Commitment
Lampoon Magazine dedicates this subcategory to examining the depth of commitment across industries and communities that strive for conscientious production and consumption. Articles describe how manufacturers, designers, and consumers minimize waste, favor durable materials, and maintain ethical supply chains. The focus remains on transparency, with contributors revealing the complexity of balancing profit, resource management, and social equity. Case studies illuminate the efforts of organizations that reduce their environmental impact, support fair labor practices, and prioritize community needs. Readers discover how each choice, from raw material sourcing to final product distribution, contributes to a larger ethos of accountability. Lampoon Magazine underscores how collaboration and open communication lay the groundwork for genuine progress.
Fashion creativity needs constraints to move forward
When fashion can no longer expand through excess, it turns inward: constraints on materials, production, and image become the new territory where creativity proves its intelligence and its force
Peace as infrastructure: how finance and AI could redesign stability
War is economically convenient for specific actors — only by making peace equally profitable, through AI diplomacy and new financial instruments, can the system change. From Tech Emotion Summit 2026
Lampoon MECCANO: Thinking as a form of disobedience – the Editor’s letter
Lampoon’s latest issue – MECCANO is the title and the manifesto. From children’s toys to analytical diagrams, human thought becomes a form of disobedience: we will not surrender to social...
The hottest title in Japan? Living National Treasure
First established in 1950, the title of Ningen Kokuhō – “Living National Treasure” – is given to artists who keep Japan’s traditional arts alive: it’s not the object that is...
No return to nature, data is not the enemy: James Deutsher on DEEP
The raw logic behind biodiversity, technology and extraction: James Deutsher’s DEEP proposes a new ecological intelligence – humans are no longer the main character
Bergen, one of Europe’s rainiest cities: an offering to the sea
In Norway’s rain-soaked city, Bergen Assembly 2025 invites audiences to listen to the rain, the sea, and the more-than-human world as active collaborators in the creation of art and meaning
Is being homosexual less polluting than being heterosexual?
A provocation for Pride Month. Human activity pollutes, and bringing children into the world makes things worse: will same-sex couples be the saviours of the Anthropocene?
Trees Are the Patrons of Architecture: Inside Carlo Ratti’s 2025 Biennale
“Reforestation has to begin in a concrete, local way—tree by tree, sidewalk by sidewalk. It’s one of the few effective answers to overheated cities." An interview with Carlo Ratti about...
Nature, Farming, and Food Production: What Countryside Means Today
Putting the countryside back on the agenda from a political standpoint: in conversation with Samir Bantal, AMO’s creative Director
What Is a Cultural Brand? Definition and Examples
The definition of a Cultural Brand: a brand that produces authorial narratives linked to its commercial product. Among the primary examples: Louis Vuitton and Rolex
Agroforestry: Merging Agricolture and Forestry to Regenerate Farms Globally
ReNature commits to farmers in their transition of producing with respect to ecological balance: regenerative agroforestry reinvents the idea of production
Crude Expectations: What are the chances we have of not relying on oil and gas?
The Great Australian Bight is home to 277 marine life species that are completely new to science: it also happens to hold the equivalent of 1.9 billion barrels of oil
Patrick Blanc, Botanist and artist, has designed more than 300 Vertical Gardens around the world
Architects look for novel ways to infuse more green spaces into cities: The fact that a plant is rare in nature, doesn’t mean at all that it is difficult to...
Why people in India are still producing leather from protected by law species?
«Cows, buffaloes, and other animals used for leather in India are often crammed onto vehicles so tightly that their bones break», introducing the issue of ethical production in local communities...
Through craft, we continue what we have learned, we educate, we improve: the respect of nature, human beings and altruism
Artistic Director of Hermès, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, and Architect Stefano Boeri discuss the responsibility of larger corporations to lead in the transition towards a mandatory sustainable consideration for the future
Green Laws and urban forestry — which countries are in the lead?
From the Amazon rainforest set ablaze to the city of Venice being engulfed in water – major climate change events tell us that a green action is necessary
Soil Sharing: Terra Preta, Biochar and early Bio-economies
What and how biochar has become a solution and economical market and what does it mean for us and the upcoming generations?
South Sudanese craftsmanship is rooted in women
South Sudanese women fled their country only taking out with them a few clothes. They’re now producing these to create their own business
Alex Ott: the man whom the New York Times in 2011 called a ‘sorcerer’
The path of Alex Ott in his quest for an integrated planet. «Studies about the properties of the plants would damage the food industry, dominated by few powerful players»
For art’s sake: Courtney Mattison: marine conservation science and sculpting
By creating sculptures representing the anthropogenic issues affecting the ocean, Mattison creates a visual representation of the message of the scientific community
The Miyawaki: greenify urban sites
The concept of urban planning needs to take climate change into account: urban forestry initiatives adopting the Miyawaki method to plant forests are spreading throughout Europe
Fashion is not inclusive yet – the disabled community speaks out
The case of Will & Well. The disabled community has been left behind in the movement to make fashion inclusive. Adaptive apparel is underdeveloped within the industry
Deep Sea Mining: the new gold rush is for minerals
Deep-sea mining: ravaging the oceans in the name of transition. Norway is the first country in the world to say yes to finding raw materials in the ocean depths. Environmentalists...
