Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Eight huts made from discarded wood and found items. Summer vacations might be picnic time for most kids, but some don’t want to wander around streets planning their next prank. Kids in Maine have found a new job of constructing a...

Eco Factor: Bike GPS made from recycled computer parts runs on solar energy. Long and endless bike rides during summer could easily turn into trouble if you don’t have a GPS unit and are not really aware of the roads you’re traversing. Facing..

Eco Factor: Home-built boombox runs on solar energy. For those who want to keep themselves entertained when in a park, without spending a lot on expensive batteries that aren’t just difficult to carry but harm the environment as well,...

Eco Factor: Wall-E robot made from recycled materials. Characters made from recycled materials usually seem as if they were left behind by an ambiguous UFO which did land on our planet for a few minutes. However, there are certain ways trash can..

Eco Factor: Hand-cranked electricity generator made from recycled materials. Generating renewable energy is easy and fun provided you don’t want to power your home with its feeble output. Instructables user FeedTheGrid knows that all it takes...

Eco Factor: Plastic water bottles transformed into buoy. Used plastic bottles are one type of trash that has always fantasized green-minded artists, who turn them into a more valuable product. Earlier today we saw plastic bottles being converted...

Eco Factor: Modified bicycle generates electricity. Recently University of Oregon announced that the exercise machines in their campus have been modified to generate electricity, which could eventually illuminate some lights at the campus and the..

Eco Factor: Chandelier made from recycled packaging material. Blocks of Styrofoam used to pack computers do wonderfully well in protecting your machine from scratches, but once delivered, all the packaging material ends up polluting the...

Eco Factor: Foot-powered generator for your portable gadgets. Without a charged battery, your portable electronic gear is nothing more than small chunks of trendy looking plastic. Having a discharged cellphone in the middle of nowhere frustrates...

Eco Factor: Wind-powered garden composter. Organic waste generated in the kitchen can be a nuisance for your home if not disposed of efficiently. Converting kitchen waste into compost is great, but considering the time and effort required for good.