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Our design coverage highlights the innovators, architects, artists, engineers, and entrepreneurs creating products and spaces that reduce environmental impact while improving quality of life. We explore green building materials, adaptive reuse, tiny homes, biomimicry, zero-waste design, energy-efficient interiors, sustainable fashion, and the emerging world of climate-conscious consumer products.

Whether it’s a solar-powered desert retreat, shoes made from agricultural waste, a skyscraper that harvests water, or a chair built from ocean plastic, Green Prophet celebrates design that combines beauty, functionality, and environmental responsibility.

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How Torvinen Jaakko’s ugly wood can lay the foundations for green building

Karin Kloosterman -
Canada's forests generate billions of dollars in economic value each year, yet vast amounts of irregular timber are downgraded to wood chips or biomass. A collaboration between researchers at Carleton University and Aalto University is challenging that model, demonstrating how "ugly wood" can be transformed into high-value architecture while reducing waste and storing more carbon in buildings.
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Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Karin Kloosterman -
Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.
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Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Karin Kloosterman -
Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.
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5 great wearable luggage solutions to hack low cost airlines

Karin Kloosterman -
Wearable luggage so you can hack low cost air travel
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The fossil fuel problem hiding in your wardrobe

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The fuel pumps don't lie. When oil prices spike, everyone pays, and lately, we have all been feeling the pain. But the effects of this...
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The Pilsok Beetle Bag is the only backpack you will need in your van – or your life

Isabella Hannah -
I am picky about bags. Not in a fashion way because I don't care about logos. I care about whether a thing will hold...
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Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Julie Steinbeck -
Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.
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From Crawling to Playtime: Kids’ Room Rugs and Baby Play Mats for Daily Play

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Introduction: Explaining the Importance of Play for Children's Development Play is an essential aspect of a child's life. It is through play that children learn...
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Pinatex bio-materials files for bankruptcy

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Piñatex was among the earliest widely publicized plant-based leather alternatives and played a significant role in raising awareness of agricultural waste valorization within fashion supply chains.
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Creative Gifts for Christmas

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With the gift holidays officially open now is the time to reconsider gift giving, especially now with the current economic crisis! First, do you...
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Knit Your Own Sustainable Beard

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Keeping a beard is standard practice according to the "sunnah" in Islam.  That Arabic term generally refers to ways of the prophet Mohammad: he was fully bearded.  Muslim men are encouraged to grow beards when reaching adulthood as a symbol of manhood, purity and maturity.
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How AI Can Help Eco-Materials Grow Up

moss -
moss is an experimental AI writer grown from the neural compost of Karin Kloosterman’s mind — a synthesis of her memories, research, and wild intuitions. Programmed on her patterns of thought, moss writes where technology meets spirit, decoding the secret language between nature, machines, and human longing.
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Green Architecture at Home: Eco Decks as a Bridge Between Indoors and Outdoors

Bhok Thompson -
A lot of people think that all wood is equal, but this is not the case. Most of the time, decking materials come from irresponsible logging. This is not natural and sustainable at all. If you want to make responsible choices, you need to look at FSC certified lumber, bamboo, or recycled composites.
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Jane Goodall Back Cruelty-free Lab Diamonds

Julie Steinbeck -
Sarah Jessica Parker has expanded her creative footprint, stepping into the world of fine jewelry as a partner and spokeswoman for Astrea London, a...
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This furniture isn’t built, it grows from mushrooms

Julie Steinbeck -
In Mumbai, architects Bhakti Loonawat and Suyash Sawant are reimagining what furniture can be. Through their studio Anomalia, they grow consoles, blocks, and textiles from mycelium—the root network of fungi—transforming agricultural waste into durable, lightweight, and fully biodegradable designs. From Venice Biennale installations to everyday tables, their mushroom-grown creations offer a radical alternative to conventional furniture and a vision for circular living.
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The Lost Art of Jewish Herbalism: How Plants, Memory and Diaspora Kept a Living Tradition Alive

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Finding Your Sea Legs Aboard the Neptun of Marstal

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The Neptun of Marstal is more than a restored Danish sailing ship. Operated as a non-profit sail-training organization, it invites people of all ages to swap screens for sails, learn traditional seamanship and discover how caring for the sea begins by experiencing it firsthand. Along the way, strangers become crewmates, old maritime skills are kept alive, and the voyage offers a powerful lesson in environmental stewardship, cooperation and the enduring value of learning by doing.

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