Zero-carbon towns: science fiction or urban future?
Architecture student Damien Assini proposes masterplan for a carbon-free urban landscape
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Help Amsterdam fight bicycle congestion
FlickBikes, one parked according to the rules, the other notNew free floating rental bikes confront the city with parking problems
WORKSHOP DE ARQUITETURA FLUTUANTE COM FOCO NAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
Workshop de 8 dias na floresta brasileira pretende gerar ideias para o WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Floating Architecture Workshop to focus on climate action
8 day workshop in the Brazilian rainforest aims to generate ideas for WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Impact grants for two social design start-ups
Young designers with their concept made during a DesignathonLand Life Company and Designathon Works receive funding from Expo 2020 Dubai
‘Climate change is at the centre of an information war’
In his new film Al Gore warns for the influence of big money on public opinion about climate change
‘The sun is shining, let’s use its abundance’
An interview with energy innovator and founder of Kamangir, Arash Aazami
Climate change might lead to power cuts
Research by Leiden University shows that droughts may cause shortage of cooling water for power plants
EAU is a radical new concept for a luxury yacht
Tjep. nominated for the International Yacht & Aviation Awards with 100 percent electric yacht
Liuzhou Forest City will be entirely covered by trees
Construction has begun in southern China of the world’s first tree-clad city designed by Stefano Boeri
‘What we need is positive science fiction’
An interview with digital entrepreneur and sustainability expert Francesco Cara
Plastic waste can be much prettier
|The Pretty Plastic Plant is a factory which transforms your household scrap into beautiful building materials
‘Carbon farming can play a role in reversing the climate crisis’
Carbon farming helps capturing carbon dioxide from the air in the soil
Banana paper, laser tree e vertical university
Primeiras entradas para o WDCD Climate Action Challenge visíveis na plataforma do Challenge.
Banana paper, a laser tree and a vertical university
Vertical University: Imagine a university where farmers are professors
Cocoon: A nurturing pot for baby trees
|The low-cost solution that's helping turn sandy expanses green
‘It is the community that is here, not only me’
First museum solo exhibition in the Netherlands by South African photographer and LGBT-activist Zanele Muholi
No chicken died for this nugget
Memphis Meats presents the world's first lab-grown piece of chicken
Bowl Shaped Roofs Collect Rainwater in Iran
|Tehran-based architecture studio unveil proposal for a roof system which harvests water
‘Carbon law’: half emissions every decade
Mission 2020 aims at bending the greenhouse-gas emissions curve downwards by 2020.
18-hour Ideathon for Climate Action in Singapore
IKEA Singapore’s Young Designer Awards 2017 kicks off with Ideathon led by WDCD Climate Action Challenge leader Dagan Cohen
Waterless loo improves lives in Madagascar
Loowatt toilet with biodegradable film system|Loowatt's digester in use in Madagascar’s capital AntananarivoLoowatt provides Madagascans with both sanitation and energy and could be an alternative in the West too
The search is on for a better, braver food future
The first Future Food Design Award to be presented during Dutch Design Week
Traveling Ark wins Post-Fossil City Contest
The rules of the Ark's journey for participating citiesThe Ark of the Newest Covenant by BreukersGoderie will present Ten Sustainable Commandments to cities