Sustainable Matters
Vineyards in mineral rich volcanic soil: the case of Lanzarote
What volcanic soil can teach us about regenerative agriculture and the role of biochar in nurturing infertile soil
Colorifix – Tackling one of the textile industry’s most environmentally damaging processes: dyeing
CEO Orr Yarkoni explains how cells can be manipulated to dye fabric, cutting back on water wastage and chemical pollution globally. Water use is cut by 50 percent to 90...
Lampoon 25 – The Transparency issue: rebellion against cancel culture, against digital massification
Cancel Culture is the market force's latest attempt to annihilate the masses: a battle that has been going on since the Middle Ages
How can there be such an abundance of seafood so readily available? The Tronchetto market in Venice
Despite attentive regulations, fish markets across Europe are more fully stocked than ever, creating a false sense of abundance in the minds of consumers
Vividye converts garments into a blank canvas, enabling efficient recycling and reuse
A deeper look into the complacency recycling has lent to fashion consumers and the nuances that make or break efficient recycling processes; through the lens of start-up, Vividye
Solving the water crisis: corporations are not investing enough
Today, 711 million people already lack access to safe water. The UN estimates that by 2025 1.8 billion people will live in water-stressed regions. New technologies are available, but they...
The giant Himalayan stinging nettle — what it means to wild harvest
«Regenerative process means that as you produce, you’re improving the Earth» - how to go beyond sustainability, in conversation with Himalayan Wild Fibers
Controversial: the carbon market is growing, but cheap credits can undermine its utility
Purchasing carbon credits can be part of a corporate climate strategy when a company isn’t able to neutralize its emissions due to technological limitations or prohibitive costs
Fiquetex: crafting vegan leather and fabrics from Colombian succulents
«We use about one third of the energy needed to craft animal leather». Gabriel Moreno, Fiquetex, winner of the Oxford University Best Postgraduate Idea
From Australia to Africa, using seed-firing drones: the case study of AirSeed Technologies
«Our planting includes trees, shrubs and grasses. It encourages the remediation of soil health and the redevelopment of degraded ecosystems through our Seed Pods». Andrew Walker
Circular Systems – Keeping the neutral cellulosic chain when recycling cotton. Otherwise, it is classified as viscose
Circular Systems is focused on using waste streams as their main source of materials for production working on up-cycling the textile
The paradigm of a circular economy: is there a place for thermal decomposition? Fulgar x BASF case
The chemical transformation process called thermolysis turns post-consumer plastic waste into a secondary raw material, replacing new fuel from fossil origin
Who picks the fruit and vegetables that we buy at the supermarket? Our Invisible Hands exhibition
From photography to diary entries and sound installations, Our Invisible Hands is an exhibition showcasing how some artists experienced being a seasonal worker, opening up the conversation
Digital Art disruption: Francesca Kaufmann and Stefano Rabolli Pansera at Hauser & Wirth
The outbreak of Covid-19 pushed art galleries to rethink their role and position within the contemporary art market; accelerating the digital transition and the implementation of new digital strategies
The KAIKU machine – the future of color comes from fruits and vegetables
«It’s a multi-steps process that makes us get the color that we need. Then, in the end, we get this biomass for fertilizer and biofuels». Nicole Stjernswärd, design technologist
The state of paper recycling – challenges and opportunities for a circular industry in Europe
In Europe, Fibre-based packaging is contributing to the circular biobased economy, as eighty-four point six percent of paper and board packaging is recycled
Planned obsolescence – the obsolescence of a product is planned, designed, and built into it by its manufacturer
In a circular economy context, an EU measure banning planned obsolescence is needed, as measures targeting it are insufficient to handle
Change starts with farming: regenerative farming and foresting – From Farm to Fabric to Fashion
Experiences coming from farms and attention to the biodiversity that surrounds them highlight the ethical success of the development in the fashion system
Saving the planet one building at a time: CLT panels and the future
Cross Laminated Timber is a possibility for a more sustainable future, but to make it more widespread we need to increase production facilities and teach architects how to build with...
Lab-grown diamonds using three days’ worth of domestic electricity: steps marked by Inbilico
Inbilico’s electricity consumption is equivalent to three days’ worth of domestic electricity use; from renewable sources. At the end of around four weeks, the lab-grown diamonds are ready to be...
House of Dagmar — the hunt for fabrics with the lowest environmental footprint
The Swedish brand has been exploring scientific and technological innovation to create fabrics from cellulose, viscose, among others, all in an effort to minimize their environmental footprint
Every time you open a water bottle, you release thousand of microplastics
Microplastic role and impact on human life. Drinking water, air, and DNA - where else will scientists find the microplastics, and what does it mean for us and the upcoming...
