Eco & Sustainability

This one is a very nice idea for a sustainable and throwable rain coat. Equilicuá’s Spud Raincoat is made from potato starch and impregnated with seeds, making it fully biodegradable, compostable and suitable for planting. It’s one thing for a cardboard box to be infused with seeds and designed for planting at the end of [...]

A company in the U.S. started an almost plug and play sustainable eco friendly business called CompostNow. With CompostNow you can home compost, without composting at home. Members receive a small bin to keep in your kitchen or on your back porch. Fill it with all you organic waste. This includes all food waste, paper [...]

Business ideas can come from anything and one man just thought of a great idea using Bernie Madoff’s clothes turned into Iphone covers. Here is the whole story from CNN Money: If you’ve ever dreamed of turning the tables and taking Bernie Madoff to the cleaners, here’s your chance. John Vaccaro, a New York entrepreneur, [...]

A member-owned supermarket or grocery store is not so common here in the Philippines except for some grocery stores under large cooperatives. But this member-owned supermarket has a different twist that may click here in the Philippines for thrifty Filipinos. A supermarket is recently launch in London called the People’s Supermarket. Only members can shop [...]

A new kind of adhesive is reported from Gazette-Times, Kaichang Li, a professor of wood science at Oregon State University, receives a dozen calls each day from businesses interested in his laboratory’s latest invention: an inexpensive adhesive made of natural materials. He said they’re interested in the adhesive’s use of simple, reusable ingredients, including vegetable [...]

Have you heard lately that Apple iPhones have erratic signal? There’s one surefire way to solve the iPhone 4 antenna problem: don’t let your hand or fingers come in contact with its metal band. Easier said than done, right? Unless you’re willing to constantly use the speakerphone, a headset, or a pair of gloves, your [...]

Coffee Shop are all around in the Philippines this days and you might be wondering with all the coffee they are making there are lots of used coffee ground that are put into the garbage. Here is a great business idea from the U.S. utilizing the discarded coffee grounds from Bloomberg BusinessWeek. A University of [...]

A cute diaper idea in U.S. by Ada Vaughan created a booming diaper business. By combining her passions as a mom and her love of cloth diaper spark the idea. It all began in 2008 sewing diapers in her basement. She tried different things such as illustrations and even made 40 different kinds of baby [...]

Check this out a recycled carton made into a feeding chair for children. Not just eco friendly but very ingenious. Springwise reports of a new kid on the flat-pack furniture block, offering a portable high chair solution. Made from recycled cardboard, the Feedaway from Melbourne-based Belkiz is an easy-to-assemble, lightweight version of the traditional feeding [...]

Happy New Year everyone, it’s been a very busy the past week to start the new year right. Negosyoideas.com reports to you a review from Trendspotter Springwise over the holidays all smart negosyo ideas they covered in 2009 and selected some of what they believe will provide entrepreneurs with plenty of opportunities this 2010. Needless [...]