Sixteen global sustainability leaders seeking transformational change

It’s easy to beat ourselves up for not doing enough to speed up sustainability, but it’s important to celebrate courage and commitment

The design can make positive change in the world: 2013 SPARK Award for Innovative Net-Zero Work

The design can make positive change in the world, believes SPARK, a community of designers and creative people, bound together by desire to initiate positive design-led change by highlighting the best new ideas and solutions. The SPARK competition pays tribute to work that breaks new ground by improving the quality of life while conserving Earth’s … Read more

How the other half fly (to New York)

No tiresome queues, soggy sandwiches … what is it like to part of the A-list? Eva Wiseman reports from a luxury flight to New York (via Shannon)

Norway world’s most prosperous country for the fifth year in a row

Norway has kept its 1st place on the overall Prosperity Index from 2009 to 2013. A unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world.   Norway has been ranked the world’s most prosperous country for the fifth year in a row by the Legatum Prosperity Index, followed by Switzerland, and Canada. The … Read more

Kisses sweeter than wine

THE “DELIGHT” OF BEING TOGETHER: Marcello Maloberti for Zegna Foundation’s ‘All’Aperto public art program. Italian artist Marcello Maloberti is the artist featured in the 5th edition of the Project All’Aperto curated by Andrea Zegna and Barbara Casavecchia from Zegna Foundation. To breathe new life into the terraces of Centro Zegna, a space now in disuse … Read more

Best sights and experiences to see by private jet

Top destinations to visit in a private jet or helicopter. You can travel almost anywhere on private jets – they get you to the closest possible airport to your final destination, and in the cases where that’s not quite close enough, a helicopter will certainly oblige, say the experts from London-based aviation specialists LuxuryJets. Their … Read more