Ethical Consumerism

Studio Myerscough and Luke Morgan have transformed an old railway carriage into something of a local hotspot. The Deptford Project Café is a retired rail car that has been brightened up with licks of luminous paint, retro song lyrics, a bathroom dedicated to Elvis and endearing sayings like ‘I saved this for you’ on the seats of their stools.
As if that wasn’t friendly enough, they also serve locally sourced food and farmed coffee, along with putting on art shows, barbecues and a weekend creative market that showcases art, design, music and film. The Café is the first bold step in a regeneration project to inject some life back in the Deptford Train Station area.
Studio Myerscough are also known for London’s Largest Living Room at Somerset House earlier this year as well as exhibitions in the Science Museum, The Barbican and the London Design Museum.

Need some solar panels for your house? No need to find a specialty shop, IKEA will have you covered. The Swedish home furnishings giant is working on sustainability initiatives that will help turn them into a more green retailer. They’ve started the IKEA GreenTech fund, and are investing $77 million dollars into clean technology start-ups within the next five years. Clean tech products developed by the start-ups such as solar panels, lighting and efficiency meters will be making their way onto IKEA’s shelves in the near future. Plastic bags are also being phased out in all their stores by this fall. It’s hoped that due to IKEA’s size, these green efforts could reshape the furniture industry and create a ripple effect, making it much easier for consumers to access sustainable product options.

[via CNet]

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