The fireproof version of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is designed to raise awareness about the increase of book banning in the U.S.
Books burn, but not this one.
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Watch our full interview with McDonald’s and Beyond Meat: The McPlant is ‘here to stay’
In a 45-minute conversation at Fast Company’s MIC Summit, McDonald’s global CMO Morgan Flatley outlined a confident future for the McPlant and teased more Beyond Meat products to come.
The McPlant is the most important product that McDonald’s has launched in recent history, but thus far, the company has remained tight-lipped about its plant-based burger developed in conjunction with Beyond Meat. On sale now in parts of Europe and test markets in the Bay Area and Texas, we’ve never heard how it was created, how it’s selling, and how big a role McDonald’s imagines this product will play in the future of its global menu.
The case for ‘green prescriptions’
Gardening got many of us through the pandemic. Here’s why a dose of nature could do you good—and not just in times of crisis.
As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on balconies around the world.
Design leaders at Microsoft, General Mills, and PepsiCo announce ambitious plan to fight climate change
Nine entities, including some that are themselves major environmental polluters, join forces in a nonprofit that addresses the UN’s sustainability goals.
A consortium of some of the world’s most prominent design-led companies and institutions is joining forces to combat the climate crisis.
‘World’s most sustainable’ office chair has 10 pounds of ocean plastic
Humanscale’s Path task chair isn’t just made of recycled materials—it’s also manufactured in the United States, cutting down on the carbon emissions of shipping components around the world.
Last year, the furniture company MillerKnoll debuted an eco-friendly makeover of its iconic Aeron task chair, incorporating over two pounds of recycled ocean plastic inside. Today, the office furniture brand Humanscale raises the bar in a big way, as it reveals its new Path task chair.
See these dazzling solar farms from a bird’s-eye view
In his new series, photographer Tom Hegen paints a captivating portrait of what the world would look like from above if it were powered by renewable energy.
Solar panels have long been criticized for being an eyesore. But what if you could see them from another angle? Say, 10,000 feet high?
From Ukrainians to astronauts on the ISS, José Andrés is feeding anyone in need—and well
After mobilizing his nonprofit to help Ukrainian refugees, the World Central Kitchen founder is also planning meals for the International Space Station.
“There will always be somebody ready to do whatever it takes to feed their fellow citizens,” says Spanish chef José Andrés. That’s been his mission since 2010, when he launched his nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen (WCK) to cook hot meals for victims of the Haitian earthquake. He later brought the organization to storm-ravaged Houston and Puerto Rico. Over the past couple of years, WCK also served more than 40 million meals to people whose lives and livelihoods were affected by the pandemic.
How AI and robotics are reconstructing a 2,000-year-old fresco in Pompeii
Computer scientists and archeologists are working together to solve this ancient puzzle.
When we sit down to solve a jigsaw puzzle, there’s always one thing we take for granted: the picture on the box. Without that point of reference, we’d be pulling our hair out, trying and failing to rebuild a jumbled pile of miscellaneous pieces.
How to design Indigenous housing that can withstand the devastation of climate change
A rapidly warming planet makes it imperative to consider Indigenous housing and climate change together.
Remote Indigenous communities in Australia will experience the impacts of climate change disproportionately to the rest of the country.
Tampon dispensers now work like your phone’s touchscreen
A Boston startup called SOS is making machines that dole out tampons and other products in public restrooms, no quarters required.
People who menstruate know the feeling all too well. They’re toiling away at the office or passing through a train station when Aunt Flo comes unannounced. But the vending machine in the restroom—if there even is one—is empty, or out of order, or downright unusable because it’s 2021, and who on earth carries coins?