Category: Green
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BMW Guggenheim Lab Opens in Berlin
Your city may be the future of all cities The BMW Guggenheim Lab opens today in Berlin, the second stop on the project’s six-year global tour. Offering free programs from June 15 to July 29, 2012, the BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin is a temporary public space and online forum encouraging open dialogue about issues related…
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Rio+20 Earth summit: walkout at ‘green economy’ talks
Negotiators from developing countries insist wealthy nations must help fund their move to sustainable development
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Rio+20 turning eco-fashion in fashion
Rio+20 – changing the world through fashion? As a follow-up to the world’s largest summit on sustainable fashion, Copenhagen Fashion Summit, which was held in Copenhagen last month, the Danish Fashion Institute will be running an official event during the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in cooperation with the Danish Ministry of…
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2012 Summer Olympics – the greenest Games in history
Green Olympics in 2012 Sustainable Development in the Olympics: Report from Jones Lang LaSalle The 2012 Summer Olympics in London this July will be the greenest Games in history, expanding on the legacy of sustainable development that has expanded in past Olympics. London partnered with World Wildlife Fund and BioRegional to create “One Planet Olympics,”…
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Top 10 sustainable textile trends of the year
Top ten sustainable textile trends, with the potential to influence eco thinking of the future highlighted by WGSN Materials team: 1. Compress fibres to produce new eco materials 2. Luxury unwaste redefines recycling 3. Changing the functions of food 4. Reclaiming discarded items into new products 5. Reinterpreting domestic processes 6. The versatility of cork…
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The Trail Rider 4WD electric skateboard
The dream of a the all terrain electric skateboard became reality. The Trail Rider 4WD is a modern day skateboard powered by four 850W electric motors, which can accelerate from 0 – 45 km/h in just 1.6 seconds. The Trail Rider 4WD Electric Skateboard uses a unique rocking-motion to input throttle and braking actions, making it ergonomic…