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Fluff Stuff creates regenerative textiles from plant fibres

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Fluff Stuff creates regenerative textiles from plant fibres

Consciously farmed, plant-based textile innovations could become viable alternatives for the fashion industry, helping to reduce carbon footpri...
Fashion : Sustainability : Regenerative
The RUEI-01 shoe embeds ‘unmanufacture’ information

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The RUEI-01 shoe embeds ‘unmanufacture’ information

Product Design student Maxwell Ashford is challenging current systems around recycling with his robotically recyclable shoe.
Technology : Sustainability : Fashion
Pandora’s pledge for a recycled jewellery future

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Pandora’s pledge for a recycled jewellery future

Jewellery brand Pandora is pledging to use only recycled silver and gold to make its future jewellery collections.
Retail : Jewellery Products : Sustainability
Google reveals climate change impact on heritage sites

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Google reveals climate change impact on heritage sites

Google’s latest tool sheds light on the impact of climate change on five of the world’s most precious cultural sites.
Travel : Hospitality : Technology
McDonald’s coffee waste becomes Ford car parts

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McDonald’s coffee waste becomes Ford car parts

Fusing shared eco-values, the companies are using this unlikely material for vehicle components.
Food : Drink : Sustainability
Silo elevates the zero-waste restaurant

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Silo elevates the zero-waste restaurant

Doug McMaster is upcycling his Brighton restaurant by taking over a warehouse in Hackney Wick.
Sustainability : Design : Food
Patagonia makes unwearable clothing wearable again

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Patagonia makes unwearable clothing wearable again

ReCrafted is a new fashion line made from garments that would otherwise have gone to landfill.
Fashion : Sustainability : Patagonia
Paris inters its first eco-friendly cemetery

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Paris inters its first eco-friendly cemetery

The Ivry-sur-Seine green burial area will use wooden grave markers in the place of tombstones.
Society : Sustainability : Death
This fashion label has carbon-negative ambitions

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This fashion label has carbon-negative ambitions

Working across New Zealand, Spain, Italy and the UK, Sheep Inc. is a new premium fashion brand striving to be carbon-negative.
Fashion : Sustainability : Carbon-negative
This T-shirt will biodegrade in 12 weeks

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This T-shirt will biodegrade in 12 weeks

Technical apparel brand Vollebak has created a biodegradable t-shirt made entirely from plants and algae.
Fashion : Sustainability : Circular Fashion
Buffy launches breathable and biodegradable bedding

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Buffy launches breathable and biodegradable bedding

The bedding brand has released a duvet made entirely from eucalyptus fibres.
Retail : Material : Sustainability
This bus station generates its own energy

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This bus station generates its own energy

A new public transport hub in the Dutch city uses 250m² of solar panels to produce its own energy.
Mobility : Sustainability : Public Transport
The Shellworks turns seafood waste into bioplastic

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The Shellworks turns seafood waste into bioplastic

Four designers have developed new manufacturing processes to transform seafood waste into biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic.
Food : Sustainability : Material
Food packaging gets a new life as street furniture

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Food packaging gets a new life as street furniture

Print Your City is inviting residents to recycle their plastic waste into 3D-printed furniture for their neighbourhoods.
Design : Sustainability : Print Your City
Kickstarter is encouraging creators to think green

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Kickstarter is encouraging creators to think green

Global – The funding platform has launched an information hub called the Environmental Resources Center to help users create more environmentally f...
Sustainability : Product Design : Manufacturing
Unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

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Unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

A team of researchers at the University of New South Wales have found a way to repurpose cheap garments into durable building materials.
Fashion : Sustainability : Construction
Imagining the sustainable future of port cities

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Imagining the sustainable future of port cities

Wärtsilä has announced An Oceanic Awakening, an initiative that wants to transform the world’s marine and energy industry into a sustainable ecosys...
Sustainability : Infrastructure : Future Cities
A public expedition to space and storing data under water

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A public expedition to space and storing data under water

Axiom offers travellers a luxury experience to space, Hugo Boss’s new shoe collection is made from pineapple leather, Microsoft sinks data centre t...
Travel : Fashion : Technology
Pioneering sustainable underwear and a space for healing

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Pioneering sustainable underwear and a space for healing

Organic Basics makes sustainable garments accessible, HealHaus’ quiet space considers wellbeing, iQiyi opens a cinema that hosts on-demand entertai...
Fashion : Wellness : Technology
Fashion Futures 2017: Strategies for change

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Fashion Futures 2017: Strategies for change

From collaborating with innovators outside the industry to addressing the growing digital skills gap, innovative fashion brands are driving real ch...
Fashion : Digital : Sustainability
Will our future cities be pollution free?

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Will our future cities be pollution free?

The technology needed to create carbon-neutral cities already exists, but its implementation requires political willpower.
Technology : Architecture : Design
Volvo announces its move to electric

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Volvo announces its move to electric

Global – All of the car manufacturer’s vehicles will be fully electric or hybrid from 2019.
Auto : Sustainability : Technology
Walmart announces its new designer melon

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Walmart announces its new designer melon

US – The cantaloupe has been created to taste as sweet and fruitful in winter as it does in the summer.
Food : Retail : Drinks
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