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Office

French offices receive a green update with Benetti MOSS walls

Sometimes, the best ideas are inspired in the most unlikely of ways. That was certainly the case for the new green walls in Mustela's offices. A water-cooler chat at the French offices of Mustela, a company specializing in products for babies, sparked an idea that fanned into a new and versatile office design...
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Climate Change

London floods spark worry over climate change preparedness

On Sunday, the residents of London were caught up in flash floods following a heavy downpour, reigniting conversations about climate change preparedness. Experts have previously warned that the world's largest cities are at the risk of facing devastating climate change consequences, which they are not prepared...
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Climate Change

Heartbreaking video shows salmon suffering through heatwave

A video captured by nonprofit group Columbia Riverkeeper shows the horrifying effects of the Pacific Northwest heat wave on sockeye salmon. Just short of a salmon snuff film, the video shows listless fish dotted with white fungal patches and red lesions as they struggle to survive an epically hot...
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Shoes

XpreSole Panto waterproof boots are made from coffee grounds

Footwear is a major source of post-consumer waste. With around 7.8 billion people in the world, many of whom own multiple pairs of shoes, landfills are full of discarded, petroleum-based footwear. Another daily-use product, coffee, also contributes to environmental waste to the tune of around 25 billion kilograms...
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Businesses

A redesign helps an Enel power plant transition away from coal

In a competition to create designs to update power plants in Italy, Frigerio Design Group takes the win with its forward-thinking and innovative approach. The Andrea Palladio power plant in Fusina (Venice) needs a facelift. More specifically, it needs a conversion away from fossil fuel dependence. In...
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Hotels

An adaptive reuse project in Rome features modular meeting rooms

A design collaboration between Masina Studio in Rome and London-based THDP studio, the DoubleTree by Hilton Rome Monti will connect two buildings into one property using adaptive reuse techniques. Only the structures and facades have been preserved, with internal partitions constructed to create a contemporary...
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A data map showing which countries are most vulnerable to climate change's effects. A data map showing which countries are most vulnerable to climate change's effects.
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Climate Change

The 10 countries most and least threatened by climate change

A new study published in PLOS ONE has identified countries most at risk of "climate change-related harm" and those in a good position to deal with climate change's effects. The study scientifically demonstrates the correlation between toxic pollution that can directly damage human health and non-toxic...

A new study published in PLOS ONE has identified countries most at risk of "climate change-related harm" and those in a good position...
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Climate Change

New Mexico's families of color already feeling climate change's effects

In hot, dry New Mexico, climate change is already playing out. And it’s hitting people of color especially hard, say climate change experts. In Albuquerque, New Mexico’s biggest city, the International District, where many families of color live, is a heat sink. Too much concrete and not enough...

In hot, dry New Mexico, climate change is already playing out. And it’s hitting people of color especially hard, say climate change experts. In...
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Homes

New Oakville North additions put pedestrians first

Most master-planned communities take into account things like location to central services and inclusion of a gym, but North Oak at Oakvillage, a multiphase condominium development in Oakville, Canada, builds housing units while incorporating sustainable building practices, too.  Oakvillage is a...

Most master-planned communities take into account things like location to central services and inclusion of a gym, but North Oak at Oakvillage,...
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Schools

Cranbrook School teaches environmental stewardship

Education comes in all forms — books, videos, audio recordings and interactive, hands-on, learning like that taking place at Cranbrook School in the Wolgan Valley, located about three hours north of Sydney, Australia. Students on this campus share experiences uncommon to mainstream education, mainly in the way...

Education comes in all forms — books, videos, audio recordings and interactive, hands-on, learning like that taking place at Cranbrook School...
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Clothing

Ecologyst is a truly transparent fashion brand

Ecologyst has created a truly transparent clothing company where the retail, factory and warehouse spaces are all in the same location. The large new Ecologyst facility in Victoria, British Columbia recently opened to the public. Here, the shoppers and the people making the clothing are only separated by a few...

Ecologyst has created a truly transparent clothing company where the retail, factory and warehouse spaces are all in the same location. The large...
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Politics

Great Barrier Reef won't be listed as an endangered site just yet

The Great Barrier Reef will not be listed as a world heritage site in danger after consideration by the World Heritage Committee. A proposal made by scientists at UNESCO earlier this year called on the committee to list the barrier reef as an endangered site, following degradation caused by climate change and...

The Great Barrier Reef will not be listed as a world heritage site in danger after consideration by the World Heritage Committee. A proposal...