Pikaia Lodge in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador – The eco-friendly luxury lodge on an extinct volcano

Pikaia Lodge in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador – the eco-friendly luxury hotel on the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz. 14-room headquarters for exploring Galapagos’ creatures and the islands’ extraordinary geology. Hidden in a secluded location and nestled on top of an extinct volcano crater, the recently opened Pikaia Lodge is a new carbon-neutral luxury hotel … Read more

Futuristic green skyscrapers to reduce 75% of Paris’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

2050 Paris Smart City by Vincent Callebaut Architectures. “2050 Paris Smart City” is a research and development project for Paris City Hall carried out by Vincent Callebaut Architectures. In order to fight against the urban heat-island phenomenon by increasing in the same time the density of the city in the long-term, the study presented 8 … Read more

Green news roundup: mega droughts, geoengineering and straw homes

The week’s top environment news stories and green events. If you’re not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox

Solar Impulse 2. First round-the-world flight powered only by solar energy

Solar Impulse project is the only airplane with unlimited autonomy, powered by solar energy. After the Solar Impulse prototype’s 8 world records, when it became the first solar airplane ever to fly through the night, between two continents, and across the United States, it is time for Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg to move on … Read more

Is wearing fur morally worse than wearing leather?

Both industries have questionable ethics – and even faux alternatives aren’t necessarily green, says Lucy Siegle

Conservationists call for UK to create world’s largest marine reserve

Three proposed reserves in UK waters around the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific, and Ascension Island and South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic, would more than double the size of the world’s existing marine protected areas