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Global – Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena will direct this year’s Venice Biennale, exploring architecture that has risen to the challenge of...

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Social good bazaar

New York – A co-working environment for social enterprises offers business support as well as desk space.

Impact Bazaar : Co-working : New York

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Sweet saviour

US – Ben & Jerry’s has created a new flavour of ice cream to raise awareness of climate change.

Ben & Jerry's : Brandstanding : Climate Change

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Designing objects from animal bone waste

Tackling the issue of animal waste in the meat industry, designer Souhaïb Ghanmi is repurposing surplus bones into home and electronics goods.

Design : Sustainability : Technology

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Italbugs is looking to make silkworm waste edible

Italy – The company wants to repurpose waste silk from the fashion sector in order to create a high-protein flour.

Food : Fashion : Wellness

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Sustainab-ale

US – The food division of outdoor clothing company Patagonia has crafted its first sustainable beer.

Whole-systems Thinking : Long Root Ale : Patagonia Provisions

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Make a change

Global – Discovery Channel has launched a new initiative helping people to make small but important decisions to combat the adverse effects of cons...

Discovery Channel : Racing Extinction : #StartWith1Thing

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Ready to recycle

Los Angeles – Womenswear brand Reformation is making it easier than ever for its customers to recycle their unwanted garments.

Reformation : Community Recycling : RefRecycling

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Boundless energy

Chicago – Solar Paper is a beautifully designed portable solar charger that turns any surface into a power source.

Solar Paper : Yolk : Sungun Chang

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Flatpack greenhouse

Sweden – Ikea is releasing its own hydroponics kit that enables urban families to grow their own vegetables at home.

Ikea : Hydroponics : Future Family

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The health impacts of air pollution

The British Lung Foundation’s Harriet Edwards discusses how London’s air quality issues are affecting consumers.

Sustainability : Health And Wellness : Workplace Futures

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Urban decay

Seattle – A new service proposes to make burial more eco-friendly.

Urban Death Project : Katrina Spade : Seattle

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1.618 Sustainable Luxury 2015 Review

The 1.618 Sustainable Luxury conference set out to challenge and prompt new conversations about sustainability as a worldwide catalyst f...

Luxury : Sustainability : 1.618 Sustainable Luxury Conference

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Growing up

Milan Expo 2015 – Farming takes to the skies as science and agriculture combine at Israel’s pavilion

Milan Expo 2015 : Israel : Architecture

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The DTC toothbrush brand making dental care accessible

Quip is rolling out two dental insurance plans to address the shortcomings of traditional healthcare.

Health : Wellness : Technology

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A new banking tool helps consumers to shop ethically

US – The app is part of the Aspiration Impact Measurement programme, which ranks brands according to their ethical credentials.

Finance : Banking : Sustainability

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MIT Media Lab programmes bacteria to respond to sweat

US – The lab is using genetically modified bacteria to design running shoes that glow as the wearer perspires.

Design : Retail : Technology

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Water world

London – Selfridges is targeting single-use water bottles in its latest campaign for Project Ocean.

Selfridges : Project Ocean : Water Bar

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Is an electric car future sustainable?

Why we will have to rethink energy if we want to power an electric car revolution.

Automotive : Sustainability : Technology

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Clare Brass : Systemic Design

Royal College of Art’s Clare Brass talks systemic design.

Claire Brass : Sustainable Systems : Systemic Design

Micro Trends

The XXX Factor

Sex is back in fashion, but this time it’s about getting the metrics, irony and humour bang on.

Diesel : Vivienne Westwood : JW Anderson

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LDF Network Evening 2016

London – During LS:N Global’s Network Evening on 22 September the focus was on changing the lexicon around sustainability and exploring a future in...

LS:N Global Event : The Post-Resource Economy : Ma-tt-er

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The Conscious Lounge

London – Visitors to H&M’s flagship store were recently invited on a journey through the retailer’s closed-loop supply chain.

H&M : Conscious Lounge : Production Cycle

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Precious resources

Milan – Exhibition Next Habitat explored the untapped potential of everyday materials.

Master Of Interior Architecture & Retail Design : Piet Zwart Institute : Current Alchemy

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Is the blockchain the crucial link in luxury goods transparency?

Why the technology is the vital next step towards reassuring luxury consumers concerned about provenance.

Luxury : Transparency : Tehcnology

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