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‘Waste has value’: how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem

September 18th 2024 / / 5 minute read
From The Guardian As the morning sun beats down on the Caribbean island of Tierra Bomba in Colombia, a group of schoolchildren heads towards the beach, with two carrying surfboards over their …
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‘The system is the problem, not people’: how a radical food group spread round the world

September 18th 2024 / 5 minute read
From The Guardian Incredible Edible’s guerrilla gardening movement encourages people to take food-growing – and more – into their own hands By Damien Gayle Pam Warhurst insists she’s no anarchist. Nevertheless, …

How Greener Schoolyards Benefit Kids - and the whole community

September 18th 2024 / Architecture / 5 minute read
From Grist When Lois Brink’s kids were in elementary school, she remembers being struck by how uninviting their schoolyard was. She described it as “scorched earth” — little more than …

‘Waste has value’: how surfing helps Colombia solve its plastic problem

September 18th 2024 / 5 minute read
From The Guardian As the morning sun beats down on the Caribbean island of Tierra Bomba in Colombia, a group of schoolchildren heads towards the beach, with two carrying surfboards over their …

Stella McCartney releases jumpsuit made with iridescent BioSequins

April 5th 2023 / Business / 3 minute read
British fashion brand Stella McCartney has unveiled a sleeveless bodysuit adorned with Radiant Matter‘s bioplastic sequins made from tree cellulose. The skin-tight all-in-one, which was made in Stella McCartney‘s London atelier, is embellished with hundreds of shimmering sequins called …

TRIO · Berlin, Germany

March 27th 2023 / Restaurant / 8 minute read
The venue is buzzing with life and energy—a sign of what’s to come—a welcoming place that will serve the Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz square well. 

‘The fungal awakening’: how we came to love (and fear) fungi

March 20th 2023 / Conservation / 15 minute read
After centuries of distrust and disdain, mushrooms are having their moment. From sci-fi smash hits to drug trials, an emerging league of mycophiles are bringing fungi out of the shadows

The importance of biophilic design for humans and architecture

March 13th 2023 / Architecture / 7 minute read
The psychological legacy of our survival instincts that lead us to feel better when we are in contact with nature is the basis of biophilic design, which is being used increasingly in architecture, from airports to urban spaces to businesses.

This 700-Square-Foot Ecuadorian Retreat Is in Sync With Nature

March 6th 2023 / Architecture / 8 minute read
This compact home at the base of the Andes Mountains is a breath of fresh air
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Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

February 27th 2023 / Conservation / 5 minute read
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years
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Giant Wind Turbine in China

February 20th 2023 / Cities / 4 minute read
Giant wind turbine rises up to 70 floors and occupies 9 football fields Chinese energy company MingYang has announced the creation of its next flagship offshore wind turbine, MySE 18.X-28X.

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