música:Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" -you dont know what you've got'til its gone...
At solar* we don’t just recicle, we up-cycle, turning everyday objects and throw-aways into new products more usefull and of better quality, and in doing so economising energy.

premiada DUO LED de tupperware. Compre este abajur na loja virtual pelo link: http://www.solar.net.br/duo-led-luminaria-de-mesa-p42

premiada CUBO LED de plástico PET reciclado. Compre este abajur na loja virtual pelo link: http://www.solar.net.br/cubo-led-luminaria-de-mesa-p62

premiada DISCO VOADOR -tampa de lixeira, mangueira de jardim, ralo do chuveiro. Compre na loja virtual pelo link: http://www.solar.net.br/disco-voador-luminaria-de-mesa-ou-piso-p45
Our English founder Tom Green has been doing this since he was 9 years old and before launching the Brazilian trade mark solar* in 1999 had a sucessfull up-cycling career in London.

Tom na oficina aos 9 anos
here is a rare film of his old school in scotland:
His 90´s London flat was completely made from raw material scavenged from demolishion sites, Portobelo Road and French depot vantes . The Independente on Sunday even did an article in the decoration supplement.