Category: Green
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Organic cotton: Paul Smith for David Bowie
To celebrate the release of David Bowie‘s much-anticipated and critically lauded new album, The Next Day, English fashion designer Paul Smith, a long-term friend with the iconic singer, launched a special T-shirt. “David Bowie has worn a lot of Paul Smith throughout his career and I was excited and delighted when asked if I would do the…
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Gucci goes sustainable with world’s first “Zero-Deforestation” leather handbags
Gucci for the Green Carpet Challenge bags Gucci, in partnership with Livia Firth’s Green Carpet Challenge, shows how the Italian fashion house can be pro-active on environmental issues, by raising awareness and demonstrating action on the subject of deforestation. The Italian luxury house launches a capsule collection of handbags produced with Rainforest Alliance-certified leather. “Gucci…
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The world’s first electric tilt-rotor aircraft revealed
AgustaWestland unveils “Project Zero” Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator – The world’s first electric tilt-rotor aircraft It is conceived to hover like a helicopter and to perform forward flight like an airplane. It is called Project Zero and it represents the world’s first electric tilt-rotor aircraft. “Project Zero” tilt rotor technology demonstrator, the brainchild of the Anglo-Italian…
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Marine turtles populations on the route to extinction
Saving sea turtles from extinction Turtles have existed for millions of years and were here long before humans.But there is a great chance for them to become extinct as a result of our actions and our lack of care, warn the international marine scientists. Turtle populations in the West Indian Ocean, Northeast Indian Ocean, North…
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Green building products to see substantial gains through 2017
US Demand for Green Building Materials to Reach $86.6 Billion in 2017 A rebound in construction activity will propel growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually, according to Green Building Materials, a new study from The Freedonia Group., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm. In addition to the lift supplied by general construction…
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83rd Geneva Motor Show: 10 % of the cars on display are “green” powered
10 % of the 900 vehicles at 83rd Geneva Motor Show “green” powered Geneva International Motor Show ranks among the “Top 5” international automobile exhibitions in the world. The 83rd edition of the Swiss Show will be officially opened on March 7, 2013 by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr. Ueli Maurer. Some 700,000…