Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

The best in eco-friendly innovation

These days, some of the most important and significant innovation is taking place within the context of building a more eco-friendly, eco-conscious world. In fact, I’ve added a brand new category to the blog — green innovation — in order to track some of these innovative new ideas. Below, I’ve bundled together a bunch of cool new “green innovation” ideas that recently caught my attention:

SpaceShare: making conferences more eco-sustainable [Springwise]
PlayPump and the hydrological playground [Pruned]
The environmentally-responsible car service [OZOcar]
Flapping solar aircraft [ecogeek]
SpecialBike: salvaging and recycling bicycles [Springwise]
My solar panel is bigger than your solar panel [ecogeek]

[image: PlayPump]

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