B. Features & Series Archives

Economics of expiration: Is stuff designed to fail?

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: What drives manufacturers to make unsustainable products that are designed to fail, and why do consumers buy them?

Opinion: As the UK government publishes its Environmental Accounts for 2026, Jim McClelland asks why some of the sector data used is so old.

Guest Blog by James Addison: Why designers should actively work with nature as part of their creative process, not just to add a green gloss.

Opinion: As UK government commits to climate goal, Jim McClelland explains why smart money will play a waiting game with 7th Carbon Budget.

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How energy codes standardise sustainability as the metrics of success for green building in industrial real estate.

Opinion: As the UK Prime Minister fights for survival, Jim McClelland asks: What do days of political upheaval teach us about sustainability?

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: How climate change redraws the map for livestock disease across continents, as parasites and pathogens migrate.

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: Why organisations should not ignore effects of rising nighttime heat on employee performance, health and wellbeing.

Guest Blog by Kent Swisher: How farmers and food producers are finding ways to create value for people and planet from agricultural waste.

Guest Blog by Jane Marsh: As bats become more at home in the urban environment, what does this mean for business and the built environment?