Plastic Free July is a initiative which aim is challenge citizens to choose to refuse single-use plastic during July. And create awareness of the problems of using it. If you accept the challenge, you will receive tools and tips to get good results! One of the things is a list that you can print with a lot of… View more
WASTED is a community project in Netherlands that are changing behaviors! In the neighborhood of Amsterdam Noord, CITIES, a foundation that research, communicate and promote local solutions for global problems, started WASTED for support and encourage plastic waste recycling and upcycling. So in exchange of plastic waste that are given at their Laboratory, people receive WASTED… View more
Utopia of yesterday, today’s architectures, the transformation of cities must be built on existing heritage… Acknowledging it, the architect Stéphane Malka found a way of optimising the energy efficiency of antique urban structures while working within the restrictions of Parisian building system. Malka’s Plug-in City 75 design envisions attaching a wooden cubes system to the… View more
Would you be interested on being part of a plan that will allow people, anywhere in the world to transform plastic waste into valuable things? Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has created his series of Precious Plastic machines, which anyone can build and use to make products by recycling the material. The designer described them as “a solution… View more
While the heating season is still on, many of us are looking for cheaper and more environmental ways to heat our spaces. That´s why we will be presenting Egloo, a crowdfunded, professionally produced heater, created by the Italian designer Marco Zagaria that consists of sleekly made terracotta domes that heat up with the… View more
According to the Global Footprint Network, we currently consume more resources per year than our planet can produce in the same timeframe. Their calculations show that it takes the planet 18 months to regenerate everything we use in a 12 month period. The good news is that there are many simple things you can do to… View more
Since 2008, Bea Johson and her family adopted a sustainable lifestyle and concept that she called Zero Waste. For her, the most important issue is not recycling more but less, by trying to reduce the disposable goods of our normal daily life and giving more meaning to experiences instead of things. This is her family trash of 2016…. View more
Have you ever stood in front of the recycling bin with something in your hand while you are not quite sure whether you can recycle it. So you throw the item into the recycling and believe that if it’s not suitable, the recycling system can solve it out. Here we will try to explain how wrong we are… View more
A number of countries around the world have declared their commitment to reduce carbon-generated power drastically, turning to the power of the sun as a clean alternative. Specifically Morocco, Singapore and India are investing heavily in the abundant power of the sun. Accordingly, the government of India has showed their will toward producing 40 per cent of… View more
