We’ve been rather busy whilst the lab is in hibernation working on a number of very cool projects in the UK and in Europe, and we’re really excited to announce the first one that launched today; Taste of Tomorrow powered by Samsung explores how tech advancements are redefining the way […]
Read MoreMedia
COVID-19: Green Lab Hibernating
COVID-19 Update May 2020 Like all other makerspaces, Fab Labs, co-working spaces, incubators and shared labs the Covid-19 pandemic has hit us hard, making it very difficult to operate and provide regular access to lab services and equipment. Green Lab is no different and in early April we decided to […]
Read MoreGrey Consulting announce a strategic partnership with Green Lab
Grey Consulting has announced a strategic partnership with Green Lab: Grey Consulting and Green Lab are on a mission to radically change the way food is produced and consumed. The partnership allows Grey Consulting to provide clients with expertise and innovative thinking when it comes to designing, new sustainable […]
Read MoreA Closer Look At Bioplastics – A Solution to Plastic Waste?
Caroline Wood, a PhD student at the University of Sheffield (studying parasitic weeds that infect food crops) attended the Circular Economy Club’s event hosted at our openhouse in May, to learn more about the labs involvement in the current bioplastic debate. Since, Caroline has continued her research and published an […]
Read MoreHow to mitigate agriculture’s contribution to climate change?
Our friends at the Green Alliance think tank just produced a new report that caught our attention: Cutting the climate impact of land use. It got us thinking on how we can mitigate the agricultural sector’s contribution to climate change. Green Alliance highlighted how urgent transformation is in this sector: […]
Read MoreIs Green Lab the Willy Wonka of makerspaces – Guardian article
Aditya Chakrabortty described Green Lab as the ‘Willy Wonka’ of makerspaces in the article he wrote about us for the Guardian this week. Discussing the lack of support to makerspaces and creatives trying to make change happen for the way we live, he highlighted the importance placed on these environments […]
Read MoreGreen Lab #openhouse – Urban Agriculture movement in London, New York & Shanghai
For our first #openhouse of 2018 we welcomed our fellow urban agricultural mavericks into the lab to hear how urban ag is impacting cities and communities around the globe. With urbanisation on the rise and our growing concerns for the current food systems in place we are seeing technology set […]
Read MoreGrow Wild 2018 – Community Funding Opportunities
Grow Wild is the UK’s biggest wild flower planting initiative brought to us by Kew Gardens. As we grow more concerned with the future of our wildlife and our fragile ecosystems in danger of being disrupted we are finding that small groups of people are fighting back with responses as […]
Read MoreGreen Lab to develop a ‘Green Lung’ #LFA2017 Winner
Green Lab will be playing a key role in a collaborative bid that YOU &ME architecture recently won at the London Festival of Architecture competition. The competition will give the Green Lab team a chance to design a bioremediation ‘Green Lung’ concept beneath the Silvertown flyover, in the Royal Docks […]
Read More