Bouncing Red Ball

The Green Island Project: “What if the roads are covered with grass? What would people think of it? This project started with those ideas.”
And so we have these highly improbable yet visually arresting images of Tokyo covered with grass, from Shinjuku to Gotanda to Yoyogi. Yes, we can only imagine.
Gotanda, Tokyo

Shinagawa, Tokyo

Shinjuku, Tokyo

Yoyogi, Tokyo

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Sony’s hand-powered Odo series of colorful and playful gadgets. Photo by CNet Japan.
Cnet Japan’s online gallery of the Eco Products 2008 Expo is one of the most extensive there is. It is worth a look.

Business Media 誠：エコプロダクツ2008：オフィスで使用済みコピー用紙を再生紙に——明光商会 via kwout

Meiko Shokai, which has a large market share of shredder machines in Japan, wants its customers to do more with those shredded paper. At the recently held Eco Products 2008, it introduced its Paper Recycler, a chemical-free equipment to recycle used paper without leaving the office.
Developed with office equipment maker Seed, [...]