Gucci and adidas streetwear collab touts biobased materials

In Italy and Germany, luxury fashion house Gucci and sneaker giant adidas have partnered to create a colorful streetwear line that emphasizes sustainable components.  Dubbed...

Designer turns chippy waste into ceramics

In Margate, UK, designer Carly Breame has converted the leftover fish bones, potato peels and oyster shells from one of the seaside town’s local...

Cardboard pregnancy test targets greener gestation 

In the United Kingdom, an entrepreneur has launched a 99% paper pregnancy test that can be recycled with the rest of your cardboard boxes...

Designers consider a future where homes are grown, not built

In Israel, a group of designers have created an exhibit showcasing structures made by 3D-printing soil and seeds.  Dubbed “To Grow a Building” and presented...

Rhode Island designer makes instruments from mushrooms and eggshells

In Rhode Island, luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz used the pandemic lockdowns to create a line of instruments using alternative biobased materials, such as eggshells, mushrooms,...

Cardboard tents could address music festival waste

In the United Kingdom, teen inventor Lily-Mai Spinks has won an award for coming up with a simple solution to music festival waste: biodegradable...

Bucolic boo-boos inspire biobased band aids

In New Zealand, WoolAid has introduced natural bandages made of merino wool. The company claims the material is better for healing because it is...

Wool urn offers “comforting symbolism” before biodegrading

In Sweden, architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has created a biodegradable cremation urn made from wool and vegetable-tanned leather.  Dubbed Ocke, the urn...

Isiah Thomas trades hoop dreams for hemp

In Colombia, former NBA star Isiah Thomas is leading a full-court press against fossil-based plastics as CEO of One World Products, a licensed hemp...

Corona repurposes barley waste for packaging in India

In India, Ab InBev’s popular Corona beer brand has switched its cardboard six-pack packaging to waste barley straw.  The new material is as durable as...

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Pennsylvania teen reels in accolades for biobased fishing lures

In Pennsylvania, Ethan Albright, a Hempfield High teen and fishing enthusiast, has won third place at the recent International Science and Engineering Fair with...

Lulu Harrison wins design award for glass made of River Thames waste

In the UK, London's Design Museum has awarded designer Lulu Harrison the Ralph Saltzman Prize for glass objects made from waste shells, wood and...

London’s Sheep Inc. introduces 100% renewable swim trunks

In London, Sheep Inc. claims it has designed the world’s first swim trunks made entirely of natural materials.  "Simply put: swim shorts until now...