Innovation Archives - Positive News

Three good things: longlife tech to inspire us beyond our throwaway culture

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:17:36 +0000

We take a closer look at a laptop, phone and a vacuum cleaner that have been designed with a longer life in mind

Jem Collins — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:00:46 +0000

Finnish startup Sulapac is creating packaging that's as circular as it is beautiful

Emine Saner — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:18:55 +0000

A new architectural movement is using design to aid the post-traumatic growth of the most vulnerable in society

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:52:57 +0000

Clothes made from stinky cigarette butts? Yes, really. It’s yet more proof that waste can be a valuable resource

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:25:51 +0000

Floating solar is seeing a rise in interest. Here are five inspirational, global examples

Gavin Haines — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:26:19 +0000

A dementia-friendly retirement home has been named the UK’s best new building. The shortlist was a triumph of purpose-led design

Robin Eveleigh — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:44:59 +0000

Big oil in court, solar farms in space, and scientists’ ‘holy grail’ alternative to palm oil, plus more good news

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:03:52 +0000

The unlikely trio drove a makeshift electric car across Norway in the 80s, to highlight that policies around EVs needed to move up a gear

Robin Eveleigh — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:38:14 +0000

A sail-powered freighter is the latest attempt to clean up the shipping sector. Electric ferries are also taking to the waves

Jem Collins — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:05:08 +0000

The world needs designs that don’t cost the Earth. Here are four, including cow dung bricks and biodegradable sandals