Leather packaging design by Sebastian Vecchio and Guillem Ferran. Leather might not seem the most treehugger-liked material, but like with any material, it depends how you use it, where it comes from and what processes it has undergone. A few craftsmen... 

Batalla Verde battlefield in open spaces. Image from Urbanarbolismo You probably heard of la Tomatina , the tomato fight, in Spain, where each year some 50.000 visitors get together to throw 100.000 kilos of tomatoes at each other. And then there are... 

Batalla Verde battlefield in open spaces. Image from Urbanarbolismo You probably heard of la Tomatina , the tomato fight, in Spain, where each year some 50.000 visitors get together to throw 100.000 kilos of tomatoes at each other. And then there are... 

Our seas and oceans are badly contaminated, especially with plastic waste, which affects animals and plants in the waters. Jeremy wrote in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Out of Sight, Out of Mind that “the floating expanse of waste and debris... 

Stockholm, the beginning of the trans-European trek. Photo by darkpatator via Flickr. Road trip! Next spring, solar-powered boats and land vehicles will hit European waterways and highways to travel north to south across the continent, from Stockholm,... 

Photo of Abel Tasman National Park by Jennifer Hattam . From the jungles of Colombia to Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, camping is even better when you have a breathtaking waterfront view. After picking 10 gorgeous campgrounds on lakes, rivers, and... 

Photos: David Virtue website Taking nature and his love of the sailing as his inspiration David Virtue handcrafts rings and pendants, with themes and emblems drawn from the great outdoors, such as leaves, waves, deserts, sunrises, yachts, etc. He works... 

Image: Rebel with a Cause The German language green blogs Better and Green and Konsumpf proudly praise native son Kristian Labusga, whose animated short film Rebel with a Cause is making waves. The short has been shown at 13 festivals, travelling Europe... 

Photo via the LA Times What do you think of when you picture Madrid? If you say Guernica , you’re probably lying. It’s bullfighting, of course–the storied sport is seemingly as inseparable from Spanish culture as it is from reading... 

Terracycle ’s Tom Szaky was here to talk trash to designers and inspire them to rethink the idea of waste. He brought up two very interesting points that are sure to make anyone, especially designers, pause to think about how we use our resources…and...