The UK’s Cottage Lodge features a pedal-powered TV in one of its green-minded guest rooms.

We caught up with John Roa, founder of the global scavenger hunt initiative Rambler, which gamifies travel with the aim of injecting some purposeful excitement into travelers’ wanderings.

Now known as the world’s first “Wikipedia town”, Monmouth aims to use QR codes to link every notable place, person, artifact, plant and animal to a relevant Wikipedia page in as many languages as possible.

R/GA London, which was appointed Getty’s design agency of record in March, has launched a rebranding of the company’s watermarks through the Watermark Project, which aims to make them more practical.

UK-based ExactTrak offers a secure and trackable USB key that lets users delete their data remotely when necessary.

With an eye toward improving fitness and alleviating overcrowding on the city’s public transportation system, Home Run organizes guided group runs at the end of the work day along popular bus and Tube routes.

UK-based Field Lover is launching its field matchmaking site, which aims to make it easy for those with land to lease to find renters and vice-versa.

At London’s Kensington Hotel, “Petite Etiquette” lessons now aim to teach basic table manners to children.

Andrew Denham is the founder of The Bicycle Academy, an initiative offering bicycle-making workshops to participants, who then see their creations sent to African communities where transport links are scarce.

Black+Blum’s Eau Good water bottle embraces the centuries-old use of active charcoal to make every day tap water taste better.