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Poble Nou/ a coworking and workshop space with a great selection of tools, experimenting with waste material.
Born/ maker co-working in Born, with woodworking area and laser cutter amongst other things.
Barcelona city council funded Fab-Lab in Barceloneta with laser cutter, CNC, 3D printers, plastic grinders etc.
Leading member of the global network of maker spaces that provide facilities for prototyping & education in maker skills.
Upcycling of paragliders, locally designed and produced with environmentally and socially conscious practices.
Upcycling old jeans to create new designs & using the left-overs to create new yarn and fabrics.
Upcycling the Oceans: With the support of the fishing industry Ecoalf recovers marine trash and transforms it into fabric to create their products.
Innovative design objects from laser cutting maestro Roberto
Upcycled clothing and bags from car tires & inner tubes, kites and other waste-material
Hand-painted, one-off technical bags and accessories. Built to last from heavy-duty, up-cycled materials like car seat belts.
First Brand that made Earth its "sole share holder" and founder of 1% for the Planet. With shops in Barcelona
Sunglasses made in Barcelona with local plastic waste and designed to be easily recycled over and over again.
No plastic, organic supermarket and zero waste consumibles with shops in Poble Nou and Sant Antoni
No plastic household items with a shop in Gracia, Barcelona
No plastic household items, food, cosmetic, hygente & kids with a shop in Sarria, Barcelona
Zero Packaging Supermarket with three locations round Eixample, Barcelona
Zero Packaging Supermarket with three locations round Gracia, Barcelona
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Experiment and turn your own household waste into bio-plastics
Sustainable leather alternative made from bio-hacked mycelium, the root-like system of mushrooms. (We can't wait for this to scale!)
Food-waste bio-material makers supported by Fab Lab Barcelona
Single-use packaging, package coating, papers and hard-plastics made from seaweed
magazine-style website, news channel, and map of future fixing projects, worldwide.
Conference in Barcelona run by 'Atlas of the Future ' with speakers, workshops, book fair, artists and designers.
New culture, nature and positive impact magazine that spotlights the people keeping the planet cool.
TNR's news magazine on fossil fuels, renewable energy, Green Politics and other environmental issues
Promoting non-violent, civil disobedience to push for political change ! Find your local group to join.
Develops and scales things like solar-paneled clean-up boats to rid the world’s oceans of plastic pollution
Businesses & Individuals contribute 1% of their annual revenue to environmental causes. To help offer accountability & prevent green washing. Find your company to support here !
This should be a cost of doing business. It’s paying rent for our use of the planet.” YVON CHOUINARD Founder of Patagonia and 1% for the Planet
Learn about the world's largest environmental movement and how you can get involved.
Plastic Bank provides an above-market rate for plastic waste, incentivizing individuals ( specially from vulnerable cosatal areas) to collect and trade it for money.
Capturing CO2 out of the air and store it safely as stone in the earth.
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