that visually indicate a factory's energy consumption through spotlights. More about Watt-Lite by the Interactive Institute
8 House by BIG
This residential building in Copenhagen with sloping green roofs by Danish architects BIG will be completed in October, and has just won the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award. More about 8 House by BIG
Movie: The Transcendent City by Richard Hardy
Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Richard Hardy has shared with us his short film imagining an autonomous, artificially intelligent, sustainable city More about Movie: The Transcendent City by Richard Hardy
Products of Silviculture by Sebastian Cox
University of Lincoln graduate Sebastian Cox has made a range of furniture from unseasoned coppiced hazel wood. More about Products of Silviculture by Sebastian Cox
Aerogenerator X by Grimshaw and Arup
London architects Grimshaw and engineers Arup have unveiled this design for an offshore wind turbine. More about Aerogenerator X by Grimshaw and Arup
Movie: Sustainability at New Designers
In this movie made to coincide with the Design Museum's Sustainable Futures exhibition, exhibitors at London graduate show New Designers talk about their views on green design. More about Movie: Sustainability at New Designers
Competition: five copies of the Green Dream to be won
We've got together with Dutch architects MVRDV to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Green Dream - How Future Cities Can Outsmart Nature, written by The Why Factory foundation. More about Competition: five copies of the Green Dream to be won
Plastiki Expedition boat by Exploration Architecture for Adventure Ecology
A boat made of plastic bottles designed by Exploration Architecture is nearing the end of its journey across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney to highlight pollution of the seas. More about Plastiki Expedition boat by Exploration Architecture for Adventure Ecology
Pop Up Vaccine by Elena Figus
At the Royal College of Art graduate show in London earlier this month designer Elena Figus presented a carrier designed to cool vaccines as an icepack inside melts and the water evaporates. More about Pop Up Vaccine by Elena Figus
Earn/Urn by Neil Conley
Design graduate Neil Conley has made a series of funerary urns from reclaimed carbon fibre. More about Earn/Urn by Neil Conley
Weld Vases by Phil Cuttance
London designer Phil Cuttance created this range of vases by welding together discarded ABS plastic offcuts. More about Weld Vases by Phil Cuttance
GE WattStation by fuseproject
San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. More about GE WattStation by fuseproject
Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring
American landscape architect Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry has transformed a disused site in Bankside, London, into a public garden with the introduction of apple trees, allotments, a timber pavilion, and a table-tennis table in a skip. More about Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring
Paperpulp by Debbie Wijskamp
DMY Berlin 2010: designer Debbie Wijskamp exhibited her collection of cabinets made from blocks of pulped paper at DMY Berlin last week. More about Paperpulp by Debbie Wijskamp
Sur les Rivages by Aïssa Logerot and Amandine Chhor
Designers Amandine Chhor and Aïssa Logerot have created a range of furniture and lighting woven from water hyacinths in Cambodia. More about Sur les Rivages by Aïssa Logerot and Amandine Chhor