Sustainable Matters
Soil and Artificial Snow: The Cost of an Increasingly Artificial Winter
From trees cut down for the bobsleigh track of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to the effects of artificial snow on the soil: the environmental consequences associated with winter sports...
Re-discovering a bio-based building material: Bamboo
Bamboo has been used as a building material for thousands of years—it has a stronger tensile strength than steel. The tallest bamboo building on the Indonesian island of Bali took...
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
Kunjina Tesfaye on Growth and Preserving Artisanal Techniques
Handweaving, embroidery and fabric manipulation are design elements that communicate stories about Ethiopia. "If you've seen photos of Ethiopians wearing the traditional white dress, it's handwoven."
The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method
The ancient Japanese art of pruning and harvesting, Daisugi, translated as platform cedar – it started in the 14th century, and it has being modernised since then
How did the Lake Como brand emerge?
Chanel Cruise 2025/26 on Lake Como – while a transformation is underway, bridging the lake and the city—a reflection on urban planning, society, sustainability, and the numbers of overtourism
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»
