Can hair salons help save the environment?

Hairdressers have often played a key role in spreading information. A new study evaluates whether they could also help raise consumer awareness about the environment

Touch-screen devices played with more often than any other toy, including game consoles. Study

7% of children under 8 own their own tablet. Is a touchscreen a toy? The Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America study. Leading children’s media research firm The Michael Cohen Group (MCG) presented the results of a diverse U.S. survey of parents at the Digital Kids Conference at Toy Fair 2014 in New … Read more

Narciso Rodriguez ♥ Bottletop “sustainable luxury” collection

Rodriguez ♥ Bottletop: Narciso Rodriguez collaboration With Bottletop bags. Bottletop fashion label wants once again to empower women and young people with an exclusive design collaboration, which offers an opportunity to support critical education and empowerment programs for women in Brazil.  Bottletop Foundation was launched in 2002 to support young people in Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, … Read more

Winners of the 2014 Building of the Year Awards. The best architecture of the year

2014 ArchDaily Building Of The Year Awards. Due to their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community, these quality buildings represents the best architecture of the year in archdaily‘s vision, the ultimate source of inspiration for architects. Over four weeks, 60,000 readers reviewed 3,500 projects, selecting 14 stunning winners. Winners vary from up-and-coming architects, … Read more

The 4th edition of 1.618 Sustainable Luxury to reflect time and sustainable development

 What if the future was actually hopeful, optimistic and wonderful, instead of grey, hopeless and dismal as some claim to believe? What if luxury, well-being and creativity were the norm for our future way of life? The 4th edition of 1.618 Sustainable Luxury will illustrate an exemplary approach to sustainability. The 4th Annual 1.618 Sustainable Luxury event … Read more

The Energy Globe World Award goes to Nicaragua

16 sustainable projects from 15 countries in 5 categories made it to the finals of the 2014 Energy Globe Award. With 160 countries participating and more than 1.000 submissions annually the Energy Globe Award is today the world’s most important environmental prize This year, Martha Veronica Rocha from Nicaragua received the 13 kg bronze statue … Read more