Sustainable Matters
Discovered pigment producing bacteria: challenging the textile dyeing process
Plant-based pigments as a sustainable alternative to textile dyes, don’t work as much as we would have hoped for. A conversation with designer Laura Luchtman
Craving for a Renaissance in our era, the Awards conceived by Eco-Age
Conceived by Eco-Age and co-founded by Livia Firth in 2021, the awards involved young activists in the field of social and environmental innovation
Artichokes and Peapods: record high waste turning into packaging
With the world creating twice as much plastic garbage as it did twenty years ago and only 9% being properly recycled comes Packioli: turning food waste into biodegradable packaging
Oslo becoming the world’s first capital with a zero-emissions public transport system
The city of Oslo plans to have a fully-electric public transport network by 2023. The next goal is to become the world's first emissions-free city by 2030
Restoring peatlands in Finland: the case of alternative filling materials
This Finland-based start-up is looking to replace fossil and animal-based filling materials with a plant-based one: the result includes carbon-negative promotion and peatland restoration
Unraveled, Maxine Bédat: Jeans, as a symbol of globalized and popular fashion
From cotton farming in Texas to manufacturing in Bangladesh and on to disposal and donations in Ghana, the whole terrifying life cycle of clothing
Having muscles – the courage to have a purpose. Banca Ifis and the Economy of Beauty
This effort of estimating the impact of beauty is reflected in the annual Banca Ifis report Economy of Beauty – a volume released in June 2022 and shot by Sanja...
The failure of FTX means a new crypto crisis: where do NFTs stand?
Is the crypto crisis affecting NFT? Some see them as evil and some as the future of art. A model to be analyzed, to offer new perspectives
