Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Moving beyond recycling to preventing garbage itself as the next generation of social and civic responsibility, Seattle Public Utilities is launching an initiative called Wasteless in Seattle. With the long-term goal of “zero waste,” the city hopes to drastically reduce…
WWF and SustainAbility, an independent think-tank, have recently released a new report revealing the strength of links between corporate responsibility practices and government lobbying and public policy activities of major global corporations. The report, Influencing Power, ranks the world’s top…
India’s approach seems quite similar to that of the West — lay out some semi-official ground rules, then encourage (but not require) builders to meet them. China’s approach, conversely, seems to be more revolutionary than evolutionary — build sustainable cities…
The BBC News website reporters attending the TEDGlobal (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford sum up their impressions as the gathering ends. Read full story
Rambling in the countryside has never been so popular, but a conference this weekend, hosted by the Living Streets charity, will examine how taking a daily stroll down the High Street can breathe new life into towns. Read full story
Internationally renowned designer, sustainability architect and author of Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough, argued at the TEDGlobal (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford, UK, that we can only think of our future cities if we think about what our…
The thirteenth issue of Illywords, Illy’s cultural magazine, is devoted to ethics and responsibility. You can request a free copy of this issue, which is entitled “conscious project”, by sending Illy an email.
Robert Congel, a commercial real-estate developer who lives in upstate New York, has a plan to ”change the world.” Convinced that it will ”produce more benefit for humanity than any one thing that private enterprise has ever done,” he is…
Global warming could mean hard times ahead for the Mediterranean, including its all important tourism industry, according to a report commissioned by WWF. Read full story
The ‘One Planet Living’ concept is aimed at building flagship sustainable communities around the world, including one in London’s Thames Gateway. The community is intended to be built within easy reach of the capital and will be the first zero-carbon,…
It helps to be persistently joyful and joyfully persistent. Read full review
NextBillion.net brings together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers, and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. Their goal is to identify and discuss sustainable business models that address the needs…
A technology conference takes cues from nature. Read full story
The Dalai Lama and a host of Nobel prize winners have joined actor Richard Gere for a conference aimed at righting the wrongs of modern humanity. Read full story
Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. Unsettling transformations are sweeping across the planet, and clue by clue, investigators around the world are assembling a new picture of Earth, discovering ways that seemingly disparate events…
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Architect William McDonough has witnessed China’s rapid modernisation and sees hope for sustainable development. He is working to bring his cradle-to-cradle protocol to China, where old buildings are being demolished as quickly as new ones are constructed. Read full story
Corporate social responsibility as the tribute that capitalism pays to virtue. Read full story
Over the last few months I have been working at an overhaul of the WWF Freshwater site. It was more of a content and editing job than a technical challenge and I am very pleased with the result. Go to…
Over the last few months I have been working at an overhaul of the WWF Climate Change site. It was more of a content and editing job than a technical challenge and I am very pleased with the result. Go…