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Inspiring People

China’s first Vertical Forest by Italian architect Stefan Boeri welcomes residents

Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex is the first of its kind to open in China, and the architect believes these…

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Good Stuff

Could This Dutch ‘Earthship’ eco-village be the future of sustainable living?

The builders of the Aardwijk in Olst have shown that living together with nature is very feasible.

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Better Society

Building ‘tiny homes’ gives French homeless people practical skills and a place to live

In Brittany, homeless people can volunteer to build a mini-house they hope to occupy when it’s complete.

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Sustainable Planet

This Dutch ‘Greenhouse’ project is more than just an eco-home, it’s a lifestyle

In the heart of the Dutch countryside, ‘GREENHOUSE’ embodies the classic look of a wooden barn and the typical framework of Dutch…

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Inspiring People

Colombian company makes affordable housing from… coffee?

Bogotá-based construction company Woodpecker WPC has perfected a process to turn coffee bean husks into low cost construction materials.

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Sustainable Planet

Bee bricks become mandatory for new buildings in British beach resort

A new planning law introduced in the seaside city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England, calls for…

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Sustainable Planet

THE POWER OF MOSS: BIO-RECEPTIVE CONCRETE CAN HELP CITIES BREATHE AGAIN

Respyre is a ‘Bioreceptive’ concrete that can transform dull grey façades into green and living expanses, increasing local biodiversity and providing…

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Sustainable Planet

LEGO® reveals their first brick made from recycled plastic

The LEGO Group has unveiled a prototype LEGO® brick made from recycled PET bottles, the latest step in a journey to…

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Sustainable Planet

New Dutch Vertical Forest is literally the greenest social housing project around

Trudo Toren—a stunning vertical forest in Eindhoven—promotes biodiversity, fights climate change and provides what must be the coolest-looking affordable housing in…

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Sustainable Planet

This architect transforms old clothes into bricks

French Architect Clarisse Merlet’s innovative approach to preventing waste, FabBRICK recycles textile waste into ecological and aesthetic bricks.

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China’s first Vertical Forest by Italian architect Stefan Boeri welcomes residents

Could This Dutch ‘Earthship’ eco-village be the future of sustainable living?

Building ‘tiny homes’ gives French homeless people practical skills and a place to live

This Dutch ‘Greenhouse’ project is more than just an eco-home, it’s a lifestyle

Colombian company makes affordable housing from… coffee?

Bee bricks become mandatory for new buildings in British beach resort

THE POWER OF MOSS: BIO-RECEPTIVE CONCRETE CAN HELP CITIES BREATHE AGAIN

LEGO® reveals their first brick made from recycled plastic

New Dutch Vertical Forest is literally the greenest social housing project around

This architect transforms old clothes into bricks

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