Sustainable design

Tokyo is a city ripe with nature, but temperatures are rising as a result of climate change

‘No sport can escape’: Tackling climate change at the Tokyo Olympics

The bed made-up, with the innovative cardboard frame (pictured inset).

Tokyo 2020 Olympic beds: Suitable for both sex and saving the planet

The innovation comes from the word-famous architectural firm founded by Zaha Hadid

How this floating 'continent' could clean our oceans

Old wind turbines are being turned into bridges in Ireland

Old wind turbines are being reborn as bridges in Ireland

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The homegrown hive that could save Ireland’s bees

Shilda winery in Kakheti, Georgia

5 stunning examples of green architecture around the world

It could only be a matter of time until your Apple Watches are powered efficiently by sweat

Is sweat the new form of renewable energy we’ve all been waiting for?

Is this the world's first biodegradable and compostable plastic?

Is this the world's first biodegradable and compostable plastic?

29/04/2021

Flip flops made of plastic

Waste on the Brazilian coastline is being turned into flip flops

25/04/2021

The school will be centered around a campus-wide natural river

Peru's first 'pandemic proof' school is embracing outdoor learning

19/04/2021

Ocean plastic credit cards may be the future of green spending

Are ocean plastic credit cards the future of green spending?

16/04/2021

The Nevada desert is home to some of the world's most expansive solar projects

These are the 11 most beautiful solar farms in the world

15/04/2021

Henry Glogau showing his design to locals in Chile

This amazing invention offers hope to millions without clean water

09/04/2021

Nüva city located at Tempe Mensa, Mars

Plans for the first sustainable city on Mars unveiled

19/03/2021

Light recipes help plants to grow in the Netherlands

Ultraviolet ‘dancing lights’ are enhancing plant growth in fields

09/03/2021

3D model wearing a dress made from algae designed by Scarlett Yang.

Algae is on the rise as the fabric of the future

05/03/2021

Alternative energy sources are paving the way for hundreds of thousands of new green jobs

The 6 most in-demand jobs for a greener future

04/03/2021

London Fashion Week 2020

Are designers to blame for the waste crisis in the creative industry?

01/03/2021

Visual handout showing design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This library is paving the way to lower carbon architecture

07/02/2021

Glass has been criticised for the amount of energy needed to create it.

World’s ‘most sustainable’ glass bottle has just been invented

05/02/2021

Inside Caleb Brackney's school bus converted into a tiny house

Take a look inside the school bus converted into a tiny home

04/02/2021

London Greenground map

What is the new London Greenground map?

27/01/2021

The best environmentally conscious presents to buy for parents and children.

Eco-friendly Christmas gifts for kids and people with kids

04/12/2020

Pencil in a pot

You can turn this pencil into a Christmas Tree

22/11/2020

The fabric regulates room temperatures.

Temperature regulating curtain keeps rooms at 25°C

15/11/2020

This Aboriginal healthcare centre has been constructed using rammed earth techniques.

What can an Aboriginal health centre teach us about eco-architecture?

08/08/2020

Recycled roads could be the future of tarmac

Recycled roads will be made out of old tyres and building waste

03/08/2020

Eco pub in Devon, made of second-hand and recycled materials during lockdown

The Lock Inn: Man builds eco-pub in his garden to beat lockdown blues

01/07/2020

Alexandra Sipa from Central Saint Martins

Designer creates stunning dresses from discarded electrical wires

18/06/2020

The key to eco architecture is green space and floods of sunlight

The key to eco architecture is green space and floods of sunlight

08/05/2020