New Luxury is green, sustainable and eco. Follow us and the latest news and trends about green and eco-luxury.
Solar Impulse experimental solar-powered plane has taken off from Madrid en route to Morocco in a bid to complete its first transcontinental flight. Gibraltar Crossing and Madrid – Rabat flight is a historical moment for the Solar Impulse and for solar aviation. The mission is as a final dress rehearsal for a round-the-world flight with … Read more
The idea of floating sustainable islands based on solar energy is in the air. The latest Solar Floating Resort (SFR) is signed by the Italian Industrial Designer Michele Puzzolante, a designer passionated about the renewable energy and the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies. Michele Puzzolante imagined a hospitality non-polluting project … Read more
LVMH’s Green Initiative Echoing the “Green Week” European conference held in Brussels this week, LVMH luxury group has announced its own internal Green Week initiative. Speaking on the eve of the opening of 2012 Green Week, The EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said that he was happy to “see that LVMH encourages good environmental practices … Read more
Harvard School of Public Health has honored the acclaimed British chef and food activist Jamie Oliver with the 2012 Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Cup Award for his significant achievements working to end the childhood obesity epidemic. Jamie Oliver’s 2010 and 2011 prime time ABC television series, “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” increased awareness of … Read more
Renewable energy produced by mother nature Renewable energy produced by oceans is harnessed at the first underwater energy park currently tested at the Orkney islands in Scotland. The Spain’s Iberdrola and its affiliate Scottish Power engineers are plunging beneath the ocean’s surface to take advantage of the strong currents. Team member Álvaro Martínez, head of … Read more
The Ritz-Carlton, Powerscourt was awarded with the Green Hospitality Awards on account of the improvements made by the 5 star hotel and the Environmental Action Plan focusing on energy, waste and water management. The Green Hospitality Awards are recognised both nationally and internationally as standards that allow members achieve good environmental performance and allow visitors … Read more