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Tyrone Probert
Mar 1, 20222 min read
The Marine Litter Strategy – 10 key findings
Ocean plastic is everywhere, and an urgent response is needed from the government and the marine industries. Marine Scotland is updating...
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Tyrone Probert
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Transforming ocean plastic waste into recycled ocean plastic plant pots
For many years we have been working towards how we can turn the tide on ocean plastic and marine waste with design and creative thinking....
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Tyrone Probert
Nov 16, 20214 min read
6 Reasons why our plant pots are different to most others on the market
Production has started on a unique, designer, decorative plant pot made from recycled ocean plastics. The Ecotribo ‘Oceana’ plant pot is...
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Tyrone Probert
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Ecotribo – Positive Eco News
I am a designer and environmentalist, and in my research, I come across a wide range of positive eco stories. We have some serious...
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Tyrone Probert
May 16, 20213 min read
How to design more eco friendly products and make it better?
This was a question which originally appeared and I answered on Quora : What innovative methods can I use to redesign my product? I...
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Tyrone Probert
Feb 1, 20213 min read
Plastic-free wetsuit hangers. Made from recycled wetsuits and sustainable FSC wood
I’ve always been looking for a wetsuit hanger that can hold all my surf gear in one place. Also something with a mission to help our...
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Tyrone Probert
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Plant pots made from recycled ocean plastics. Reducing plastic in our oceans
Using plastic in the ocean – cleaning our seas planting hope. The ‘Oceana’ plant and flower pot made from recycled ocean plastics....
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Tyrone Probert
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Plant pots made from recycled ocean plastics. Reducing plastic in our oceans
Using plastic in the ocean – cleaning our seas planting hope. The ‘Oceana’ plant and flower pot made from recycled ocean plastics....
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Tyrone Probert
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Wetsuit hanger made from recycled wetsuits & FSC wood
A new range of ecofriendly wetsuit hangers made from recycled/upcycled wetsuits made in Bristol for surfers, Kitesurfer’s, SUP surfers,...
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Tyrone Probert
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Mudguards made from 100% recycled plastic. A new Ecotribo collaboration with Rideguard.
Ecotribo has launched a new mountain bike mudguard made from 100% recycled plastic with Bristol-based business, Rideguard. Tyrone...
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Tyrone Probert
May 4, 20205 min read
Recycled ocean plastics to make Bicycle mudguards – The story so far…
Ecotribo is excited about our OceanX recycled ocean plastics project with Rideguard. We will be making the worlds first bicycle mudguards...
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Tyrone Probert
Apr 1, 20201 min read
Ecotribo Eco Designs that will change the world- Part 2
Part two of Ecotribo Designs that will change the world. As per the previous post I thought it would be a good idea to explore, in more...
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Tyrone Probert
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Plastic Waste – Designing, prototyping, manufacturing a circular, local economy
I have been on a journey of discovery for quite a while. As a surfer for over 30 years I love the sea, I grew up in South Africa on the...
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Tyrone Probert
Nov 20, 20192 min read
OceanX Bicycle Mudguards made from recycled Ocean Plastics now on Kickstarter
Since the launch of Ecotribo we have been on a mission to make a sustainable design business and have been trying to develop strategies...
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Tyrone Probert
Jun 5, 20191 min read
How blue Jeans are going green
The future of indigo dying jeans is now foam. Manufacturers are now breaking with the usual wasteful methods of jeans production...
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Tyrone Probert
Apr 23, 20191 min read
A country that is not only carbon neutral, its carbon negative
The UK of tomorrow, as well as the rest of the world, can achieve zero-emissions and I can share with you how another country is doing...
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Tyrone Probert
Apr 7, 20193 min read
Making the worlds first Ai generated Biomaterial.
Is it possible to use Ai to enerate new biomaterials recipes to save the planet from plastic? I have been designing and developing...
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Tyrone Probert
Feb 22, 20192 min read
Finding solutions to plastic waste. Working with Bio Materials
There have been some exciting developments at the tribes home base in Bristol, United Kingdom. We have been exploring the many material...
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Tyrone Probert
Jan 28, 20192 min read
OCEAN – A designer chair made from recycled plastic
OCEAN – Each piece of the chair represents a letter of the precious ocean we all share. When we work together we can find solutions. I...
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Tyrone Probert
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Cuba: Gardens of the Queen – one of the world’s last healthy ecosystems
Cuba: Gardens of the Queen A beautiful story of how a protected reef became one of the world’s last healthy ecosystems. Cuba’s Gardens of...
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