Solutions inspiring action: The Ocean Exchange 2014 awards

Ocean Exchange Announced the Ocean Exchange 2014 awards: Water and Energy Technologies to Improve Our Environment. Solutions inspiring action. See what The Ocean Exchange supports and shares to create a cleaner world. This year’s Ocean Exchange winners are solutions to reduce the use of nature’s resources and waste and increase productivity. This year’s $100,000 Gulfstream … Read more

Manish Arora’s Life is Beautiful Cars & Fashion exhibition at Paris Auto Show 2014

Alcantara “Life is Beautiful” by Manish Arora. For the 2014 Paris Auto Show-Le Mondial de l’Automobile, Indian designer Manish Arora created an Alcantara fantasy house that glows in blue light to convey feelings of happiness and beauty. Alcantara’s “Life is Beautiful” one-of-a-kind fashion collection is part of the Cars & Fashion exhibition at Le Mondial … Read more

Sneak peek into the new Laverstoke Mill Bombay Sapphire Distillery

Bombay Sapphire Distillery wins international BREEAM Award for sustainability. The botanical glasshouses designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Heatherwick Studios taking centre stage at Laverstoke Mill Bombay Sapphire Distillery. Bombay Sapphire, the world’s number one premium gin by value, unveiled the unique glasshouses where the 10 botanicals – juniper, lemon peel, grains of paradise, coriander, cubeb berries, … Read more

Top 10 sustainable food apps

There are restaurant guide and calorie counter apps aplenty, but what’s out there for consumers with sustainability in mind?

Fashion meets renewable energy – clothes that charge your smartphone

From fibres that convert sunlight into electrical energy, to uploading your kinetic energy to a green energy bank, the worlds of fashion and technology are merging

• How can technology advance sustainability in fashion? – live online chat on Tuesday 5 August, 1pm BST

Cruise journey for tech-savvy modern travelers

For a more enjoyable cruise journey, cruise travel companies outfitted their ships with several high-tech innovations. The new technologies coming to the Quantum of the Seas, for example, include “Sidewalk to Ship” in 10 Minutes, real-time luggage tracking; the first of 40,000 free windows tablets for crew, exceptional variety and choice – oh, and a … Read more