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Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar energy’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively in the sunniest places.

Baldío in Mexico City is part of a new wave of restaurants embracing a regenerative ethos – with delicious results

Now that half of our clothing purchases are sent back, reverse logistics – or the returns industry – has become big business, with companies finding ways to reduce waste

Turn returns (and deadstock) into revenue.

Odd-looking marine creatures called ciona are naturally rich in protein and one company aims to farm and process them for the table

Pronofa is the first in the world to produce food from the local marine resource Ciona (tunicates) – the world's most sustainable meat!

Defra body, created to overhaul system amid public fury, may force firms to be run for public good rather than shareholder returns

An open source manufacturing system to produce recycled plastic skateboard decks that integrates into the Precious Plastic network.

Numerous companies are developing technologies, such as large kites, that can harvest wind energy up to a half-mile above ground. While still in its nascent stages, airborne wind power could potentially be used in remote locations or flying from barges far offshore.

Piped water may be the greatest convenience ever known, but Lloyd Alter argues that our sewage systems and bathrooms are a disaster

Sailcoop trialled the sailing yacht passenger ferry between Corsica and the French mainland in 2022 and is returning for a second year

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US researchers working with SHoP Architects have created a potential alternative to steel and concrete as a structural floor material.

The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy

in this exclusive talk, the studio walks us through their lavaforming pavilion proposal for the upcoming venice architecture biennale.

Throughout history, people have bathed in public rather than in private. Should we bring back the public bathhouse for the sake of sustainability?

Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country's terrible gridlock.

Portugal has announced the world’s first participatory budget on a national scale. The project will let people submit ideas for what the government should spend its money on, and then vote on which...

The architectural storyteller finds inspiration in sci-fi.

Cheap, strong and plentiful, bamboo has been used in Hong Kong for ages as an ultra-sustainable building material. Other countries are catching on.

for ljubljana's biennial, BIO 50, the 'hacking households' design team has developed a unitized and cyclical system for electronic domestic appliances.

The world of industrial design or, at least, increasingly larger sectors of it, is falling more and more in line with the green imperative these days.

Home deliveries are soaring and cargo bikes cut congestion and pollution in cities, researchers say

Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing

in their thesis project at the bartlett school of architecture, rameshwari aonnalagedda explores 3D printed ceramic cooling solutions.

Le projet «Offensive 2000 km» propose d'installer des couverts photovoltaïques le long des routes agricoles. Reste à lancer six projets pilotes.

We are unearthing smarter paths from plants to products, creating a new generation of plant-based foods at lower cost to consumers & the environment

architect arturo vittori and his team at architecture and vision have designed the warka water, a bamboo tower that harvests potable water from the air.

ELM Mobility joint venture by Prodrive and Astheimer Design aims for 10,000 one-person quadricycles by 2030