Old-growth forests: what’s the meaning of “responsible forestry”?
Responsible Forestry: to preserve and maintain old-growth forest conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture and the 128 forest land management plans
Urban forestry: Valencia European Green Capital 2024
Fourteen years ago, the European Commission created the European Green Capital Award to promote green actions, urban forestry and urban life quality enhancement in European cities
Bogotá Care blocks: a solution against unpaid work
In Bogotá, 1.2 million women dedicate most of their time to unpaid care work. Mayor Claudia López opened the Care Blocks project
Eco-urbanism – strengthening the railway system in the EU
Train transport - Expanding the trans-European night train service can enable eco urbanism, contribute to the EU environmental sustainability goals and bring European cities closer together
What is environmental racism? The voice of marginalized communities
The Not In My Backyard approach of developed countries in contrast with the unawareness of marginalized communities: environmental racism, definition and meaning
Pain or pleasure? The opioid crisis in US
Pain and Pleasure – The opioid crisis in the U.S. turned into an epidemic. It all started with OxyContin and its marketing campaign by Purdue Pharmaceutics
A sea thermometer – saving Posidonia for ocean preservation
Ocean preservation and climate action in the Mediterranean Sea – exploring Posidonia meadows' effect on marine biodiversity, the global climate, and marine ecosystem’s health
Hong Kong reshaping the future of business after spending resurgence on luxury items
The global pandemic and political uncertainties have changed Hong Kong’s luxury market landscape: LVMH’s come back, the impact of digitalization and the experiential approach
Oceans preservation – updates on the Greenland ice sheet stability’s impact
Science news – new studies show us the effects of anthropogenic global warming on the Greenland Ice Sheet, right now and in the future, highlighting the value of climate action
From agroforestry to biodiversity: alien species and biological invasion
The impact of invasive alien species on nature’s contribution to people is negative – especially through damage to super food – the IPBES report
Polartec Panel – If biodegradability is not the only answer, longevity is
Circularity in the textile industry: switching to circular materials must not compromise performance and durability
A third of all second-hand clothing shipped to Kenya is plastic waste in disguise
Textile waste disposal markets are vital in Kenya. However, discarded dispatches coming from Western countries are responsible for turning the Global South as a textile dumping ground
Glamping’s impact on national parks and local communities in the United States
The debate over the rise of glamping sites in America’s national parks and deserts: the protests in Bar Harbor, Maine and development projects in the Joshua Tree Desert, California
Burning paradises: El Niño hitting islands. Does mass tourism take part of the blame?
The wildfires that occurred in the Mediterranean and Pacific islands generated a catastrophe fueled by heat waves. From Greece to Maui, overcrowded island threat ecosystem
Hollywood: since the strikes started, the arthouse cinema thrives
As a result of the strikes causing the shutdown of Hollywood productions, arthouse cinema has filled a gap in the film industry changing the dynamics
The use of AI in migration flows violates human rights: the European double standard
EU, double standard in the use of Artificial Intelligence: protecting EU citizens on the one hand, violating migrants’ human rights on the other. Facial recognition to lie-detectors to GPS trackers
Fashion Fakes: AI can protect retailers and consumers tackling counterfeit crisis
Authentique Verify – Fashion fakes production carries environmental and ethical concerns. Fashion brands are now relying on AI technology to detect counterfeits and preserve brand identity
Heat decreases productivity: climate change and job loss, Indian textile industry
It will get worse for people living and working in cities. Heat rises and climatic events put jobs, and people’s safety at risk. The system must adapt. The case of...
Your obsession over non-Western cultures is not appreciation. It’s fetishization
The origin of Eurocentric superiority of costume dates back to Social Darwinism and the idea of the West and the Rest. How is the fashion industry intended to move forward...
Sydney – record release of baby seahorses are set to boost the specie’s population
‘Seahorse hotels’ are multipurpose. They give shelter, can biodegrade and encourage the growth of new coral and sponge. It is the new home of the White’s Seahorse
Cacao Agroforestry: the Cacao tree is a symbol of the tropical forest’s preservation
Every time a tree is burned, its stored carbon is released. The planet is getting warmer because we are eliminating shade. In conversation with Diego Badaro, founder AMMA Chocolates
The story of an anthropogenic biological invasion – the Ailanthus Altissima
Ubiquitous anywhere from Portugal to Greece, in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, the Ailanthus Altissima is an invasive alien species (IAS) one threatening the local flora
From Ukraine. Two million stories to begin to understand the war
Mediterranea Saving Humans activated right after the Russian invasion. Always standing by the civilian population – the only real victims
