This week we launched our carbon revolution series
This week on Dezeen, we kicked off carbon revolution, an editorial series exploring how carbon could be removed from the atmosphere and put to use on earth.
Launched with an opinion piece written by Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, the series focuses on how the miracle element is beginning to be seen as a potential saviour of our civilisation, rather than its nemesis.
"The carbon revolution treats the miracle material as the saviour of our civilisation rather than its nemesis"
The element is the most valuable resource on earth according to Climeworks, which has developed machines that suck carbon from the air.
"We capture CO2 from the atmosphere," said Christoph Beuttler, head of climate policy at Climeworks. "We're mining the sky because there's too much carbon in it." "We're taking CO2 out of the system" says carbon-capturing concrete maker Carbicrete
We also spoke to Montreal company Carbicrete, which has developed a method for sequestering carbon in concrete.
"We're taking CO2 out of the system every time we make a block," Carbicrete CEO Chris Stern told Dezeen.
Serpentine Pavilion's use of biomaterials "more than compensates" for concrete emissions, says Aecom
Following scepticism over claims that this year's Serpentine Pavilion is carbon negative, construction consultant AECOM shared a report with Dezeen that showed it removed 31 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. As a result, the s...
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