How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money
From baby clothes to popcorn makers, borrowing items rather than buying them is a growing trend
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Using the jet stream for sustainable airship and balloon transportation of cargo and hydrogen
The maritime shipping sector is a major contributor to CO2 emissions and this figure is expected to rise in coming decades. With the intent of reducin…
Loop Biotech - Let's enrich nature
Explore sustainable funeral solutions with Loop Biotech, an innovative provider specializing in mushroom coffins, urns, and carriers.
Top 10 countries where public ownership is totally normal
Public ownership is flourishing across Europe!
interview: in a former bread factory in milan, NIKE injects algae and bio ingredients in shoes
with ISPA (improvise, scavenge, protect, adapt), NIKE reforms old shoes with bio materials like algae, a take informed by circularity.
circular and recyclable FREITAG backpack is made of only one material, from fabric to straps
for FREITAG, nylon 6 is versatile and adaptable enough to create all 17 components that make up the first circular and recyclable backpack.
Base Habitation - Let the wild in. Find your Base.
We produce high-performance, compact homes that let you escape the everyday to a space that is good for you and good for the planet.
A possible solution for Australia's tradie shortage? 90,000 migrants
The construction industry's top representative body says Australia needs to consider migrant workers to address chronic tradesperson shortages. Mr Yathavan from CENTEX Homes explains more
The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world
When it comes to recycling, Kiel has pulled ahead of the crowd, with its ban on single-use items, plans for leftover meals and innovative ideas for discarded human hair
Even though waste-cutting efforts like Kiel’s are fairly novel in Germany, recycling is firmly rooted in the culture. In 2021, Germans collected more than two-thirds of their municipal solid waste to be repurposed – more than any other country in Europe. They burned most of the rest for energy, and dumped just 1% in landfills (the EU average is 16%).
Superblocks to the rescue: Barcelona’s plan to give streets back to residents | Cities | The Guardian
The Catalan capital’s radical new strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution and turning secondary streets into ‘citizen spaces’ for culture, leisure and...
Cargo bikes deliver faster and cleaner than vans, study finds
Home deliveries are soaring and cargo bikes cut congestion and pollution in cities, researchers say
Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships
Cambridge University scientists develop a device to ‘defossilise’ the economy using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
The world's best building? A remote Brazilian school made out of wood
This year’s Royal Institute of British Architects prize goes to the timber and mud-brick Children Village, which doesn’t need air-con even in 45 degree heat
Singaporean restaurant unveils two Solein-based dishes, creating a Mala-flavoured taste of the future - Solar Foods
The Singaporean restaurant Chengdu Bowl is introducing two new vegan dishes on its menu on 2 April. The flavours are familiar, but the novel ingredient Solein® is making the recipes truly unique and futuristic.
Eating light: Finnish startup begins making food ‘from air and solar power’
Maker hopes solein, protein grown with CO2 and electricity, will cut environmental impact of farming
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Margarita Follert develops algae-based alternative to single-use plastic packaging
Chile-based designer Margarita Follert has created a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to single-use packaging, using raw material extracted from algae.
Overtreders W creates zero waste barn and restaurant for Dutch festival
Overtreders W has built a temporary barn from borrowed materials to host a pop-up zero waste restaurant for Lowlands Festival 2018 in the Netherlands.
Zero Waste Bistro installation provides circular-economy model
A pop-up restaurant that is built from recycled food packaging and that composts all of its leftovers has been set up at the WantedDesign Manhattan fair.
Crème grows gourds in moulds to create biodegradable HyO-Cup
Brooklyn-based design studio Crème uses home-grown vegetables to produce a sustainable alternative to disposable coffee cups.
You can live a healthier, happier life in a 15-minute city | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Oliver Wainwright on why the concept has got rightwing MPs worried
The $3.50 go-anywhere ticket to fight climate change
Austria is launching a new transport pass, Klimaticket. It gives passengers unlimited rides on trains, buses, trams and metro lines that costs about $3.50 (3 euro) a day.
Fifteen years after it was first proposed, Austria's new Klimaticket, or climate ticket, goes live on October 26. Offering seamless travel across all modes of public transport it is intended to galvanize the Alpine nation's fight against climate change.
The annual pass, priced at $1,267 (€1,095), works out at just $24 (€21) per week or $3.50 a day. If all goes according to plan, it should encourage people to swap their cars for more climate-friendly forms of getting around.
It's hoped that Klimaticket will change that by making it much more affordable and convenient, especially for regular users.
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Workspace Furniture for Greenpeace office in London
Why we need to bring back the art of communal bathing – Jamie Mackay | Aeon Ideas
For most of the history of our species, in most parts of the world, bathing has been a collective act. In ancient Asia, the practice was a religious ritual believed to have medical benefits related to the purification of the soul and body. For the...
Can a Small Italian Village Point the Way to More Livable Modern Cities?
A conference of urbanists set to convene next month aims to find out.
Are we witnessing the death of the car?
Cities around the world are seeing dwindling numbers of fossil-fuel powered cars on their streets, and many are planning to keep it that way after lockdowns ease.
Democracy as a Platform: Learning from Taiwan
Yesterday, Jeremy Till (who I’m proud to say was at one point my university tutor) shared with me a link to this extraordinary interview…
Recyclable, reusable and biodegradable food packaging | Re-forme
Planet-friendly cups, straws, cutlery, bowls and tape made from natural clay or sugarcane. Available in different sizes and colours. Order online now.
Resilient state-building: A new approach for the hardest places
Today, fragile contexts are the centre of the global development crisis and poised to bear the worst of the pandemic and climate change. Even before COVID-19, some 80% of the world’s poorest were estimated to live in fragile contexts by 2030—the end of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression
The active compound in magic mushrooms seems to increase connections between different brain networks.
A recipe for sustainable bioeconomy: collaborate, engage locally, involve consumers
Policy makers, primary producers, consumers and businesses got together to imagine the bioeconomy of the future. The policy recommendations are now out.