Textiles are everywhere, in our clothes, furniture, cars, to mention a few. And this reminds us that the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries. It generates greenhouse gases and produces a high amount… Read More »TEXTILE REVOLUTION
Carbon and Ecological Footprint have become a widespread concept, especially for those working towards a circular economy. But do you know the difference? We often see people use these concepts as if they were the same… Read More »CARBON vs ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Global warming and well-being are pushing us all to take a closer look at nature. Designers are more than ever drawing inspiration from the natural world. Most of the designers we’ve met, interviewed or written… Read More »BRINGING NATURE INSIDE
What is the role of designers when it comes to death? Should they deal with needs and rituals for a more sustainable and meaningful approach to death? We started asking these questions when visiting the Broken… Read More »REDESIGNING DEATH: TURNING CEMETERIES INTO FORESTS
Global warming has been causing natural and economic disasters in different parts of the world. In the Philippines, for instance, the agricultural sector responsible for employing a quarter of the population has been strongly hit… Read More »TURNING ROTTING VEGS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewable energies, also known as “green energies” or “clean energies”, are generated from unlimited natural sources, which are available with no time limit or replenish quicker than the proportion they are consumed. We are talking… Read More »RENEWABLE ENERGY: FACTS & MATTERS
Buildings might last for over a century; this means that urban choices today can impact cities for many years to come. By 2025 one billion houses will be needed worldwide – 75% will be residential,… Read More »CIRCULAR BUILDINGS FOR CIRCULAR CITIES
The greatest threats to the human species are man-made and global warming is here to prove it. When we understand what greenhouse gases are and how they contribute to global warming and climate change, this… Read More »GREENHOUSE GASES EXPLAINED
Most human activities generate some form of waste and yet many of us – from organisations to individuals still dealing with waste as something that is not really our problem. It seems that “society separates… Read More »FROM WASTE TO RESOURCE
Stop for a second and try to ask yourself: where did my clothes come from? Who mined the gold jewellery I am wearing? What forest produced the wooden chair I am sitting on? You probably don’t… Read More »WHY TRACEABILITY MATTERS