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Plastic pollution is a major climate threat and now there's a unique solution. The World Design Organization named Trashpresso, designed by Miniwiz, a World Design Impact Prize Winner for 2021. It is the world’s first mobile...

On the tiny Danish island of Bornholm, Hotel Green Solution House (GSH) will raise its eco-friendly charms with a new climate-positive wing designed by Copenhagen-based firm 3XN and its green think-tank, GXN...

At the heart of East Austin, an old and uninviting warehouse has been transformed into a creative office building fittingly dubbed UPCycle after its site-sensitive design approach that includes the reuse of the entire building...

April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. While every day is the perfect day to honor Mother Earth, Earth Day is an opportunity to implement a new sustainable practice, create something beautiful or protect limited...

When she's not slinging brews behind a Bushwick bar, designer Lorelei Christensen is scouring some of New York City's darkest corners looking for debris that she can transform into shiny little pieces of eco-jewelry...

Eco-fashion has come leaps and bounds in recent decades, but one environmental clothing organization has spent years addressing the global textile waste crisis through an annual fashion event showcasing emerging eco-friendly...

If you’re focused on sustainability and/or zero waste, you probably cringe every time you return home from the grocery store and pull out bag after bag of fruits and vegetables, each tucked inside plastic bags conveniently...

Wardrobe upcycling is nothing new. After all, when you think about it, clothing is made from cloth. Lots of other things are made from cloth. So when your clothes have served their functional purpose as attire, why not use...

Single-use water bottles have become a target for environmentalists concerned about the amount of petroleum required for each bottle and the massive amounts of waste generated from their short lives...

When it came to expanding his practice after years of working from home, Canadian architect Randy Bens knew that he didn't want to venture too far away...

Fall is a great time to bust out new decorations, but you don’t have to break the bank to make your house stand out. Making DIY fall decor is a great way to save money and help the environment at the same time. From floating...

Plastic is part of so many products in our day-to-day lives, from obvious ones like plastic bags to ones you may not often think about, like your plastic credit card...

Innova is a student's take on a turntable-speaker system made from entirely upcycled and biodegradable materials. Holly Jensen, a student of Victoria University of Wellington, had a particular interest in both unusual and...

Creating beauty out of waste is something we can all admire, and Jinja is one company that does it very well. Handcrafted in Portugal, Jinja's line of beautifully handcrafted homewares are woven from 100% recycled textile...

Turning something discarded into something useful and beautiful is one of the most rewarding facets of design. We're delighted to see that more emerging designers are integrating upcycling into their work, proving that new...