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OCTORBER - DECEMBER 09
December - Virginblue Voyeur, LifeStyle News Global
November - Springwise, iSpy
October - MX, Indesign Live, Idea Testers, Vimeo, Herald Sun and more ...
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 Virginblue Voyeur
December 2009
Message in a bottle
Enviropreneur Gretha Oost is tapping into crowd-funding, pre-selling her award-winning re-usable water bottle with built-in filter to finance its production. (more...) |
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 LifeStyle: News Global
2, December 2009
Water with care:
New bottle system purifies tap water
A reusable water bottle with a built-in filtration system has been developed by eco design company Half A Teaspoon (more...) |
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 Springwise
25, November 2009
Water bottle's plunger-style filter purifies instantly
The list of reasons to avoid bottled water seems to grow longer every day. While much of the controversy so far has focused on plastic waste and BPA, Australian Half a Teaspoon wants the world to realize another simple fact: namely, that it takes at least 3 litres of water to make just one litre of bottled water. (more...)
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 iSpyStyle
24, November 2009
Underground
Winning the ABC's New Inventors Award is 321 Water. It's a slick, re-usable water bottle with a built in filter. A unique concept with serious design cred. (more...) |
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 MEL HOT OR NOT
26, October 2009
HOT alert:
As many of you know, I have a real penchant for water bottles and a real beef against bottled water.
Now there’s a stylish Melbourne-designed bottle which is aiming to encouraging us to drink tap water and preserve a precious resource. (more...)
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 Indesignlive.com
22, October 2009
Profiles, interviews and news
Making water fashionable for both user and the environment, Gretha Oost and Charlwood Design bring us 321 Water. (more...) |
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Idea-Testers
15, October 2009
Having trouble getting funding?
Gretha Oost is taking an unusual approach to make it happen (more...) |
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 The Age
14, October 2009
Thirst for a New Source of Funding
Gretha Oost had a great idea that would put an end to environmentally unfriendly plastic water bottles but couldn't work out how to get her concept funded (more...) |
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 Cool Melbourne
October 2009
Support the 321 Water Bottle
Bottled water is contentious. We’ve seen a massive change from water bottles being a trendy, fashion accessory to descending to near pariah status. (more...) |
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 Vimeo
8, October 2009
Environment Victoria Video
The 5 million Victorians for Green Action Campaign (more...) |
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Herald Sun
8, October 2009
Cold Water on Carbon
She may hail from the Netherlands a country better known for it's excess water than drought, but Gretha Oost is passionate about cutting our carbon footprint. (more...) |
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 Trendhunter
8, October 2009
Crowd-Funded Eco-Invention
Early this year, Marissa spotted a new eco-friendly water bottle design called the ‘321 Water Bottle’ which blends the portability of bottled water with the potability of a filtration system. (more...) |
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