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Notpla is on a mission to make packaging disappear by providing a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging using seaweed and plants.

Eight Pacific countries created a revolutionary system that brings in $500m a year and prevents the overfishing that blights other regions

japan-based architecture firm micelle ltd. has completed a dwelling for a couple and their three children in gumna, japan.

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Une pénurie mondiale d'électricité menace alors que les difficultés d'approvisionnement augmentent et que les pays doivent relever le défi de la transition énergétique. Pour faire face, certains optent pour un retour du nucléaire.

Plastics play important roles in modern life and currently the development of plastic recycling is highly demanding and challenging. To relieve this dilemma, one option is to develop new sustainable bioplastics that are compatible with the environment over the whole material life cycle. We report a sustainable bioplastic made from natural DNA and biomass-derived ionomers, termed as DNA plastics. The sustainability involves all aspects of the production, use, and end-of-life options of DNA plastics: (1) the raw materials are derived from biorenewable resources; (2) the water-processable strategy is environmentally friendly, not involving high-energy consumption, the use of organic solvents, and the production of byproducts; (3) recyclable and nondestructive use is achieved to significantly prolong the service lifetime of the plastics; and (4) the disposal of waste plastics follows two green routes including the recycling of waste plastics and enzyme-triggered controllable degradation under mild conditions. Besides, DNA plastics can be “aqua-welded” to form arbitrary designed products such as a plastic cup. This work provides a solution to transform biobased hydrogel to bioplastic and demonstrates the closed-loop recycling of DNA plastics, which will advance the development of sustainable materials.

La feuille de route de la coalition entre sociaux-démocrates, écologistes et libéraux prévoit que la sortie du charbon devra intervenir « idéalement » en 2030.

L’Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (Ademe) présente des scénarios énergétiques pour 2050 allant d’une option misant fortement sur la sobriété à une autre pariant sur les innovations.

Shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed for the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

This organic food-processing plant in China's Hebei Province has been designed Arch Studio as a series of individual buildings set around courtyards.

located by the australian coastline in burleigh heads, 'norfolk' is the latest mixed-use residential project by koichi takada architects.

At the intersection of utopia and pragmatism Kéré Architecture designs and builds contemporary architecture that feeds the imagination with an afro-futurist vision.

https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/2242-julia-watson Design by Radical Indigenism Julia Watson is a leading expert in the field of nature-based technologies for the built environment and climate-resilient design. Organized by the M.S. Advanced Architectural Design program as part its Techno-Critical Assemblies lecture series.

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. In her global exploration of Indigenous design systems, architect Julia Watson researches enduring innovations that could help us counter the challenges of climate change. From floating villages to living root bridges that strengthen over time, Watson introduces us to some of these resilient solutions -- and shows how they can teach us to design with nature, instead of against it. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a Media Request here: http://media-requests.TED.com Follow TED on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/TED

N-ARK combines salt-tolerant technology with sea-adapted architecture to tackle the issues of sea-level rise and salt damage.

“In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom.”

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is overhauling a quarry in Kentucky into a campus built from mass timber, for a local whiskey distillery. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect has been chosen to transform the 420-acre (170-hectare) Cedar Creek Quarry in Kentucky's Bardstown into a campus dedicated to the production of bourbon. Across a landscaped setting, called Kentucky Owl Park, Ban will design rickhouses for ageing the spirit, a bottling centre, and a distillery. Ban's designs are intended to mimic 19th-century steel structures typically used in the industry, but will swap the metal for mass timber. The concept follows on from the architect's previous experiments with wood construction – which include his first building in Switzerland – with the aim is to create a more sustainable design that blends with natural landscape. "This is an opportunity for us to challenge ourselves like never before," said Shigeru Ban managing partner Dean Maltz in a statement. "These plans serve as our first Kentucky distillery and incorporate unique highlights and nods to the industry and its history, while prioritising light and a connection to nature – features the architectural world has come to expect from our firm." Buildings will be arranged around the existing quarry pits, which will be turned into huge lakes filled with limestone-filtered water for to use in its whiskey production. Among these structures are three wooden pyramids, where the Kentucky Owl Bourbon distillery will be located. Read more on Dezeen: https://www.dezeen.com/?p=1288263 WATCH NEXT: Foster + Partners proposes 305-metre tall tourist viewing tower for London - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqi2GGtWN3o Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the latest architecture and design movies: http://bit.ly/1tcULvh Like Dezeen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dezeen/ Follow Dezeen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dezeen/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dezeen/ Check out our Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/dezeen/

"Everybody deserves beauty." explains acclaimed architect Francis Kéré. In an exclusive interview inside his practice to coincide with the release of our title 'Beyond The West,' we discuss a growing global movement, visions of sustainability, and what Afro-Futurism means. Find out more via https://gestalten.com/products/beyond-the-west

Cop26 pledge cautiously welcomed as ‘first step’ in making indigenous rights central to climate crisis talks

once a former supermarket, the odsherred theatre - with its bold dark accents - is designed as a modern performance space for social interaction.

all photos courtesy ume yamazoe Nestled in a small mountain hamlet of Nara prefecture is a grand townhouse once owned by a former village chief. A sloping path leads up to the home where it looks over Oku-yamato and all of the small town's secluded, untouched beauty. Easily over 100 years old, th

Lei is an entirely self-sufficient aroma diffuser, powered only by the heat and gentle flame of a small candle. The generated power from the flame turns the propeller, which creates a light breeze that permeates your space with aromas from essential oils. Lei means "zero" in Japanese and

プラスチックを使わない、紙と金属でできた世界初の「紙カミソリ®」。使い切りだから清潔・快適で、性別を選ばないシンプルなデザイン。刃物メーカー貝印がつくった、紙という新たな選択肢です。

Single use plastics are one of our most critical environmental issues. And you don't have to travel far to find them. Practically every hotel room is stocked with a plastic razor, ready to be used once and thrown away. Japanese company KAI Industries is solving for this with their latest creation:

A skinny home in an alley, a low-rise brick Passivhaus and a converted stone barn are among the varied projects on this year's longlist for the RIBA House of the Year Award.

At its core, and despite its appropriation, Solarpunk imagines a radically different societal and economic structure.

Each item will have an estimate of its carbon footprint, so visitors can make ‘climate-friendly choices’