How about this for a strawberry lamp: the BLOOM solar lamp charges during the day, to give you some cosy lighting inside or outside at night. The BLOOM is a project waiting for your help to become a reality - and to…

Here's some food for thought: high taxes on labour make businesses minimize their number of employees. Resources, however, remain untaxed; they are used unrestrained. This system causes unemployment and scarcity of…

Hurray! We have our 3 winners for De Krat competition of last week. These lucky winners receive a lovely box of food from De Krat. Enjoy guys!  Among the winners were Alaina, Leonie and Barbara from Rotterdam, who…

Close your eyes. Take a bite. Enjoy your trip down Memory Lane! For my personal trip back in time, I took the train to Rotterdam. It’s the city where I studied and lived for five years. And in my absence, a new…

Buy Nothing New – but discover what you already have! That's the idea of the people from Buy Nothing New.  It's a platform for alternatives for buying new. Why? Because it's about time we step away from the…

I stumbled up on this wonderful designer called Momo Wang. Her collection is an explosion of color and shows that up-cycling can be amazing!  Wang used second hand materials and clothing from the flea markets of…

Vroom, vroom! The SnappCar team is on your doorstep, ready to make your car look brand new again. Yes, attention all strawberry car owners, share your car on SnappCar and get a 'snappy' carwash! SnappCar want to reduce…

Wow! We are super happy with our beautiful new wallpaper from designer Assa Ariyoshi. She's one of our favourite designers. Currently she works and studies at the Kingston University in London. In August this year "The…

Jonah is a short film by Kibwe Tavares. It's set in Zanzibar and looks at the effects tourism can have on a country from an economic and environmental perspective. Mbwana and his best friend Juma are men with big…

Isn't nature just awesome!! Check out these stunning photos I came across via odditiesoflife. They're photographs of Red Beach in China. The beach’s unique color is caused by the Suaeda vera plant - it's…

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Have a look at these playful bow ties by Wonder Lee 123! Handcrafted with reused Scrabble pieces and LEGO® bricks. Awesome! Also very cute as a headband. 

Check out this amazing new hotel concept in New York! A hotel that produces food! The Allotment concept encourages locals and guests to experience eating, cooking and sharing locally produced food. The hotel…

Hello sunshine! Time to decorate your house with solar panels right here and right now. Why? Because, solar energy = ‘strawberry’ energy and you can also save money with your solar roof!  And there are…

I am an eco-friendly person. Really. But I have a confession to make. Actually, there are three. Here we go: 1. I cannot eat this chocolate spread anymore and it has nothing to do with the taste. It tastes great.…

For all you guitar playing Strawberry's!Have a look at these guitars made out of old skate boards. Rather than simply throw away all that quality wood that goes in a skateboard, Argentinean Luthier Ezequiel Galasso and…

A real clever design by Swedish research company Innventia and designers Anna Glansén and Hanna Billqvist from design agency Tomorrow Machine. Together they have created The Sustainable Expanding Bowl. Re-usable…

Is it sheep? Or is it cow? No, it’s Herbast! And it’s the meat of one of the animals Dutch Designer Marije Vogelzang invented as a reaction to meat substitutes in supermarkets. Schnitzels, burgers and…

Celebrate nature this Saturday at Roest in Amsterdam! Fête de la Nature! Has organized a day of celebrating all great things in nature. Roll up your city sleeves and dip into nature! Build a fire, try a…

Hip hip hooray! O My Bag is throwing a birthday party to celebrate 2 years of eco-fabulousness. You'll be treated to a super sample sale! O my God? O My Bag! Meet Dirty Harry, Posh Stacey and Frankie Fierce.…

Yippie! It's finally sunny! Time to go to the beach or...how about a natural swimming pool? Forget about that unpleasant chlorine smell! Companies like Clear Water Revival (UK) and Pure Wtr (NL) can help you…

Free soup alert! Damn Food Waste is feeding 5000 people at the museum square in Amsterdam on 29 June. The lunch is made of fresh greens that would normally be thrown away because of different shapes or size. Damn…

Hej! Jag kommer till Skandinavien! Yep. This is Google and I'm practicing Swedish because in one week I’m driving up north for some quality time in nature. First I’m going to Copenhagen: city of bikes.…

We're so looking forward to one of the best Dutch festivals of the year: Het Lentekabinet! It'll kick off tomorrow at 12 am in the beautiful surroundings of 't Twiske, north Amsterdam.  Some…

Beautifully designed and silk screen printed, sustainable greeting cards by design collective Flatto81. The cards are made in the Netherlands using ink that is only natural and non-toxic. 

Hello daddy’s girls and boys! Time to show the man some love with this great (Father’s Day) deal: 2x500 gr of Bocca Coffee (fresh beans or espresso ground) for only €23! Daddy-licious. Let’s face…

Men wear t-shirts. White ones. Their whole life. And if possible, the same ones. Via Witteboorden you'll never have to go shopping for new t-shirts anymore. In short it’s TheUltimateFathersDayPrezzie®. For…

A light bulb powered by living algae instead of electricity! A truly green design by Gyula Bodonyi. The AlgaeBulb explores the use of organisms in a LED light bulb and using the green power of algae. When it's going to…

Ring, ring! Remember Fairphone? They started out in 2010 as an awareness project about conflict minerals in electronics. And now, 3 years later, they are about to produce their first phone.  We can’t live…

Look at this cup. It makes me regret I only drink one cup of coffee a day. Hello JOCO Cups! You must be the proof helping the environment can be done without compromising taste and style.  Coffee-to-goes are still…

I'd love to get a hammock in my garden and of course it need to be a 'strawberry-proof' one. Let me introduce you guys to "Yellow Leaf Hammocks"!  Yellow Leaf is the initiative of Joe Demin. He travelled…