A prototype Solar Greenhouse in Barcelona’s Natural Park proposes a space for self-sufficient farming and a blueprint for future zero-emissions cities. Designed by a team of students and researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), the small…
Using recycled plastic bottles and plant-based materials, The Big Beanbag Company has created an eco-friendly beanbag that is fully compostable. With the aim to help remove single-use plastics, founders David Crawford and Lucy Farmer decided to find an alternative to…
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The world’s largest consumer-owned wind farm, owned by Ripple Energy, is now open for share purchases in an effort to offer households green energy ownership and stable-priced power. With recent energy price hikes announced, this initiative offers customers the potential…
The rooftop greenhouse Agrotopia in Belgium has become Europe’s largest public building dedicated to urban food production. Conceived by Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten in collaboration with Meta Architectuurbureau, Agrotopia highlights the feasibility of rooftop agriculture in an urban setting. At…
A series of luxury timber-clad retreats have been envisioned by Cumulus Studio in response to a call for a new tourism experience in South Australia. Wellington Marina, as the new project is called, has been developed as part of the…
London has won a bid to host the biennial Ecocity World Summit in June 2023. Set to take place at the city’s Barbican Centre, the global conference that was first held in 1990 is pioneering for necessary action, asking the…
At the heart of The Forestias project by Foster + Partners is a new intergenerational family neighbourhood within a landscaped forested oasis. This unique project development in Thailand will provide a prototype for future cities, with the aim to reconnect…
With the aim to increase the longevity of its boiling-water taps, Quooker has teamed up with the Used Kitchen Exchange to sustainably re-home its ex-display and pre-owned designs. This means Quooker taps will be sold below the normal retail price,…
In collaboration with Exmoor wool farmers, Vispring has introduced its luxurious, limited edition Lana mattress filled with the naturally renewable wool from one of Britain’s oldest native sheep breeds. The luxury bedmakers are using the fine quality Exmoor Horn wool…
Pioneering a new approach, the founders of Grain have announced a ‘No New Product’ campaign in a bid to tackle the detrimental impact that fast furniture is having on our planet. Co-founders of the sustainable furniture brand, Robin Tyler and…
Planted Cities has officially launched, successfully amplifying conversations around zero-waste design and building the commercial case for greener and more biodiverse spaces. The flagship event took place in London’s King Cross across four days (23rd-26th September), where its ambition to…
Three new beautiful designs join Tom Raffield’s handcrafted Green Range collection of indoor planters and accessories. The Green Range features a selection of sustainably designed planters, pots and bowls that are crafted with care and attention to detail. The three…
“The structure is not overlooked by a soul, and as soon as we step out of the car we know we’ve found somewhere very special.” Sam Peters, co-founder of the new carbon neutral design show, Planted, explains his first impression…
Conceived back in 2000, Naturalmat – with its ethos of using only raw materials that were natural, sustainable and, where possible, certified organic – decided to do things differently. It all began over two decades ago, when keen sailors Mark…
