Skai – the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft

    Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based Alakai Technologies is transforming the way the world moves through hydrogen-powered mobility. According to Alakai, hydrogen is the best energy source for air mobility. Co-designed by Designworks, the design innovation studio of BMW Group, Alakai’s Skai is a radically simple air mobility system designed to go from A to Anywhere. It … Read more

The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: ‘a place where we never go outside’

Las Vegas is the fastest warming city in the United States. The city’s poorest residents are most at risk in the heat

‘It’s scary’: wildlife selfies harming animals, experts warn

Concern in New Zealand that trend of taking photographs with penguins and other creatures is having impact on feeding, breeding and birth rates

Can fashion keep its cool … and help save the planet?

The catwalk world of glamour and luxury hides a business that thrives on wasteful consumerism. Now the climate crisis is forcing a rethink

Luxury yachting is not immune to the environmental crisis: Green boats at the 2019 Cannes Yachting Festival

        Respect for the planet, preservation of the seas and oceans and concern to leave a smaller ecological footprint are now essential challenges for the yachting industries. While the transition may be slow, there is a real trend to create increasingly cleaner boats based on the model used for land vehicles, with … Read more

‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?

You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, Oliver Franklin-Wallis reports on a global waste crisis