Call it responsibility or accountability. Or simple popular demand. The rarefied world of design is embracing the environment as never before. Top architects are implementing revolutionary methods. Fashion and furniture mainstays are manufacturing products using sustainable materials. And luxury empires are establishing credos on issues their customers are still waking up to. Behind the scenes, trailblazing executives are taking big risks to make it all happen — beautifully.
The latest eco-innovation from a company that has planted more than half a million trees in its native Italy: a men's jacket with removable solar panels on its sleeves. Wearers can heat the jacket's collar or charge a phone or an iPod while walking or sitting at their desk.
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