London-based architect and designer Bastian Beyer's project explores the potential of using knitted textile structures that have been biologically solidified as sustainable construction materials. More about Bastian Beyer uses bacteria to calcify knitting into construction materials
Copenhagen-based designer Karina Nielsen Rios has developed a line of outdoor upholstery fabrics for Danish brand Kvadrat that are both hardwearing and eco-friendly. More about Kvadrat debuts eco-friendly and "sporty" Patio outdoor fabrics
UK national newspaper The Guardian has scrapped its polythene packaging in favour of a compostable wrapping made from potato starch, in a bid to reduce its plastic waste. More about The Guardian newspaper switches from plastic to compostable wrapping
London-based designer Nir Meiri has created a series of table lamps using mushroom mycelium, as an alternative to synthetic materials. More about Nir Meiri makes sustainable lamps from mushroom mycelium
Fashion label Hugo Boss has launched a range of vegan men's shoes made from a natural material consisting of pineapple leaf fibres called Piñatex. More about Hugo Boss designs vegan shoes that replace leather with pineapple-based material
Bahraini design office Shepherd Design Studio has reinterpreted the traditional Islamic prayer mat to make it more sustainable. More about Sustainable prayer mat uses 50 per cent less material than traditional counterpart
London-based designers Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll use waste potato peelings to create an eco-friendly alternative to single-use materials like MDF and chipboard, called Chip[s] Board. More about Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll recycle potato peelings into MDF substitute
British artist Monster Chetwynd lights up London's Tate Britain gallery with giant leopard slugs and their glowing slime trails, in a bid to spark conversation about our unsustainable use of energy. More about Monster Chetwynd illuminates Tate Britain with giant glowing slugs
Funding platform Kickstarter has launched an information hub, the Environmental Resources Center, to help users create environmentally friendly projects, and encourage them to commit to sustainable practices. More about Kickstarter unveils resource centre to nudge users towards launching sustainable products
Lithuanian designer Agne Kucerenkaite reveals the value of industrial metal waste in her project Ignorance is Bliss, which sees the material used to make colourful ceramics. More about Agne Kucerenkaite repurposes "valueless" metal waste to create colourful ceramic glazes
The "ingenious" O-Wind Turbine designed by UK students Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani is the winner of the international James Dyson Awards. More about Urban wind turbine wins 2018 James Dyson Awards grand prize
Dutch designer Tjeerd Veenhoven's rugs made from a palm leaf material, called palm leather, are a sustainable and vegan alternative to traditional leather made from animal skin. More about Palm leather rugs are vegan alternative to cow hide
Tank and Conran and Partners have completed the interiors of the QO Amsterdam hotel, which features many holistic wellness and sustainability features including a rooftop greenhouse and intelligent facade. More about Tank and Conran and Partners create sustainable luxury interiors at QO hotel in Amsterdam
Brazilian designer Oskar Metsavaht has repurposed the skins from the pirarucu fish found in Amazonian rivers and lakes by transforming it into sustainable scaly garments and fashion accessories. More about Oskar Metsavaht makes sustainable fashion garments from Amazonian fish skin
Italian designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso has created reusable water bottles for use in ten global cities that list the locations of public water fountains on one side. More about Emanuele Pizzolorusso's refillable bottles can guide you towards urban water fountains
Italian designer Emma Sicher has combined food waste with bacteria and yeasts to create disposable packaging, in a bid to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic. More about Emma Sicher makes eco-friendly food packaging from fermented bacteria and yeast
Chairs made from seaweed and recycled tea lights are among those crowned winners of the first ever competition dedicated to sustainable Nordic chair design. More about Five most sustainable Nordic chairs named
University of Cape Town researcher Suzanne Lambert has created a zero-waste building material made with human urine, which hardens at room temperature, as an alternative to environmentally taxing kiln-fired bricks. More about Bio-bricks made from human urine could be environmentally friendly future of architecture
Chinese studio Bentu Design aims to highlight the amount of waste produced by the ceramics industry with its Wreck furniture range. More about Bentu Design creates Wreck furniture from ceramic waste
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More about WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping container