Ever go on vacation only to find yourself stuck indoors because of the tropical weather? Well now there’s an unbelievably wasteful solution!

A company called SoleiraSun has started manufacturing insane 12,000 watt lights that — you guessed it — replace the tropical beach experience. These lights, which consume electricity equivalent to that of 800 compact fluorescent bulbs, produce 25 lbs of carbon dioxide every hour!

Eep!

Well, maybe when our sun finally burns out…

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Cool!

This designer – Jasper Hou – has come up with this super cool design for LED-based lights: You wind the base part of the light which works like clockwork. As it unwinds, energy is released that is used to power the internal LEDs. How cool is that?

The lights are apparently only as bright as candles, but are much more eco-friendly than their candle counterparts as candles are made from processed petroleum products and release carbon dioxide when burnt.

And, unlike with candles, it’s pretty unlikely that you’ll catch your curtains on fire with one of these babies. Not that I know from experience… terrible, smelly, smoke-filled experience…

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Check out all of the cool ways you could use organic lighting; imagine wallpaper that lights up!

Demonstration from GE’s global research center.

So maybe you’re eco-friendly at home. You compost, you recycle… you know what you’re doing.

Alright, wise guy, what about at work? Huh? Sure, it’s not your home — that doesn’t been you can’t bring the same green attitude to work with you, does it?

In this article, I’ll give you some examples of ways you can change your bad habits in the workspace!
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