Commitment
Ocean positive, regenerateing water resource: North Sails’ experience
North Sails has coined the definition of ‘ocean positive’ in order to guide a sustainable and committed revolution towards the seas
Textile from salt-tolerant plants grown using seawater: SaltyCO
When we can no longer rely on the availability of freshwater for survival, can we turn to the seas for their help?
Hydropower: the ancient source is alive thanks to many carbon offset projects
Over 300 carbon offset projects in the Verra Registry, after the Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto Protocol), supported more than 2000 hydropower projects
Waste, raw materials and data: industries to re-think their production and logistics
In conversation with Pei Yun Teng, Global Director of Social Impact at A.T. Kearney on how consulting is helping businesses develop their sustainability mission
Clyde Climate Forest, Glasgow City: 18 million trees, but this is just a headline
«it’s what’s beneath the headline that matters». From choosing the right species for the right places to involving the community in giving trees their fair financial value
Planting trees in California or in Spain: there are differences to consider
Land Life Company (LLC) was founded in 2013 on the idea that «a business approach and technology can drive innovation to restore nature» with the mission to reforest the world
Gran Chaco – South America’s second-largest forest at risk
Earthsight: the story behind the deforestation of Paraguay’s Gran Chaco and its illegal leather dealings with European car brands
British urban areas are less dense than European counterparts: public transport is less accessible
Of the 580 billion passenger kilometers that were traveled in Great Britain in 2020, ninety-two percent were made by cars, vans, and taxis, down twenty-seven percent from 2019's level
Sara Kulturhus: the second tallest wooden building in the world by White Arkitekter
Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå, Sweden made of locally sourced Cross-laminated timber and Glue-laminated timber: from locking CO2 to reducing building times and costs
How to decarbonize last mile logistics: electric trucks and customer awareness
The flow of goods in large urban areas is challenging the ecosystems. The key to cut out emissions and provide safer working conditions is global commitment
Nio cocktails – How to offset carbon emissions in the real world, examples from the beverage sector
What expedients are beverage companies implementing to offset emissions and how collaboration with dedicated companies leads to achieving neutrality
Seaspiracy truth or tales? A closer look at Lanzarote’s fishing industry
How local ecosystems are risking collapse under the fishing industry - Lampoon investigates interviewing local fishermen on the Spanish island
Urban farms are bringing food production closer to home
How vertical farming, aquaponics, underground and rooftop farming are revolutionising traditional agriculture
W-Lab : self-sufficient cabins can be an answer to housing in a changing climate
Desertification looks like a problem for the future, but it is here now: W-Lab has a plan to build self-sufficient villages where people can live in arid climates
Involving local fishermen to save the Barens: Venice as an example for the world
With locally sourced materials and labor, the project tries to avoid having to choose whether to save the city of Venice or its lagoon
GES-2 House of Culture, Moscow: how Renzo Piano transformed a power plant into an open art destination
Commissioned by the V-A-C Foundation, the new venue within Moscow's cultural landscape joins the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the Tretyakov State Gallery and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine...
Not all companies are disposed to share and be transparent: Cynthia Figge is trying to reverse that
The scarce but growing amount of information that has been coming out of the fashion industry seems to be a deliberate strategy that aim at greenwashing and confusing the audience
Environments to accommodate – in an age of isolation, we need escapism
«When planning an area, you have to consider the diversity of people’s needs». In conversation with Inside Outside founder and designer, Petra Blaisse
COP26: the background, response, and results of the latest UN climate change conference
According to the Climate Action Tracker, a full implementation of the Glasgow pledges for 2030 would put us on track for a two-point-four degrees Celsius warming
Bo01 in Malmö – the first neighborhood in the world run 100% by renewable sources
«A large amount of renewable energy is produced in the north of Sweden but it’s not managing to make its way down here because the cable that should transport it...
Oway – «Don’t Black Out The Future»: a manifesto against wasteful design and consumer habits
«Don’t consume the future, consume responsibly», Oway’s commitment to go beyond with sustainable cosmetic products, design and distribution
Guerrilla gardening: nature is a human right still unrecognized, but activists are doing something about it
Nature is a Human Right, the campaign founded by London activist, writer, and strategist Ellen Miles to support grassroots actions, organize campaigns, and petition for legislation and policy change at...
