So for this 4th of July, I want to honor the Victory Garden! Well, that and booze. Here are some fun and tasty cocktails, fresh from the garden.

Americans are willing to overlook human suffering in order to have regular meat on their table.

How green is your state? A new report details which states are sustainability superstars.

But they're not alone: a new report finds that most Americans are considered lonely.

Entirely funded by donations, this project is hoping to provide veterans struggling with PTSD or homelessness free housing, counseling and an experience of the healing power of nature.

This bump out adds extra space for a cozy sitting area.

It's in the Fearless Leader's latest move to a planned economy that runs on coal.

From foxes and falcons to otters and owls, the USDA program is doing away with wildlife in droves.

We'd need another Canada-sized chunk of fertile land, scientists say, in order to meet those requirements.

US public lands have been in the news a lot lately, but what exactly are they?

Using recycled materials and audio recordings from refugees, this exhibition hopes to deepen understanding and connection with those who have had to flee their home countries.

Clad with reclaimed cedar, this modern and quirky house fits on a small footprint.

Unfortunately it's not an improvement.

It is a brave new world of "reducing vegetation" and "fuel reduction" and a lotta logging.

It's time that the lazy gardeners among us rise up and take an explicit stand.

Vegan burgers, sausage, deli slices, roasts, seitan, and even jackfruit are moving to the meat department at the nation's leading grocery retailer.

They are people who bike or walk, not some separate species.

If we are really going to make a dent in emissions we have to take real estate away from people who drive and redistribute it to people who walk and bike.

It creates scenarios in which hardship is experienced without being cruel or unfair to the child.

Fewer people are walking and more people are voting with their gas pedal.

"The time for complacency has passed. We must treat this crisis as if our lives, and the lives of our friends, families, and neighbors, depend on it. "

Don't wait for a big exotic trip to get outdoors. How about squeezing it in between 5 pm and 9 am?

Because no one likes to pop a squat surrounded by piles of soggy toilet paper.

Researchers in Austria put this question to the test.

How to make a utilitarian back lane into a wonderful public amenity.

It supports economic growth, social development, and environmental stewardship.

The stuff you notice that no one else does, that's the most important!

Selfie culture poses a real threat to the great outdoors.

We should follow in the footsteps of many great thinkers and implement regular rambles into our lives.

French lighting design company Blackbody makes the new lighting tech an object of desire.

Idaho is working hard to create an official dark sky reserve, which would make it the first in the US and the 12th in the world.

Combining touch, sound and a psychedelic array of programmed LEDs, this installation brings the people to the plants.

There will be indignation, but this is the result of one of the most successful transformations of a market in our lifetime.

And why LEDs are different than other ways of improving energy efficiency- we keep finding new ways to waste energy.

Many cities have transitioned to LED street lighting, but researchers think algae may be the illumination of the future.

Design firm Castor once again gives new life to old dead things.

Who would have imagined that this would happen so fast?

By 2020 every light bulb is supposed to put out 45 lumens per watt. It's a Bush-era regulation that the current government wants to roll back.

The LED revolution will not be stopped.

There is a lot of buzz about it, but what you really want is a window.

Circadian rhythm lighting products won't fix body clock problems.

The World Green Building Council has some tips about ventilation, insulation and lighting.

Calls came into emergency centers and even the Griffith Observatory from LA residents who described seeing a “giant silvery cloud.”

All over Thanksgiving, and with only a tiny press release...

The only downside, of course, is that your self-lit holiday centerpiece actually would be a Frankenstein tree.

How would design for obsolescence change if materials that conduct electricity or emit light could be grown and repair themselves, like bone?

Using the newest scientific tools, the time needed to find out how best to fight an evolving pandemic has been greatly shortened

Ever wonder why humans don't have hair everywhere?

Sydney is white Australia's birthplace, settled as a penal colony in 1788. Many of its first white inhabitants would be very surprised to learn that it is now often recognized as one of the world's top ten most liveable cities. Earlier this year it was

Beach-side foam party gone out of control? Not quite. A shoreline north of Sydney, Australia was transformed into the "Cappuccino Coast," as one journalist put it, with foam swallowing up an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the