After their Garden collection and the precious ten garments made of organic cotton  which are included in the H&M selection every three months, the textile giant has decided to take on the next giant challenge: Waste. Recently, the Swedish fashion company launched a new collH&Mection with garments created out of unsold clothes. It is difficult [...]

Recently, my lovely colleague Catharina at the German enorm blog asked me to participate in a Stöckchenwürf. Not so easily translated, a Stöckchenwurf is kind of a blogging relay race, where a specific subject is passed on from blogger to blogger. Each person writes an entry on the subject within a week, inviting two new [...]

At the beginning of this month, Ford announced its progress in redesigning the new 2011 Ford Explorer into an 85 percent recyclable, sustainable SUV. The new Explorer uses 25 percent recycled fiber in the interior,which is estimated to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent, eliminate 17 percent of waste from the process and cut CO2 emissions [...]

Some people have too many computers – others have none. This was the basis for Oso Martin’s idea to create FreeGeek, an organization in Portland, Oregon which repairs and recycles old computers. The worker’s collective, which relies almost exclusively on self-generated funds, has two goals: providing computers for those in their community who cannot afford [...]