News & Features

The Perennial in San Francisco is founded on sustainable principles that inform everything from its farming methods to its design.

University of Maryland scientists prove that a leaf can store energy just like a battery.

CIRDA is holding a hackathon to brainstorm ways to help African countries improve weather information products, communicating in clear language not statistics.

Alfredo Brillembourg has designed and built the Empower Shack, an innovative, urban design solution to the housing crisis in South Africa’s townships.

Starved for space, Japan’s best solar options lie on the water.

Shalton Mothwa is prototyping Aeon Power, a laptop bag capable of harnessing ambient telecoms signals and converting them into electrical energy.

Kites moored to the ocean floor could harvest energy from ocean currents.

World-renowned chef Elena Arzak is a pioneer in the food world and a visionary in the world of Basque gastronomy.

Jihyun Ryou is transferring traditional methods of food preservation through her storage design.

Francis Kokoroko’s photo essay takes a fictional and futuristic look at the socio-political climate in Ghana.