Art and Design Peru's first "pandemic proof" school is embracing outdoor learning Lima’s newest learning environment will be situated around a river and built with recycled wood.
Ideas Are ocean plastic credit cards the future of green spending? A new credit card made of recycled plastic uses an app to tell you how your spending habits damage the environment.
Art and Design These are the 11 most beautiful solar farms in the world Featuring solar mountains, floating farms, and a guest appearance from Mickey Mouse.
Ideas This amazing invention offers hope to millions without clean water The design just needs sunshine and seawater to produce clean drinking water.
Ideas Plans for the first sustainable city on Mars unveiled The vertical city has homes, offices and green spaces and construction is due to start in 2054.
Ideas Ultraviolet ‘dancing lights’ are enhancing plant growth in fields Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is merging art and tech to help crops grow faster and more sustainably.
Fashion Algae is on the rise as the fabric of the future A young London designer has created a dress which produces almost no waste.
Ideas The 6 most in-demand jobs for a greener future How careers in sustainability could play a massive role in the COVID-19 economic recovery.
Art and Design Are designers to blame for the waste crisis in the creative industry? Overproduction and overconsumption are intrinsic to the design industry, from fashion to consumer goods.
Art and Design This library is paving the way to lower carbon architecture The design of the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library is based on a 2,000-year-old building technique.
Ideas World’s ‘most sustainable’ glass bottle has just been invented One manufacturer in Northern Ireland is using biofuels to minimise carbon emissions in the glass-making process.
Art and Design This floating 'continent' is self-sustainable and cleans the ocean The 8th continent is an award-winning piece of architecture designed to be a "living organism".
Ideas Take a look inside the school bus converted into a tiny home A virtual tour of this sustainable home on wheels, kitted out with recycled materials and powered by solar energy.
Ideas This architecture student turned an old school bus into a tiny home Caleb Brackney bought the bus on Facebook and says he "couldn't be happier" with the result.
Outdoor What is the new London Greenground map? One graphic designer is encouraging more people to walk and cycle by creating a map of green spaces in the capital.
Body and Mind Eco-friendly Christmas gifts for kids and people with kids The best sustainable presents for the little ones - and people with little ones - in your life.
Ideas You can turn this pencil into a Christmas Tree 82,000 trees are cut down to produce pencils every year - but now we can reverse the cycle.
Ideas Temperature regulating curtain keeps rooms at 25°C The 'intelligent' curtain design was invented by two students in Berlin and could save you money on heating bills.
Art and Design What can an Aboriginal health centre teach us about eco-architecture? Rammed earth construction techniques date back to the Neolithic era, but the method is growing in popularity again.
Outdoor Recycled roads will be made out of old tyres and building waste 1 billion scrap tyres are produced globally every year. Now researchers are blending them together to make roads.
Outdoor The Lock Inn: Man builds eco-pub in his garden to beat lockdown blues One British man built his own pub out of second-hand materials, so neighbours can enjoy a beer in the sun.
Fashion Designer creates stunning dresses from discarded electrical wires Could this innovative design be the future of sustainable textile development?
Art and Design The key to eco architecture is green space and floods of sunlight As sustainability becomes more mainstream, we consider how architects blend nature with the built environment.
Art and Design Europe's hidden green spaces: from flowering roofs to bus stop gardens Cities are planting unused space with foliage to tackle the challenges of urban living.
Art and Design ‘I decorated a vintage apartment with furniture from the street' Nadine Ahya is dispelling the myth that social media influencers are showered with freebies.
Art and Design A warm serving of Scandinavian sustainability for your fireplace Inspired by an independent grandmother, Eldvarm's founder has combined sustainability with tradition and culture.
Ideas 'Reverse' solar panel technology still works when the sun goes down The special solar cells work the same as their daytime counterparts but in reverse.
Fashion The 60 best sustainable clothing brands to wean you off fast fashion Your shopping guide to the best European sustainable fashion brands.
Fashion Statement jewellery crafted from recycled raw cotton Caralarga is creating high-quality jewellery from a material that would otherwise be waste.
Ideas This 23-year-old is on a mission to make theatre carbon neutral Meet Alice Boyd, the eco-minded theatre maker bringing sustainability to the stage.
