Doubling up: Office buildings as urban farms
A conference table with tomato plants growing on it and broccoli sprouts in the reception area are apparently just part of everyday life for workers in the office buildings at Pasona, based in Tokyo, Japan. Kono Designs, a New York based firm, has taken urban farming to a new level by creating a space that allows, and […]
When the city meets the circular economy
During the last 200 years, cities have been attracting a growing amount of people, financial and political power, becoming hubs of innovation and creativity. The global urban population has grown rapidly, rising from 34% of the world’s people in 1964, to 54% today and predictions expect the figure to reach 75% by 2050. Such fast growth puts enormous […]
New report outlines vision for circular Amsterdam
A new report produced by Circle Economy, TNO and Fabric has taken a deep dive into the circular economy opportunities for the city of Amsterdam, finding potential economic value creation of €85 million per year, over 700 additional jobs and significant CO2 reductions. Licensed under CC – credit Flickr user: Benito La Malfa Commissioned by […]
Self-Driving Truck Convoy Completes Journey Across Europe
A fleet of self-driving trucks has completed a cross-continent journey in an experiment known as the European Truck Platooning, where self-driving vehicles from a six different companies, including Volvo, Daimler and Scania, set off from various locations in the Eastern part of Europe, arriving in the Dutch port of Massvlakte. For each of the convoys, […]
Podcast: Michael Pawlyn – Ecosystems as a unifying model for cities and Industry
The circular economy is inspired by living systems and one of the schools of thoughts that explores this model is Biomimicry. In this episode Michael Pawlyn explains why ecosystem thinking is key to a regenerative circular economy. Michael Pawlyn is director of the architecture practice Exploration and author of Biomimicry in Architecture This podcast series presented by Colin Webster […]
Circulate on Fridays: 8 videos that explain circular economy and more…
Every Friday, Circulate rounds up a collection of interesting circular economy related stories and articles. This Friday, we highlight 8 videos that explain the circular economy, what smart cities can learn from businesses, H&M’s circular economy ambitions for fibres and looking at the future of autonomous vehicles in cities. This week, the World Economic Forum Agenda […]
Why the Terrorist Attacks in Paris May Signal the Importance of the Circular Economy
On Nov. 13, callous brutality detonated an otherwise joyful evening for citizens and visitors to Paris. Whether dining at a restaurant, enjoying a concert or cheering on the national soccer team, no one attacked in Paris could have imagined atrocities occurring in their daily routines. Ironically, things we take for granted, accept as the norm and have failed […]
UK reversing and undoing climate change policies, say doctors and nurses
Alliance of health professionals BMA, eight Royal Colleges, the BMJ and The Lancet warn UK is bucking positive trend of global action on climate change The UK is reversing its policies on climate change “without offering credible alternatives”, according to an alliance of Britain’s doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Writing in the British Medical […]
Organisers of cancelled Paris climate march urge global show of support
People around the world should protest ‘on behalf of those who can’t’, say organisers of climate march forbidden in light of Paris terror attacks A march expected to attract 200,000 people onto the streets of Paris ahead of crunch UN climate change talks was forbidden by the French government on Wednesday in light of last […]
The birdie dance: fancy footwork of courting birds revealed
To woo potential mates, the blue-capped cordon bleu performs a high-speed tap dance too fast for the human eye to see, new research has found Humans buy flowers. Capuchins throw stones. Giant tortoises bellow. But the blue-capped cordon bleu, a small finch found in Africa, really knows how to win over a mate. The three-inch-high […]