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- New York, fashion and clichés 19/02/2013
- Blog: Thorsten Schmidt: a sustainable chef 05/02/2013
- Nordic cuisine: nature and seasons 05/02/2013
- Sun-powered boat to research Gulf Stream 22/01/2013
- Blog: PlanetSolar, where the sun blows 22/01/2013
- The chef’s recipe 05/02/2013
- Going green: eco-friendly weddings all the trend 08/01/2013
- Blog: the bride is in green 08/01/2013
- Vitoria-Gasteiz is Spain’s green pioneer 18/12/2012
- Blog: the green attitude of the Basque capital 18/12/2012
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Total energy independence in the Alps
French engineer and inventor Fabrice André is whizzing up the Alpine road to his refuge on his latest invention: a tricycle that…
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Blog: Amps in the Alps
When it comes to my story from Sarenne, there is a before and an after. Little did I know just how much my one visit there would…
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Green piste: protecting the skiing environment
As the ski-season gets underway, the burning issues combine a passion for the mountains, economics interests and the…
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Eco-design: Sustainability with style
It is a love affair between idea, form and environment. It is eco-design. A concept that has evolved over the years and today…
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Top of the crops in NYC’s rooftop farms
“There is now a new educated movement that believes in doing it themselves. Of removing themselves from as many systems as…
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Fashion: if green was the new black?
In fashion black is a classic. But green is becoming more and more trendy. At the London College of Fashion, science and…
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E-recycling: when electronic gadgets die
Condensers, capacitors and cables – just some of the electronic components that are thrown away each year as 21st century…
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Electric cars that buy and sell their own power
Getting the most out of power consumption. That’s the idea behind the Edison Project: programming the recharging of…
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Muni Seva – a Green-Tech Indian Ashram
Those who think that Indian Ashrams are mainly isolated religious schools, do not know Muni Seva, in the village of Goraj, in…
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Morocco cleans up one of its oldest industries
Tanning is an ancient art in Morocco, but it pollutes the environment heavily. Chouara is part of this tradition. It is one of…
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Safe as houses: building with straw
A house made out of straw. It’s perhaps a surprising concept but this type of ecological construction is going through…
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Everything’s gone green at Glastonbury
Every year more than 170,000 people flock to the world renowned Glastonbury Music Festival. In spite of its green ethos, it…
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Protecting tourist paradises
Every year huge numbers of loggerhead sea turtles mistake the waste thrown into the sea by man for food. They eat it and…
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Stockholm: Europe’s Greenest Capital
In Stockholm they are passionate about the environment. There is a long tradition of ambitious environmental efforts there…
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China: a step into the green
The University of Nottingham in Ningbo is one of the most advanced centres in China for research and teaching of sustainable…
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Terra Viva: a future for the past
Weathering the effects of salt erosion. Historical buildings are constantly exposed to a fast changing environment. Where once…
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British wine wins prizes
The sene almost looks like France or even Italy – vineyards rolling almost as far as the eye can see – but in fact…
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Farmers in India convert to organic cotton
Cotton is one of the most polluting industries in the world. India is the second largest producer after Turkey. Although…
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Shanghai World Expo “better city, better life”
Shanghai’s World Expo under the banner of “better city, better life” showcases the latest green technology…