Using discarded shipping containers have become a popular choice among environmentally conscious architects and designers |  Source: Inhabitat

The World’s Most Sustainable Restaurants and Cafes

As entrepreneurs look for new ways to stand out in the highly competitive food services industry, more and more restaurants are adopting eco-friendly business models. By adapting more environmentally sustainable »
by on 22nd Feb 12
6 separate panels for the jacket made from DPOL process. Source: Siddhartha Upadhyaya, August Fashions

Technology of Fashion

This article marks the seventh in Urban Times’ EcoFashion Series. We hope to shed some light on the eco fashion industry by exploring elements such as the sustainability, culture, ecology, psychology, labour and future of fashion. Our authors explore to what extent »
by on 20th Feb 12
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Water and the Demand Problem

According to Rob McGinnis, by the year 2030 there will 40% less fresh water in the world than the world’s growing population will need. I remember in junior high school doing a project on water scarcity and learning that by the middle of the century peak water »
by on 16th Feb 12
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Sov Nou Zako – Save Our Monkeys

The paradise island of Mauritius attracts thousands of tourists each year to its idyllic beaches and lush tropical rainforest. However, many visitors and residents of the island may be shocked to learn that Mauritius is »
by on 16th Feb 12
Ship stranded in Aral Sea. Sourced by Wikimedia Commons.

5 Bodies of Water at Risk of Drying Out

The Colorado River The Colorado river is undoubtedly one of the most important rivers in Earth’s geological history, for it created the majestic and awe-inspiring Grand Canyon, producing one of the greatest »
by on 14th Feb 12
The True Green Car. Source: diego3336 on flickr.com

Hacking into the Green Economy

In 1992, at the very first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), better known as simply the Earth Summit, United States President George H.W. Bush, infamously, forcefully declared that “The American way of life is not negotiable.” It was »
by on 12th Feb 12
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Dump The ‘Big Six’: Bye Bye Cooling Towers

From the energy company with a difference, Ecotricity, comes a video urging the UK energy companies to depart from traditional energy production and move toward cleaner forms of power (wind, solar, wave and green gas). »
by on 10th Feb 12
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Pipe-up and be heard: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline

Unless you’ve been recently living under a rock, you’re likely well aware of the exploitation of the tar sands in western Canada. What you may not understand »
by on 9th Feb 12
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