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… Leggi tutto »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… Leggi tutto »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… Leggi tutto »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,… Leggi tutto »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… Leggi tutto »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… Leggi tutto »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… Leggi tutto »WHY TRACEABILITY MATTERS
While different styles rise, evolve or disappear, sustainability is becoming a shared value and even an aesthetic that is here to stay. A sustainable approach to production and consumption permeates our creations and tastes, as well… Leggi tutto »SUSTAINABILITY IS HERE TO STAY
With the pandemic, remote work became the new normal and most of us needed to adapt our living rooms, rooms or even kitchen into new offices. Companies, on the other hand, have started seeing the… Leggi tutto »REMOTE WORK MADE SUSTAINABLE
Environmental catastrophes coming from Brazil have made international headlines. The Amazon rainforest massive fires in 2019 and while we are writing this post the world’s biggest tropical wetlands Pantanal is also burning, with nearly a fifth of its… Leggi tutto »BURNING HERITAGE