It was inspiring to read about the launch of Waitrose’s trial in Oxford offering consumers a range of products free of packaging. Their system isn’t revolutionary – smaller supermarkets have been doing the same thing for quite some time, as have many committed people. But it’s the first time that a major supermarket has made a big move away from the packaging-dependent model that has dominated major supermarkets for years.
The aircraft industry has to cut greenhouse gases but air travel is growing, so what’s the answer?
Twelve years on from when they first launched the Want Les Essentiels brand, designers and curators Byron and Dexter Peart have debuted a new home and lifestyle e-commerce platform that puts good design and sustainability at its forefront. Named Goodee…
Edible Ooho seaweed drinks capsules were handed out to runners at the London Marathon yesterday, offering an alternative to plastic water bottles.
Do you have an old smartphone lying around? Repurpose it! There are a number of ways you can reuse that old mobile device.
A garden doesn't have to be a place of formality. Instead, let it go wild and save time, money and resources while improving the sustainability of your space.
NB Studio creates a new identity for sustainable children's clothing brand, Petit Pli.
How a victory for community goodwill, lottery money and visionary design ended in outrage
Serving over 40 million customers every month, grocery giant ALDI announced an ambitious plan to offer 100 percent sustainable packaging by 2025.
Farm.One is an urban hydroponic farm that utilizes technology to grow extremely, rare edible plants.
We love the convenience and feature-rich nature of the apps and products big corporations can offer you, but we’re also proponents of personal autonomy and control over your online experience. However, it’s one thing to just turn your back on the big corporations; it’s another to do so mindfully and ethically.
This company in Spain lets customers design and handcraft sunglasses made from 100% recycled plastic that would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Retail has had three phases, according to Katelijn Quartier, who heads the Retail Design Laboratory at Hasselt University in Belgium. ‘In Retail 1.0, the manufacturer was in charge and no designer was needed. Retail 2.0 was a phase where the retailer was in charge but hired an architect or interior architect to design the store following the brand’s or retailer’s ideas,’ she wrote in Retail Design, Theoretical Perspectives (Routledge). We have entered ‘Retail 3.0, a time when the customer is more and more in charge… This asks for much more from a designer than to translate a retailer’s identity into a store design and goes beyond mere functionality and efficiency – even more so now that a commodification of products, brands and retail is occurring’.
The study's authors want doctors to be able to reliably prescribe a “nature pill” for your mental health.
exploring ways in which everyone can make furniture designer jisun kim has used fabric net and expanding foam to create a collection of unique pieces.
A company that views packaging as part of the product had 957 million store visits and $38.8 billion Euro retail sales in 2018, so they must be…
Cove has launched a new single-use plastic alternative that is 100% biodegradable through composting or in the landfill, soil or ocean. Learn more here.
the north face has teamed up with british designer christopher raeburn for a collection of eco-friendly accessories made from recycling a pre-used TNF tent.
Ikea’s innovation lab debuts SolarVille, a blockchain-powered solar microgrid, which points toward the furniture giant’s sustainability ambitions.
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