Starbucks ditches plastic straws for the environment
Coffee drinkers around the world can soon sip their daily latte in peace, knowing it is getting better for the...
This British café is serving to-go coffee in ceramic mugs to combat waste
A coffee shop northeast of London wants to serve its customers coffee in a mug from your home. La Tour Cycle Café...
Net-zero Sawmill House is 100% self sufficient in California’s high desert
Building a comfortable self-sufficient dwelling is no easy task, especially when in a harsh climate. But when Seattle-based...
Old fisherman’s shack is reimagined as a dreamy eco retreat
Eco-conscious couple Jamie and Ingrid Kwong have breathed new life into an old fisherman’s shack by transforming...
8 tiny homes built tough for off-grid living
Many people mistake tiny homes for delicate structures that provide a minimal amount of space for simple living....
‘House of Trash’ proves how waste can transform into beautiful home design
Taipei-based engineering firm Miniwiz is already known as a pioneer in technology for the circular economy, but...
A 1940s home gets a modern update with reclaimed materials
Australian studio Porter Architects has sensitively restored and updated a 1940s dwelling in Lake Wendouree, Australia...
UNStudio designs cocoon-like pavilion made of 100% recyclable materials
If you’ve ever dreamed of cocooning yourself in nature, this woven prefabricated pavilion may be right up your...
Zero Waste Bistro offers four days of sustainable food and design in NYC
Sustainability is on the menu at Zero Waste Bistro, a pop-up dining experience and installation that’s exploring...
German company converts old shipping containers into gorgeous living spaces
Building with shipping containers may be a growing trend, but converting these steel boxes into livable spaces...
Ecobricks transform plastic trash into reusable building blocks
People are getting creative with plastic waste around the world, and now Ecobricks wants to utilize plastic for...
Hundred-year-old worker’s cottage transformed into a light-filled eco home
When Altereco Design was approached to overhaul a hundred-year-old worker’s cottage in Melbourne, the clients...
11 inspiring designs we loved at Milan Design Week 2018
Designers awed and inspired attendees at this year's Milan Design Week with fresh takes on contemporary design....
The Science Place is Australia’s first new LEED Gold educational building
The Science Place at James Cook University recently became Australia’s first educational building to achieve...
Giant glowing bottle walls light up Singapore for “plastic binge” awareness
Design collective Luzinterruptus worked their artistic magic last month with an illuminated plastic bottle installation...
Apple’s new recycling robot can disassemble 200 iPhones in a single hour
Just in time for Earth Day, Apple has unveiled a new recycling robot — and it can disassemble 200 iPhones in...
Norwegian-inspired timber cabins unveiled for a landscape hotel in France
Visitors to Breitenbach will soon have the chance to stay one of several tiny timber cabins scattered across the...
Light-filled family home embraces a British Islands’ native landscape
When DLM Architects was asked to create an energy-efficient and sustainable family home in St Peter Port of Guernsey,...
Stunning ash staircase ties together an eco-conscious home in Mexico City
Located on a brownfield, the Cuernavaca House balances sustainability and beauty—so much so that the project...
The modern, light-filled MILU house sports a wildflower green roof
When the owners happened upon an early 20th-century house in Ghent, Belgium, the garden space and location sold...
Whimsical park built of recycled materials pops up in Shanghai
Shanghai’s hip Anfu Road recently sprouted a whimsical urban intervention that shows how one man’s trash create...
This tiny timber cabin was built from construction waste for under $30K
Transportable, versatile, and low-cost, this tiny timber cabin shows how the crafty use of local and recycled materials...
Temporary lantern-like housing for refugees could slot beneath bridges
Design studio 1week1project has proposed a creative way to tackle the ongoing refugee crisis in Paris, where thousands...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs BREEAM-seeking brewery renovation in Riga
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has beaten the likes of Henning Larsen and Zaha Hadid Architects in a competition...
Media lab built from recycled shipping containers pops up in half a day
Four recycled shipping containers have found a new lease on life as Bard College’s new media lab in upstate New...
Check out this Amsterdam house created with trash and items from eBay
Garbage doesn't need to simply be garbage; it can be used to build new things. At least, that's what Frank Alsema...
Plastic-fishing group in Amsterdam turns trash into contemporary furniture
If we remove plastic from the world's waterways, what happens to it next? Amsterdam-based Plastic Whale - the "first...
Steve Areen’s incredible DIY wagon home built with mostly recycled materials
Steve Areen is one of those people who turns everything into gold. And by gold, I mean magic. I mean soul. We saw...
Incredible net-zero floating home cleans the water around it
What if a home could improve the environment around it? That’s the question architect Michelle Lanker of Lanker...
redhouse studio is making a giant machine that recycles entire buildings
Did you know that buildings are responsible for 39 percent of the United States' carbon emissions? Architect Chris...