News from the Earth

The circular economy is a simple thing. It means respecting raw materials and what we have around us, giving value to people’s work and the objects we buy. It means applying our brains to using what we have more intelligently. 

The textile industry is responsible for around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, consuming more energy than air and maritime transportation combined. What matters most is that consumers change their consumption habits.

The Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) analysis found that human activities including logging and land-use changes—often for farming—have destroyed...

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The aim is to raise public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy diet and lifestyle, reduce food waste and food losses, improving food production by making it more sustainable through innovation and technology in line with UN development objectives.

The Covid-19 pandemic has encouraged smart working as a preferred mode of work, where possible, to contain infections by limiting the harmful effec...

The reorganization of our lives and work made us think about possible improvements in the interior spaces of the furniture more than in the interior spaces of the house.

Sadly, it’s almost impossible to avoid plastic when shopping for groceries. Almost everything comes wrapped in it, and most of this packaging is unnecessary.

We can change that. Take the reusable container challenge and join the movement that is already transforming the way we shop for groceries! This could be the new normal!

Analyses indicate that homes and water treatment stations release microfibres that end up polluting the Arctic. There’s plastic all over our lives.

If you own the seeds you own the food system. Access to open-pollinated seeds is the cornerstone of food citizenship because it creates non-market access to growing.

Many car manufacturers are saying goodbye to leather and are switching to natural, vegetable-derived or synthetic materials. From tweed to eco-leather, the new frontier of car upholstery is recycling and sustainability.

According to a survey by The Economist, Sustainability ranks second among the strategic goals of the global fashion industry, preceded only by increasing customer satisfaction. 60% of the top fashion, retail and textile executives surveyed believe the green turn is crucial to the survival of their business.