Circular Economy

A new study lays out a vision of the future where we get most of our resources from things we’ve already used. The one trick: It requires making things so they’re easy to reuse in the first place. But if we do, we could save billions.

Home Built From Car Parts

Green architect Karl Wanaselja has built a stunning home in Berkeley, California using salvaged car panels for siding and minivan windows for awning and windows. But that's just the beginning of how awesome this house is.

Freitag Store - Great Concept

Their radical shipping container store in Zurich boasts the title of being the tallest in the world! The 26 meter (85 foot) high structure consists of 17 white, yellow, orange, blue, red and green containers that are, of course, reclaimed - just like the materials they use for their popular bags.

New York Fashion Week: Tara St. James Schools Us in Zero-Waste Design

Study NY by Tara St. James, New York Fashion Week Fall 2011. Photo: Emma Grady Next up in our on-site coverage of the best of green couture at New York Fashion Week is 2011 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winner Study NY by Tara St. James, who schools us in zero-waste pa...

Christopher Raeburn - SS11 Dazzle - Video

NEWGEN winner Christopher Raeburn collaborated with graphic designer Regis Tosetti and photographer Sam Scott-Hunter to create a beautiful film that captures the highlights of his spring/summer 2011 collection. Due to be shown at his exhibition during London Fashion Week, it is set to a soundtrack of noises recorded and reworded by toot! at his East End studio.

Score Tickets, a Spot Near Coachella's Stage, for Recycling & Energy Feats

Photos via Global Inheritance The Coachella 2011 music festival sold out in less than a week. Reportedly the fastest sell-out ever. Passes to the Indio, California, fest can still be had, of course. Fake ones are being sold on eBay, even though paper tickets haven't been distributed yet. Global Inheritance, a Los Angeles nonprofit, will be handing out some of the real passes, however, to the winning designers of recycling bins for...

Biodegradable Plastic Venture Hits a Stumbling Block: The Recycling Industry

Image: cornell.edu Danny Clark quit his communications job a few years ago to collaborate with microbiologists and polymer chemists to establish a company, ENSO Bottles, that would make recyclable and biodegradable plastic bottles. But since launching the company in 2008, he has come up against a hurdle in a surprising place: the $400 billion recycling industry....