Coolhunt 5 – Against Global Warming

Sustainability is a long term trend and the past few years there have been invented new ways to deal with it. There are two trends I would like to share with you.

The first trend is about package waste. I already showed you a few cool things that are designed against food waste. In the past two years, there also have been invented products against packet waste.

The fast food firm ‘Bob’s’ came up with an edible wrapper. In the video below you can see that the people not only eat their burger but also eat the wrapper. It’s made from rice leaves and it tastes just like a normal burger.

There is also an ice cream shop, Coolhaus, that wraps it’s ice cream in edible paper.

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The company ‘Monosol’ creates dissolvable packages for hot chocolate powder, oatmeal and other things. You can put the plastic into hot or cold water and it slowly dissapears.

Food package is a big part of the waste in our homes. Packings for the school lunch, or packages in the evenening during cooking. I’m always thinking about what can be done about this and the edible or dissolvable packages seem like a good solution to me.

At pinterest I have also seen a lot of pictures of nice ways to package your food, like eatable spoons or chocolate boxes.

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The second trend is Urban Farming. I think everyone recognizes that title.

Anywhere in the western world, there have arisen vegetable gardens. At empty places in the city, in empty buildings or even on roofs. It’s also possible to make a vegetable table on balconies or even in the kitchen.
Urban farming has many advantages: it provides fresh and affordable fruit and vegetables. The city will become healthier and cleaner.

Schermafbeelding 2014-03-17 om 21.52.44Another example are the string gardens from Fedor van der Valk. It’s kind of the same as the Bonsai- technique where roots are growing in a ball of moss. You can hang the plants in your home. It’s a new way off gardening.

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Why is it cool?
This year there were people who thought that there was a pause in the climate change. Since 2001 global warming has been slower than predicted. Research shows that the global warming hasn’t stopped in the past decade, but that the heat has been pushed below the surface because of the strong wind (Volkskrant, 2014)

This is why we still have to live more sustainable. It’s nice that they invent new ways to get people’s attention.

Why has it future growth potential?
An article in the Volkskrant says that the earth will heat up very quickly if the winds slow down in the coming years. The global warming hasn’t stopped and will not stop in the coming years. So everyone has to become more aware of it and the new inventions will help in this process.