Orms, Material passports – fighting waste, by keeping track of how and where materials as used
To achieve circularity and transparence London-based architecture studio, Orms, is proposing a manifesto for material passports
The Global Seed Vault: the repository and guardian of crops
Introducing an initiative that strives to preserve genetic resources by establishing seed banks to enhance seed diversity and contribute to crop biodiversity
Amateurs catching bluefin tuna are almost as bad as industrial fishermen
Why removing baby tunas from the ecosystem is damaging, and what can be done to protect their reproductive cycle in a more efficient way
Anuela Ristani, Shirley Rodrigues, Maria Chiara Pastore: A tale of three cities’ – Tirana, London and Milan
Plan B for Planet A - from the perpetrators of a carbon saturated means of living to an infinite net-zero acknowledging nature as a structural facet in cities in order...
Architects Stefano Boeri and Elizabeth Diller on demineralizing the city: urban green grafts
What can we do to defend our public space? A public space is not about density, where we can observe or participate, where behaviors are not codified
Social, economic, and environmental sustainability – Bvlgari’s Responsibility in Society
Bulgari underscores the essence of culture by advancing female talent, scientists and the youth, fighting the virus and enacting the agenda of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Renzo Piano, D.A.P. and Sapienza University join forces: a project for detained mothers
A modular house project built inside Rebibbia women’s penitentiary in Rome, giving detained mothers a space to be with their children in a more humane environment than the prison’s visiting...
Building with concrete made with Salt – a big trouble could become a solution
The Anatomy of Sabkhas: preserving sustainable salt flats book, written by urbanists Rashid and Ahmed Bin Shabib, provide an urban research of the phenomenon and possible applications
Post World War II oceanography: how science and politics in the US became intertwined during the Cold War
A military driven mission allowed for an unnecessary production of ignorance of our oceans during the Cold War period – we now face the problems of years of negligence
Updating the Social housing, matter: bioclimatic measures, solar radiation and natural ventilation
TAMassociati and Arup on display at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 to respond to the rapid population growth in urban areas and the lack of affordable housing
Restoring an ecosystem under pressure – Mangrove forests: the case for a science-based restoration
«If you recreate the conditions for mangrove growth like this, then the mangroves will come back in on their own». In conversation with Dominic Wodehouse, executive director of the Mangrove...
Globally Connected: when a fashion production inspired by another culture is not respectful
One of the most common mistakes made by fashion houses when using specific traits from another culture to which they do not belong, is the non-admission
Roberto Burle Marx: an end to the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest
In conversation with Irish and Italian professors Gareth Doherty and Barbara Boifava, respectively, on Roberto Burle Marx’s landscapes and urban ideologies
Faith organizations: the fourth economic power on Earth
UNEP director Iyad Abumoghli and activist and cartographer Molly Burhans speak of how engaging with faith institutions is not just necessary but can be immediately beneficial
Talking to Quantis: no more greenwashing, we need to fix precise targets and clear numbers
In the next ten years, the fashion industry will be under close scrutiny to maintain a commitment that has to fix a defined goal. In conversation with Simone Pedrazzini, director...
Smog Free Tower – Air pollution, a global disaster: to be solved with solar-powered air cleaners
«We should start to see the world; not as a utopia, but as a protopia». In conversation with Daan Roosegaarde, on his 7-meter smog eating tower
Migratory birds – mitigating climate change is necessary to protect all animals
Birds could respond to the consequences of the world’s changing climate by shifting distributions, altering their bodies and experiencing microevolutionary changes
The Romanian diaspora at Venice Biennale: how the mobility of large masses will impact architects
Mapping and investigating migrations to understand the way society will look like in the near future. A first step is Fading Borders, telling the story of the Romanian diaspora at...
Tuna farming: the billion-dollar-business – talking to Seaspiracy movie directors
Conversations with Lucy and Ali Tabrizi, directors of Seaspiracy, show how local traditions can be used to justify continuation of business-as-usual drastically damaging marine ecosystems
Cities will be forests: making buildings as tree houses is not just a matter of imaginary
A strategy for greener cities is to build greener architectures through the integration of trees, shrubs, and plants in the design of our houses
Bellini Nautica preserving the world’s most precious boats – the Riva Aquarama
Romano Bellini’s vintage Riva collection and the yard where he restores these ‘Ferraris of the sea’ «you can be as rich as you want, but if you close the door...
Belvedere – Biochar/ Biomass: the real solution: global climate change, soil infertility and pollution
The use of biochar amendments on soil could address the issues of soil fertility, water holding capacity, and climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration
«In, on and with the Ocean»: Ocean Space and TBA21 Academy fighting for our seas
«The micro-sale is the same as the macro-scale when we talk about climate». Studying local issues to find that seas are «our best allies in mitigating the effect of global...
Desalination will us combat the water crisis: the Watly case – when technology is on the way
Solutions to the water crisis exist—desalination plants, solar panels, and thermodynamic computers—they just need to be implemented on a global scale
