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Ecotistical Toys

Teaching the next generation about sustainability one toy at a time

Implications - With increased focus on environmental issues, people are realizing that, in addition to continuing to make everyday life more sustainable, today's children need to be raised with eco-friendly lifestyle values. Innovations that help convey values tend to be perceived as wise investments.
Trend Themes
1. Eco-friendly Toys - As more people are concerned about the environment, eco-friendly toys are becoming more popular as a sustainable alternative to traditional toys, providing a significant disruptive innovation opportunity.
2. Handcrafted Wooden Toys - With growing environmental concerns, traditional, handcrafted, sustainable wooden toys are becoming increasingly popular, providing disruptive opportunities in the custom accessories and artisan industries.
3. Wind-powered Toys - With clean energy becoming more important, wind-powered toys provide a way for kids to learn about renewable energy while having fun and provide a disruptive opportunity for the renewable energy sector.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Manufacturing - The trend towards eco-friendly, handcrafted, and wind-powered toys provides an opportunity for businesses in the toy manufacturing industry to differentiate themselves and meet customer demands.
2. Renewable Energy - Wind-powered toys provide a unique and fun way to educate kids about renewable energy and may help drive interest in renewable energy technology, providing a disruptive opportunity for businesses in the renewable energy sector.
3. Artisanal Products - The trend towards handcrafted wooden toys provides a disruptive opportunity for businesses in the custom accessories and artisanal products sectors to create unique, high-quality, sustainable products for environmentally-conscious consumers.
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Featured Examples

Sustainable Wood Toys
Sustainable Wood Toys
Kooky Collectible Pecanpals Made from Rubber Trees
Pecanpals are highly addictive little critters that are made from rubber tree wood. The trees are grown for their sap, but when they get to about 20 years of age, their juice dries up and the trees would… MORE
Oversized Eco Rocking Horses
Oversized Eco Rocking Horses
Giggly Giddy-Up Toys for Grown-Ups
Celery Furniture’s eco-friendly, giant rocking horse is big enough for moms and dads to go along for the ride or to go it alone. Even if this horse doesn’t have a head, looks like rocking good fun to me.… MORE
Tiny Tree Toys
Tiny Tree Toys
Yo-Yos Handcrafted From Sustainable Harvested Woods
Handcrafted classic toys are always a joy to get your little guys to play with because it brings you back to a simpler time when you were a child. This handmade wooden yo-yo is a treat to your child… MORE
Wooden Wildlife
Wooden Wildlife
Enormous Champion's Kingdom Animalia Toys Are Eco-Simple
Toys come with sounds, lights and a whole lot of movement these days. The husband-and-wife team (Jason Wong, Jordan Provost) that run Enormous Champion, an arts and crafts company out of Brooklyn, NY,… MORE
Wind-Powered Kids' Toys
Wind-Powered Kids' Toys
Tamiya 'Loopwing' Car Blends Fun and Eco-Friendliness
The Tamiya 'Loopwing' is a fun and unique toy car that can teach your kids how to be eco-friendly and provide them with hours of fun. As kids play with the wind power generation mechanism that powers the… MORE
play_circle_filledEco-Warrior Toys
Eco-Warrior Toys
Andrew Duffy & Craig Tyler Turn Something Old into Something New for the Kids
Everything’s becoming environmentally-friendly, and now with Andrew Duffy and Craig Tyler ‘Something Old Something New,’ kids can have their own eco-warrior toys. I know I won’t look at another milk carton… MORE
Brit Pop Baby Bikes
Brit Pop Baby Bikes
Kiddimoto Bikes are Stylish Rides for Children
Learning to balance on a traditional bike isn't that cool. Kiddimoto bikes teach kids the exact same thing, but with style. These lighweight wooden Kiddimoto bikes not only help children learn how to… MORE
Recyclable Toys
Recyclable Toys
Green Toys to Support Environmentally-Friendly Childhood Fun
'Going green' has been taken to new heights with the creation of eco-friendly, recyclable toys. These trendy toys are safer for the environment and kids, and as a result, are become increasingly popular.… MORE
Sustainable Toys for Tots
Sustainable Toys for Tots
LoooLo Textiles' Play Food is Beautiful and Biodegradable
This sustainably-produced woven set of play food from LoooLo Textiles is an adorable alternative to the standard plastic fake food I grew up playing with. LoooLo Textiles makes all sorts of woven goods… MORE

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