The vertical forest concept popularized in Milan is brought to Nanjing, China

A breath of fresh air: First ambitious Vertical Forest project is raising in Nanjing. Not only will the sustainable urbanization project be the first in China, but in all of Asia. A total amount of 1100 trees from 23 local species and 2500 cascading plants and shrubs will cover a 6.000 sqm area of the … Read more

The City of Essen is officially the European Green Capital

The City of Essen, which is the only European city to have been awarded the titles Capital of Culture (2010) and European Green Capital, is entering into a green decade in 2017. The City of Essen is officially the European Green Capital. The Lord Mayor of Essen Thomas Kufen launched the title year. The award … Read more

Winners of the 2017 Green Car Awards announced at 2017 Washington Auto Show

For a decade now, Green Car Journal has been presenting its Green Car Awards at the Washington Auto Show to recognize environmental achievement in the auto industry.  Winners of the 2017 Green Car Awards in Washington DC illustrate just how far the automotive market has advanced in recent years. The desire for more efficient and … Read more

This spectacular design for a green Forest City mimics the forest’s ecosystem

Forest City – a futuristic smart green city for Malaysia. Forest City is a new 20 square kilometre green smart city in southern Malaysia. Imagined by Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA), the masterplan, a proposed city for 700,000 people, will function like a forest’s ecosystem, reusing all its resources. Located on reclaimed land between Malaysia … Read more

Kenzo is going surfing in the Arctic Ocean

Kenzo closed Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Fall-Winter 2017 looks for both sexes. Kenzo Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon imagined a Fall-Winter 2017 collection “for people who experience as raw an environment as it gets and hope for it to continue forever.” In reaction to climate change, the KENZO team explores an utopic metaphor: … Read more

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts