Tag: Call To Action
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
The Politics of Oil: Tanoa Sasraku Reframes Corporate Souvenirs as Violent Symbols
Working with found objects, sculptures, and UV-printed paper works, Tanoa Sasraku maps the destruction of the oil industry across global affairs and the environment
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
Why can’t we recycle car parts? Because they’re designed not to be
The automotive industry leaves behind a global trail of damage: a residual mix of plastic, foam, glass fibres, and micro-tissues is mostly landfilled. Not easy to clean this up
Smoke Signals, San Francisco. Two thousand reading materials sold at a time
«In French, smoke signals means signaux de fumée – communicating through smoke signals – how I see newspapers and magazines as a tool to share and disseminate information today»
Who said carbon is a market? When offsetting becomes upsetting
“Outsourcing the consequences of your own bad decisions is not the path.” The illusion of carbon neutrality: why climate change can’t be solved by buying carbon offsets and outsourcing responsibility.
Living Archives of Art Deco: How Two Brussels Villas Became Belgium’s Blueprint for Modernism with a Memory
From static masterpiece to adaptive monument, Villa Van Buuren and Villa Empain show how Belgian Art Deco mastered both permanence and reinvention
Angelo Moratti calls for a more human Capitalism: purpose is the new power
One year after leaving his family’s oil business, Angelo Moratti delivers a speech in Milan on how fame, ego, and tech hubris are eroding capitalism—an interview
Alpine resilience through grounded design
Courmayeur Climate Hub: where the landscape thinks and architecture listens
Fashion Weeks must be about rules and regulations – not about parties and glam
The more fashion capitals jump on the so-called sustainability requirements, rules and regulations, the more critics begin to wonder if a sustainable fashion week can ever exist
Trump against Woke Culture – and the leaders who removed words
From the Newspeak in Orwell’s 1984 to the 20th-century totalitarian regimes – nothing about what Trump is now doing is new: removing words means removing ideas
Rebirth of the coffee table book – Maison Plage creates a space to escape and inspire
A destination for crafted, rare, and lifestyle books – Founder Kelly Croteau reveals that Maison Plage is more than just a bookstore, it’s a brand
Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian: Interstellar Communication as Cultural Resistance
In Piccadilly Un:Plugged, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian uses noise, public installations and scientific inquiry to explore decolonization, interstellar communication and identity
Land Loss: The Erosion and Fragility of the British Coast
Max Miechowski photographs loss, acceptance, and the effects of time passing along the southern British coast—documenting the existence of communities living on the cliffs, at the edge of the land
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
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
Milan, the city will be a Garden – is it a promise or just a utopia?
No longer just a utopia - Milan City- Garden is a political promise: we say we should take care of our own garden – but what if the entire city...
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 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...
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
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
Waste smuggling: who takes responsibility for dignified jobs in African textile industries?
High-quality garments are redirected from African secondhand clothing markets, leaving the discards and low-empowering labor in local traders’ wake. Human dignity is at stake
Zero-impact music festivals: from short supply chains to renewable energy
From DGTL in Amsterdam to Bucolika at Lake Camosci in the Susa Valley, Italy: boutique festivals emphasize respect for nature and the use of short, controlled supply chains for food...
Is cloud seeding a real chance? Colorado and UAE cases
Cloud seeding: from pioneering experiments to contemporary scientific debates. Can weather alteration techniques makeup for land destruction by drought? The Colorado and UAE cases
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...
What happened to slow fashion?
After the pandemic, fashion seemed to abandon consumerism and make room for slow fashion. All gone. Mosaert and Buena Onda apart
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
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
Collect, recirculate and recycle – A call to reuse from the fashion capitals
Spazio Meta, La Réserve des Arts, Materials for the Arts. The repurposing and reuse of objects and props used by fashion brands in the circularization process of the industry
Getting rid of the abstract goals: Mylo and the Global Fashion Summit 2023
The case of stop in production of Mylo, an alternative and ethical material created by Bolt Threads has created a stir: why does fashion still put little effort?
Advertising pollutes the brain – Adbusters fights, est. 1989
The Canadian magazine Adbustes was founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn with a group of anti-capitalist activists. Today, it keeps thriving and fighting, with no ads
Canada with its 895 million acres of forest experiences wildfires every year
Experts have expressed concern about the potential impact of Canadian wildfires on two species in particular: the Whooping Crane, which is found in Alberta, and the Wood Poppy
We are what we fuck: microplastics are invading the male reproductive system
Traces of plastic microparticles found in semen samples of healthy men: prolonged exposure to plastic pollution might be putting the future of humanity at risk
UN’s Convention to combat Desertification highlights gender inequality issues
Women play a role to ensure the health of the land. The UN’s Convention educates about effectively working the land and destroying barriers for women
World Oceans Day: the impact of offshore oil and gas on the oceans
The Rosebank oil and gas field located 130 km from the Shetland archipelago could affect 16 British Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): the World Oceans Day
What does the Rana Plaza disaster mean for the fashion industry after ten years?
The biggest disaster that happened in the fashion world and caused by the sick logic of the system, how the industry evolved
Climate change and infectious diseases – understating how the arthropod vectors work
Climate change and arthropod vectors - new research shows that climate change is causing the diffusion of the arthropod vectors in higher elevations and latitudes
The Japan Meteorological Agency: how is arctic warming linked to East Asia?
The Japan Meteorological Agency: the city of Mohe close to the Russian border, recorded its lowest temperature, minus 53 degrees Celsius, on January 2023
A reportage by Gió Sbriz in Estonia: here Russia is closer than ever
Photographer-reporter Gió Sbriz catapults us into a little-known reality: far from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, on the border between Russia and Eastern Estonia
Magic mushrooms implied in microdosing practice: Madison Margolin
After Adderall: increasing productivity through psychedelic substances in daily intakes, Madison Margolin's report
Trashion Report – Clothing waste from Europe is harming people and nature in Kenya
Trashion, the stealth export of waste plastic clothes to Kenya – Wealthy countries' fashion addiction is impacting the Global South through the used clothes trade
«Is it acceptable to kill animals for fashion?» – SLAY documentary
Produced and directed by Rebecca Cappelli, the documentary across the globe delves into the different steps in the critical production of leather and its use in the fashion system
