According to a study co-published in the Environmental Research Letters by the International Water Management Institute, the University of California-Berkeley and Stanford University, 40 percent of the World's cropland is located in or near cities.Around…
Unilever Brazil and advertising agency JWT came together to launch an eco-friendly idea that will motivate people to recycle and be “greener”.To promote their Seda Recarga Natural haircare line, the company presented a recycling depot at Republica subway…
An eco-friendly innovation is coming to Los Angeles. Diesel trucks coming from the port to downtown L.A., bringing in almost 40 percent of U.S.A merchandise, create a lot of pollution.To solve this problem, Siemens and the South Coast Air Quality…
As part of the recent evolutions in the field of urban mobility, the daily commute is not considered anymore as just a wasted period of time. Numerous initiatives try to make it more useful or just more pleasant. Train and subway stations play a central…
The red telephone boxes in London are iconic but their use is decreasing in today’s modern world. With their "solar box concept", London School of Economics graduates Kirsty Kenney and Harold Craston came up with an innovative idea to update the boxes to…
London’s iconic double decker buses will become greener now starting next year.To reduce the carbon emissions in the city Transport for London is launching a program where they will acquire hybrid double-deck buses that can wirelessly charge at the end of…
McDonald's brought to Sweden a creative way to promote sustainability. They collaborated with DDB Stockholm on a campaign to encourage recycling. The central claim is clear: get free burgers in exchange of empty cans.The billboards announcing the campaign…
As sustainable development has become a major global issue, cities around the world are more and more willing to reduce their environmental footprint and show a growing interest towards energy-saving issues. Besides the use of LED lights or solar panels,…
As part of a competition organized by Copenhagen Port and City Development, JAJA Architects imagined a car park concept with a plant-covered facade to hide vehicles.The "Park 'n' Play" project will also include giant external staircases, inspired by Paris…
As part of a competition to remodel the Seoul headquarters building of Korean conglomerate Hanwa, UNStudio unveiled the plan of a project aiming at showing the company's excellence in environmental technologies.The team of architects imagined an…
Since its earliest uses, street lighting has traditionally aimed at protecting pedestrians from potential obstacles or bad encounters. Besides convenience and security purposes, new uses of light in urban environments are emerging, giving birth to…
Just like some other basic human activities, eating is impacted by big cities evolutions and by the growing mobility of urban dwellers. New behaviors are emerging in this area, echoing the development of new services and technologies. These innovations…
As sustainable development has become a major global issue, both public authorities and private companies show a growing interest in recycling issues. In this context, cities are ideal places for sustainable initiatives and awareness campaigns. They can…
Mobility&Trends is experimenting a new approach in this section by focusing on a specific city and highlighting its latest trends and innovations in the fields of mobility and use of public space. And what better city than New York to start with?…
… To promote its new range of LED lights, IKEA partnered with JCDecaux Austria to showcase its product in a billboard in …
Whereas Lima's atmospheric humidity reaches 98%, Peru's capital city faces a dramatic lack of precipitations.The University of Engineering and Technology in Lima teamed with marketing agency Mayo DraftFCB to design a billboard able to capture air moisture…
There might be a treasure in your trash... at least for your neighbors! Amsterdam-based design agency Waarmakers created a transparent garbage bag called the "Goedzak" ("good bag" in Dutch) aiming to contain items that could still be used by others.It can…
BING is a new bike sharing project in Denmark designed by Slaatto. The idea stems from the observation that 400,000 bikes are thrown away annually in this country. BING thus recycles old bicycle frames to form the main structure of the bike while a theft…