
Founded over ten years ago by the husband-and-wife team of Dan and Jill O'Brien, Wild Idea Buffalo Co. raises free-range, grass-fed bison near the South Dakota Badlands. Dan, a wildlife biologist and environmental activist, turned to buffalo ranching as a means for restoring the depleting grasslands he has always called home. Today, with more and more people eating with their health and the......read more
Borne from the idea that there's more to eco-friendly fashion than hemp and burlap, BeGood Clothing offers a solid selection of sustainable threads and accessories from brands like Arbor Collective, Threads For Thought, and PACT, which made these brightly colored Camp socks emblazoned with symbols of farming. But the celebration of agriculture doesn't stop there. Using the buy-one-give-one......read more
The ever-watchful eyes at Cool Hunting have uncovered another sustainable product gem in the form of this Passive Speaker from Houd Sound. Created by a pair of talented designers from Colombia, the Houd Passive works with any iDevice requires no electrical connection or any type of battery. The amplication unit is beautifully crafted from sustainably-sourced Colombian wood. With an elegant finish......read more
Chikuno Cube is an air freshener made from bamboo charcoal and clay minerals. At 2 X 2", it may be tiny, but it's super powerful, with a micro-honeycomb structure that amplifies its surface area by hundred fold. Works ingeniously in refrigerators, closets and cars and can be re-used for up to 1 year just by exposing it to direct sunlight once a month. Dig the Japanese-style, gift-boxed packaging......read more
Energy bars generally come in one of two varieties: The cheap mass-produced type with questionable ingredients, or the super-dense action sport kind that are impossible to choke down. Luckily, our trusty mates at Cool Hunting uncovered the perfect alternative in the form of Battenkill Brittle, a gluten-free energy bar made in Vermont from organic ingredients. From CH: "The crunchy delights are......read more
The terrarium trend keeps heating up, and we're all over it. This offering from our compadres at Sprout Home comes in recycled glass, which is free-blown into a bubble that's flattened and curved into a shape. Available in four sizes (small, medium, large, and extra large), each Recycled Glass Terrarium is totally unique. The terrariums arrive empty, so it's up to you to plant it up. Fern,......read more
This passive speaker dock from Italian design team en&is applies old world charm to new school audio tech. Like the gramophone of yore, the en&is Megaphone uses a horn-shaped design to amplify the sound from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Made of ceramic clay, the amplifier sits on a thin wooden base that maximizes vibrations and optimizes the emission of sound. Perfect for......read more
All of these boards feature FSC certified wood cores, natural linseed fiber and basalt components (instead of toxic fiberglass and resins), recycled base materials, and sustainable wood sidewalls. They are also beautiful and showcase the raw wood they're made from. And as if that weren’t enough to love, Jones Snowboards donates 1 % of all sales to the Planet Initiative. ...read more
Hu2 Design in London offers a pretty great array of stickers for walls, windows, computers and pretty much any other surface. The best part? They're all PVC-free, and completely free of chlorine and plasticizers. The Hamster Wheel Generator design perfect for your kid's bedroom wall. Adhere it to the wall near a light switch and they'll never waste energy by forgetting to turn the......read more
Those who lean more towards the old school way of doing things will probably want to have a healthy balance between a paperless and documented life - this is where the Printstik really delivers. Weighing 1.5 pounds, this ink-free printer is fully self-cotained and totally bluetooth enabled for wireless printing. It runs on a rechargeable battery and uses custom thermal printing technology, using......read more