In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed – leaving Cuba under US sanctions and without any oil: Special Period – Wikipedia But out of desperation sprang action and hope: When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990,

Tonight’s episode of Inside Culture on BBC Two talked to a comedian/scientist, a spoken word performer and an internationally renowned artist, amongst others: Can Art Save the Planet? Shahidha Bari teams up with artists, poets,

Here’s a fascinating look at “a new material world and a new level of sustainability in architecture, from the ArchDaily: Bioengineered materials, which grow, produce energy, self-heal, are the next frontier in biology and material

It’s become quite the trend for architects today to be thinking ‘beyond architecture’ “Young architects can change the world by not building buildings.” – Virgil Abloh… ArchDaily’s Monthly Topic: Architecture Without Buildings And here’s one

SolarPunk is actually not about ‘innovation’ as such – but, rather, about using current technologies to better effect. So, how about building with paper tubes? The idea’s been around for some time: Cardboard: From Industrial

Art has the power to shape our attitudes, so perhaps it’s time – as Nigerian poet Ben Okri said recently – for artists of all kinds to “dedicate our lives to nothing short of re-dreaming society”. Solarpunk:

“For more than 30 years, Belgian architect Luc Schuiten has taken a visionary approach to rethinking cities, in a biomimetic fashion. In his lush and fantastical renderings of what he calls “vegetal cities,” urban centers are transformed

Today, the IPCC released its latest report – that “the window of opportunity to save the planet is rapidly closing”: UN issues gravest report yet on impacts of climate change | Daily Mail Online One

Interesting innovation from Exeter University: Scientists want to transform the walls of buildings into vast resources of renewable power generation and storage. Are smart solar bricks, super-capacitor bricks and microbial fuel cells really the future

3-d is everywhere… For example, craft-making is turning more and more to the digital world: The maker culture in general supports open-source hardware. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker culture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3-D printing,