UN Sustainable Development Goals

What are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?  In 2015, the United Nations created seventeen sustainable development goals which are rooted in the ten principles that broadly span human rights and wellbeing, economic development, environmental sustainability and climate change. Since then, these goals have been markers for corporations and governments,…

What’s The Problem With Microplastics?

Over the years, the term ‘microplastics’ has become ubiquitous in the language of sustainability. But how much do we know about the nuanced problems that microplastics create? The term has made its way into common parlance, which means we all need to work harder to understand what impact that has…

The Importance of Eco-design

It’s easy for design to be considered as pure aesthetics. We choose things based on what we like but also based on what a product looks and feels like. But like anything meaningful, products cannot survive on looks alone. We’re collectively expecting more from our products – we don’t just want…

The Benefits of Biobased Materials

The environmental dangers of petroleum plastic is not limited to how they persist in the world after use. Despite more recent efforts and a collective understanding that we should be recycling and reusing more, the impact of how they’re made still exists. As the impact of fossil fuels becomes more…