Nature

People have been intervening in the water’s natural flows for a long time. In the future, cities, countryside and water are to merge again into a common habitat.

Green areas will be covered by concrete more and more, which is why we have to bring nature back to the city.

New housing is clearly needed. Scientists and architects are therefore developing climate-friendly production methods and sustainable building materials.

Skyscrapers rising hundreds of metres into the sky, millions of glass pebbles forming an artificial beach, huge greenhouses covering the landscape – all over the globe, we’ve changed the face...

Have you ever sat on a fungus chair or worn algae shoes? Extraordinary materials can be produced from the smallest inconspicuous creatures or from food waste.

Many things contain more than a hundred different materials. After an item has been thrown away its constituent materials are still bonded with each other. Today there are more thoughtful...

Every factory is a small world of its own. Machines, raw materials and energy are utilised and a product is created – as is waste. Mostly too much of it. Some companies are changing the face of...

We release waste and pollution into the environment every day. Although we diligently separate our rubbish, there are still enough things that end up in places where they don’t belong. Large...