This Studio Grows Coffee Cups From Gourds

This Studio Grows Coffee Cups From Gourds

Picture this: instead of manufacturing your next coffee cup, what if you could just grow it? That’s the beautifully simple yet radical idea behind The Gourd Project, an ongoing exploration by Brooklyn-based CRÈME Architecture and Design that’s turning heads in the sustainable design world. Here’s the problem they’re tackling. Back in 2006, Starbucks alone used…

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#Concrete made from food waste can be edible

#Concrete made from food waste can be edible

When I hear the word “edible concrete”, the visual that comes to my mind is straight out of a horror or dystopian story: people gnawing at walls because they have nothing more to eat. But of course that’s just my overactive imagination. It’s of course a recent development in construction innovation from scientists at University…

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#How the zero-waste movement is changing fine dining

#How the zero-waste movement is changing fine dining

“How the zero-waste movement is changing fine dining” Through creative reinvention, chefs are turning scraps, peels and seeds bound for the trash into culinary treasures. There are few dishes as luscious as a tomato salad at the height of the season. At the Acorn, a haute vegetarian restaurant in Vancouver’s Riley Park neighbourhood, head chef…

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