I seem to spend a great deal of money on some form of cleaning products. Be that for my house or indeed for cleaning my beautiful body and hair. I’ve never really thought much of the impact that these products have on the environment. And lets be perfectly honest, I’m sure you haven’t either…
Now, when it comes down to it, we all should be doing our bit for the environment. If that means being more ‘conscious’ then perhaps we bloody well should be. It all appears to be going wrong for the animals, the fish and of course some people who live in very hot countries. I.e. the poorer amongst us – all of these things matter, but obviously humans matter a little bit more. Climate Change is causing problems, that no one can deny.
Today, I felt prompted to write a “Save the Planet” style post after seeing perhaps the best piece of conceptual design I have seen in a long time. Firstly I’ll start you off with the spiel from the website, nicely named 99 Falling Apples (quite obviously a homage to the legendary.Isaac Newton.)
The ‘design concept’ in question…
Most detergent products, be it solutions or sprays, contains only about 5% of its weight of active ingredients, while the rest is the plastic container and water. This unnecessarily worsens the carbon footprint during transportation and also makes recycling the plastics seem somewhat redundant.
Replenish Detergent Spray
So how exactly does this bottle (which looks pretty empty) work?
Replenish is concentrated cleaning solution,a “disruptive new household cleaning product”. That comes with an empty plastic container and a “twist-on concentrate pod” containing the concentrated solutions. All you need to do is to add water, shake to mix, and start your cleaning. Creative, durable, and elegantly colorful.
How to mix Peplenish cleaning products
The result is something a bit like this:
The Mixing Process
Lets be honest, the product makes sense, it also suggests that buy using their (as some might say- cheapskate…) idea, you could be saving money on those essential items. The company currently offer free shipping on their products and now is the time to start buying and doing your thing for climate change.
Beer doesn’t always have to contain alcohol. Infact it can be quite funny to give alcohol free beer to other people and watch how they “make themselves drunk” – if you’ve ever done it, I would like to hear from you…
A while back whilst on a legendary night out with the boys, I was pleased to drink a bottle of Becks that contained in place of the usual logo – the front cover of my current favourite band, Pheonix from Paris, France.
As much as anyone would like to hark the “sold out” cry, you’d never wanna turn down any kind of publicity for an amazing album, which according to insiders, really didn’t do as expected when it came to sales. If you want to listen to Pheonix, I suggest you download Spotify and then click this link. Through the clever ability of some programmers it will open up Spotify and load the excellent Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album.
Below is Becks’ latest attempt to get down with the kids.
The end of the first semester of the academic year looms, there are many things returning students need to consider, most importantly the costs, tuition, travel and materials, it all adds up.
Students must make sound choices for balancing their money throughout the entire academic year. It dosent help that public transportation costs have risen dramatically over the past few years, for those old enough to drive, is a used car or used van more cost effective over time. Would a car pool situation with fellow students go even further to saving on travel expenses? Would family vans become the new smart choice for busing students in as the rescission effects continue to loom?
Jack R. Nerad, an executive market analyst has gone one step further and come up with a 2010 Top 10 Back-to-School Cars.
“With so many well-equipped new cars and bargain-priced used cars on the market, we’d argue that this may be the best year yet to find a ride that will please both parents and students,” said Jack R. Nerad, executive director and executive market analyst for Kelley Blue Book’s website.
The foremost consideration when choosing veheciles for the list is cost, with all new cars valued at less than $18,000. While the used cars on the list were narrowed it down to recommended retail prices of less than $12,000. The 2006 Honda Civic, which was noted as in a similar list last year, though unranked each car, returns this year, with an impressive number one position.
The Suzuki SX4 and Honda Fit, which were also on the previous years list also return this year in the No. 9 and No. 5 spots, as does the 2010 Kia Soul at No. 7 and the 2010 Mazda3 at No. 3. The list includes two new entries from the 2011 model year, the Chevrolet Cruze at No. 10 and the Ford Fiesta at No. 2.
“This year’s all-new car entries, like the Chevrolet Cruze and Ford Fiesta, offer advanced technological features and forward-looking designs to engage any student with price points that won’t disappoint parents,” Nerad said. “There also are mainstays like the Mazda3 and Honda Civic which seem to make our Back-to-School list year after year.”
The entire 2010 Top 10 Back-to-School list includes:
1. 2006 Honda Civic
2. 2011 Ford Fiesta
3. 2010 Mazda3
4. 2008 Pontiac Vibe
5. 2010 Honda Fit
6. 2005 Saab 9-2X
7. 2010 Kia Soul
8. 2006 Ford Crown Victoria
9. 2008 Suzuki SX4
10. 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
Honda Civic Type R - in Black
