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Okay, giving something selfmade or quality time might be the best Christmas gift for your loved ones. And we know that buying stuff second hand is best for the environment, our purse and the alternative economy we dream of. But nevertheless we might want to buy some new, beautiful things for our dar...

The California-based brand Urban Barrels repurposes old sailboat sails into unique and durable textile products. Their recycling initiative saves beautiful fabrics from collecting dust in attics or worse, ending up in landfills. They are just about to launch their newest product, the Sail Blanket, a...

This year, the world will generate 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage, last year, it wasn't any less, and next year, that number might grow. As our population continues to expand, and we continue to consume more, we have no choice but to move away from products which will outlive us in the landfill, and...

What comes to your mind when you think of coal? Something dirty and smelly that’s bad for the environment and the climate? Yes, that might be true for fossil fuel and especially for brown coal, but there’s a very different sort of coal!
At one of the world’s best restaurants, Noma in Copenhagen, it...

“What would you take to a desert island?” A while ago, we might not even have to go back more than a decade, the answer to this question would’ve been as different as it can be standardized right now: a smartphone.

It is a key element in our daily lives, yet the smartphone’s life cycle is going agai...

Some time ago I discovered a collection of very beautiful glasses, jugs and vases in a shop window. I didn’t need any glasses for myself but had them on my mind for months, and looked forward to the next wedding to which I could bring the perfect gift. And only recently did I discover that those tim...