Cooking with purpose: HexClad and Food For Soul join forces to fight food waste
The partnership aims to inspire everyday home cooks to view their own kitchens with a more conscious perspective.
15 fine-dining restaurants around the world with plant-based options
With the number of people moving to a lifestyle of eating less meat, cafes, restaurants, fast food joints and even fine-dining restaurants have begun offering plant-based options on their menus.
Italian company Ricehouse produces building materials from rice waste
The rice waste-based houses consume less energy and reduce carbon footprint while heating.
Italian scientists discover way to upcycle gold from discarded sim cards
Finding ways such as this recent discovery is crucial to re-use rare metals in a low-cost, low-energy, and non-toxic way.
7 plastic-free chewing gum brands to try
There’s a lot to chew when it comes to gum. Here’s a fact: three out of four people worldwide don’t realise chewing gum is made from plastic.
Italian textile company creates zero-waste luxury wool from scrap fabric
Some of the label’s top clientele for its luxury wool include H&M, Zara, Mango, Kering, Inditex, and LVMH.
Italian group converts old fishing nets into bags and homewares
Risacca is a circular project that recycles fishing nets mostly from Mazara del Vallo, Italy’s fishing centre, transforming them into ethical fashion and sustainable design products.
Gucci eyewear range extended with eco-collection
Previously, the label’s eyewear range are made from traditional plastic.
Sustainable steps: sneakers that won’t cost the planet
Investing in a pair of good quality shoes and learning to keep them in tip-top shape is the best for the planet (and your wallet).
These biodegradable urns can turn your ashes into a tree
To make death more sustainable, a few companies have sprung up offering tree pod burials.
Italian designer spins fabric from spoiled milk
One shirt takes less than half a gallon of milk to create, and the final product is “enticingly soft” and doesn’t smell like milk at all.
Salvatore Ferragamo unveils new upcycled capsule collection
In this new collection, unsold silk fabrics are repurposed, shoes are recovered at the end of their life cycle, and belts are revived from production leftovers.
These vegan boots are made from apple skin
The boots are Peta-certified vegan, are environmentally friendly, waterproof, retain warmth, and at the same time ensure high breathability.
Smoove and Zoov make electric bike rental flexible for long term to one-off rides
Smoove and Zoov, which joined forces in April, collectively operate in more than 20 cities around the world, including Moscow, Vancouver, Paris and Helsinki.
How Treedom helps make the world greener ‘one tree at a time’
It took nine years to plant the first 1 million trees, and only a year to plant the second million.