A Sea of Opportunity
The context was symbolic, the island of Malta rightfully sitting in the middle of the Mediterrean basin, between the Southernmost European countries and Northern Africa. An ideal communication stepp...
Ocean SOS
Five days of talks to reach shared initiatives and commitments to stop the decline of the oceans, preserving them from threats and the serious environmental state they are in. This is, in short, the...
Circular Agriculture
edited by Institut de l’économie circulaire, Parigi www.institut-economie-circulaire.fr 21st century agricultural and agri-food systems are facing unprecedent...
Organic'Vall�e: A Local, Circular Agri-Business
edited by Institut de l’économie circulaire, Paris www.institut-economie-circulaire.fr Organic’Vallée was officially created as a cooperative of ...
Infrastructure: The Missing Link to Close the Loop on Textiles
A systemic transition is necessary for the textile industry to reclaim the human, economic, and environmental value lost in today’s linear system. Brands, retailers, innovators, and government...
Quality Second-Hand Goods
To innovate in order to achieve even higher performing products, without added costs for clients and enhancing the environmental value of the finished product. With such objectives, Viscolube &ndash...
Fair Smartphones
Can we build a smartphone that is made to last, without having to choose between quality and production-chain ethics? There is no doubt in the Dutch Fairphone offices: the answer is yes. For a numbe...
The Advent of Offsite Construction
There is a new and visionary way to conceive buildings bubbling up in Europe. Enough with costly and complex construction sites, managed with 20th century modalities and knowledge. The construction ...
Of This House Nothing Will Go to Waste
Building and refurbishing buildings through a closed-loop marketplace based on surplus and reusable materials, this is the idea behind Enviromate. Created by Reiss Salustro-Pilson and Nigel Van Wass...
The Case of Eco-Tiles
At first glance it seems like any terrazzo tile but it actually is a mix of cement and building waste: shingle fragments, broken bricks, ceramic shards. So far EcoTiles – that is the name of t...
The Links of a New Economy for Italy and Europe
Where is it that the circular economy knits together with the ethical economy? To casual observers – those interpreting recovery and recycling of materials exclusively taking into account only...
400 Million Pounds in 4 Years from Biotechnology
– from our partners – Industrial Biotechnology (IB) is the process of using natural resources to create new chemicals and ingredients; taking micro-organisms and enzymes to...
World Efficiency Supports the Low-Carbon and Resource-Efficient Economy
– from our partners – This year, World Efficiency Solutions is taking on a whole new dimension, offering professionals from all countries and sectors involved in combating ...
Children Will Invent a Green Future
Gunter Pauli, an entrepreneur, economist, ecologist, Blue economy inventor and one of the promoters of the Kyoto Protocol, is very critical of COP21 in Paris: he has solutions devised over...
The Man Who Rethinks Buildings
Victor Olgyay ©BompanEmanuele Boulder, Colorado. Mountains half-surround this small city at the feet of the Rocky Mountains. Not far away shine the higher peaks, ...
45 and Still Going Strong
It is a “common” symbol, a recognized iconic object that is part of our pre-ecological imagery. By the way, for graphic designers such symbol is defined as “trademark&rdq...
Leading Big in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Systems View
Researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Center call it the “Great Acceleration”. It’s a surge that has been observed since the 1950s in the data of population, exploitation of reso...
What is the Real Cost of Palm Oil Production?
It is used for everything and it is found everywhere: detergents, cosmetics, soaps, biscuits, snacks, ready-made meals, Nutella, ice creams. We are talking about palm oil, one of the world’s m...
The Complete Package?
On 2nd December 2015, the European Commission presented its new circular economy package containing a communication on the circular economy, together with a list of measures, and four legislative pr...
How to Shape The Next Level of The European Bio-Based Economy?
What Does the Concept of Bio-Based Economy Promise? The idea of creating a Bio-based Economy is exciting for the material sector: It promises to introduce new chemicals, building-blocks and polymer...