Biomimicry & Mobility 2025. Solutions inspired by natural creatures

  The Los Angeles Auto Show (LA Auto Show) announced that nine concepts were submitted by world-renowned auto design studios for this year’s Design Challenge, themed “Biomimicry & Mobility 2025 – Nature’s Answer to Human Challenges.” Each competitor’s mobility solution or system has been designed with nature’s inspiration while increasing function and addressing a variety … Read more

Electric car sales at record high in UK, figures show

New registrations under the government’s £5,000 grant scheme were at 1,149, the highest number since it started in 2011

World’s stock exchanges fail to hold companies to account on sustainability

New study shows worrying levels of basic sustainability reporting from listed companies. Regulators and stock exchanges should take action, writes Jo Confino

Everything is connected: Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS14

Vivienne Westwood SS14: Chime for change. ‘She danced, and was obliged to go on dancing through the dark night. The shoes bore her away over thorns and stumps till she was all torn and bleeding; she danced away over the heath to a lonely little house. Here, she knew, lived the executioner; and she tapped … Read more

Hamburg’s answer to climate change

The German city is planning a green network that will cover 40% of the city area, contributing to resilience and allowing biking, swimming and nature watching in the city

€10,000 Pitt-Jolie wine for sustainable farming

Cask of Pitt-Jolie French wine went for €10,000. A barrel of organic wine produced by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s French estate was by far the top seller of the second edition of white organic wines auction in Correns (south of France), where the Hollywood couple have their chateau and summer residence. The barrel has … Read more