More street clean-vertising

We love seeing a good idea take hold, so we were happy that one of our spotters came across Netherlands-based GreenGraffiti. Much like UK-based Street Advertising Services, which we wrote about...

Dance-powered eco nightclub

Who would have thought dancing could become such a widespread force in combating global warming? After covering a Dutch dance-powered nightclub back in 2006, we wrote just the other day about the...

Home flirting lets owners test the market

We've covered several ventures that help potential homebuyers proclaim their interest in homes that aren't on the market. Turns out that this is a two-way street: homeowners can now do the same,...

Charging mobile phones by dancing

No sooner did we write about Orange's wind-powered recharging station at the UK's Glastonbury Festival, than one of our spotters alerted us to another eco-innovation for charging cellphones—also at...

Nightlife mapping tool uses GPS to reveal hotspots

Deciding when and where to go out on a Friday night just got easier for San Francisco consumers with a new, mobile map application that automatically shows where the hotspots are. Sense Networks'...

Avatar fashion for the real world

With the rise of virtual worlds, the burgeoning fashion market for avatars brought real-world brands and designs into the virtual realm. Now, the trend appears to be going the other way as companies...

Social event planning with a side of local search

When we wrote about Marziplanner's wedding planning software a little more than a year ago, we noted the related opportunity to devise an online version with more of a focus on the social side. As if...

Homegrown vegetables, no green thumb needed

Not long ago we wrote about permaculture and Australian Permablitz's volunteer-based implementation of the concept in urban gardens around Melbourne. Now one of our spotters has come across the first...

Clothing rental for size-changing dieters

For dieters working to lose weight, maintaining a decent wardrobe of clothes that fit can be an ongoing—and expensive—challenge on the way to a target size. With just that situation in mind,...

Creator of Big Brother looks to crowds for new reality shows

Several years ago we wrote about Reality TV in a Booth, which gave South African consumers a chance at instant stardom, and now Dutch media entrepreneur John de Mol is tapping the crowds to find the...