Craftwork home working systems could be the future of decentralized garment production
Haute Couture designer - Rahul Mishra, and the founder of Nest - Rebecca Van Bergen on providing artisans with a favorable working environment. Implementing in home work practices
Ethiopia: biodiversity, quality of life, soil erosion and runoff. Earth Art studio’s Trees for Life
In conversation with artist Sylvia Grace Borda and lecturer Nura Beshir on the regeneration of green lands in Kofele, Ethiopia
From Afghanistan to Ukraine, posters to raise awareness: Now You See Me Mória
«Right now we are exposed to so many photographs that we have become numb to the pain of others». The posters are made from pictures taken on the field by...
BUFA film studio at the heart of Berlin is being transformed by Fabrix: nature has to fit in
Large areas of paving are removed, eliminating vehicles and adding water permeability and biodiversity with rooftop gardens and green plazas: Clive Nichol speaks for Atelier Gardens
The overlay of six different shades of Musk, more about Musk complexity fragrance
The union of a single natural raw material such as musk together with wood, spices, fruits and flowers searches for three-dimensionality in the collection of fragrances
Erik Thomsen – one gallerist cannot deal with the Danish sense of irony
Thomsen gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods
WOOD: a documentary filmed over seven years to combat large corporations exploiting forests
«From the taiga in Siberia over the primary forests of Romania to the primeval forest in Peru: around the world, billions of dollars are made from illegal logging»
Felix Finkbeiner – the public eye doesn’t have to be drawn away from tree planting
Once it was only Felix Finkbeiner child’s dream – today it is a matter of data, soil chemistry and involving rural communities around the Equator
A world in Hitachi Design Studio presents A World in Transition: defining a moment of ‘liminality’
The highlights from the Hitachi project online event explaining the changes needed within the system to ensure a future for the planet and human beings
Powder to liquid soap: a simple answer to complicated issues. The Forgo case
«If we have things with the system of refilling or of re-use, then throwing something away or recycling doesn’t have to be the first option». In conversation with Forgo cofounder Allon...
Climate refugees – Why do people have to migrate because of climate changes?
The possibility to seek refuge in other countries should not be forced by the unlivable conditions of the territories most affected by global warming
Castor oil plant material – Neubau opening up a new perspective on green eyewear production
How through the use of biopolymers derived from a renewable substance, Neubau’s eyeglasses perform equally or better than the material with the polymer mix
What if the rubber supply chain was no longer sustainable? Science is working on a solution
The global demand for rubber is about to increase, and without the latex from the rubber tree many productions would stop. Science is betting on Russian dandelions
Cinderela project is testing the way Circular Economy can be implemented in wastewater management
In Europe, the construction sector accounts for one-third of all EU waste, one-third of all water consumed, makes up for the largest share of the total EU final energy consumption
The Doomsday Clock – pessimism does nothing for the Earth, but resistance and cooperation do
Corporations emphasize people's role in the climate crisis. Yet, 100 fossil fuel producers are responsible for seventy-one percent of the industrial GHG emissions since 1988
Digital fashion claims to solve overconsumption and overproduction: how green is it really?
«Digital fashion items don’t need physical resources and can work for the benefit of our environment». In conversation with digital fashion entrepreneur, Regina Turbina on sustainable consumption through virtual clothing
Sarah Kauffman: upcycling clothing scraps and military parachutes into collections
The American designer works with military parachutes and upcycled fabric scraps: «Parachutes have a story themselves which does not need to be manipulated»
Pachama, tech start-up: «about a billion hectares of the planet can be restored as forest»
Using algorithms combined with satellite imaging, Pachama monitors a project, figuring out the amount of carbon concentration in the project area in comparison to the region
Luvaberry Farm – Ideas to re boost tourism: 88 days of strawberry farming in rural Australia
Australia’s Working Holiday visa scheme attracts thousands of young people from around the world, offering employment - in return, you need to become a farm worker for three months
Chef Valérie Radou «Gastronomy is an ally in the tasting of wines» – since the very first bottle in 1729, by Nicolas Ruinart
Behind the scenes of the first Maison de Champagne, guest of Identità Golose 2021 in Milan. In a conversation with Ruinart resident chef Valérie Radou to know what’s behind her...
«This year, the Fashion Film Festival Milano will speak a different language» says Ms. Cavalli Etro
Best green fashion film category, the three nominated film focus on the need of changing behaviors, circular rethinking and artisanal indigenous textiles
Seeing Stars – Eighty percent of the planet’s population are inhabited by light polluted skies
In the face of environmental advocacy, Studio Roosegaarde team up with UNESCO to create Seeing Stars initiative. «we have become disconnected from them because of the way we treat light...
Supply chain and costs transparency: Garment Workshop, a proper review
Garment Workshop is a brand developed in the last year from the experience of the group NXTGN who is active in the fashion consultancy sector
We enter an era of irreversible human impact – Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
An act of hope: filmmakers discuss Anthropocene: The Human Epoch and reveal how determining human impact isn’t always about statistics
