Instituto-e and Osklen adopt the carioca beach Prainha
Instituto-e and Osklen will be responsible to maintain the vegetation for the next two years. The action is part of the effort to keep the ‘Blue Flag’ label, a voluntary eco-label … Continue reading
Organic silk – 100% sustainable material (e-fabric)
The organic silk is one of the materials from sustainable source (e-fabrics) used by Osklen and tracked by the project Traces. The dyeing process uses only natural dyes and manual … Continue reading
Instituto-e showcases its work at Rio’s National Museum of Fine Arts
Instituto-e has co-organized an exhibition at Rio’s National Museum of Fine Arts to showcase TRACES, a pioneering eco-monitoring project that tracked and measured the carbon footprint and environmental and social … Continue reading
What instituto-e can do for you
As its name implies, Instituto-e is an institute that carries out research. What many companies don’t realize though is that this research has a whole range of very practical uses … Continue reading
Martina Hauser, acting to create a more sustainable world
Martina Hauser has worked for the Italian government as a peacekeeper and an expert, but her work in different parts of the world has also made her quite a globetrotter: … Continue reading
E-fabrics – Pirarucu bag (made out of fish skin)
Pirarucu is a fish used basically for feeding purposes. Its skin usually represents a waste from the food industry and causes biological pollution when discharged. Pirarucu capture is made in a sustainable … Continue reading
Instituto-e uses fish skin and plastic bottles to create sustainable fabrics
These days you read more and more about carbon footprints and water footprints and sustainable production. So I was curious to find projects that not only think about footprints and … Continue reading
