Thanks to the internet, housesitters can now travel the world, living in different places for a few days or a few months for free, in exchange for taking care of an absent homeowner's property, pets or errands.

Weeki Wachee Springs – the first magnitude spring that is home to mermaids, manatees and magic – is being threatened with pollution and development.

New York City water doesn't need to be filtered and citizens have already paid for it, that's what.

Distracted driving isn't just caused by cellphones.

Low rise buildings, green common spaces, culture, and community living in a housing complex which has become the it living spot for Buenos Aires’ artistic types.

Concrete containers are placed in a metallic structure, forming a green wall to the eye and a walk in space to interact with the plants.

Architectural rock star Bjarke Ingels lands in the Canadian oil capital

The building is handsome and sexy, just like Bjarke. But this is Calgary, and you need a warm jacket in winter.

It's all about the amazing connections.

It's controversial and probably cost the party leader his job, but there is much to like in it.

"'If you give people more places to hide, more naughty things will be done"

This green and purple mystery finally gets its own name and some attention from aurora enthusiasts and researchers alike.

Built as a high-end addition for an extra office or guest room, this prefabricated structure can be erected within six to eight weeks.

The easiest way to mix up an outfit is with accessories. Fortunately, Daily Candy recently highlighted 8 green fashion handbags for spring 2010. From vintage handbags with a hand-painted twist to multifunctional back-packs with

Shoe lovers have more and more choice when it comes to buying eco-friendly shoes: Simple Shoes, Worn Again or TOMS are just a few of my favourites and I just found a new brand from France. FYE (for your earth) is a relatively young company that started

Photo: Flickr, CC Bye-Bye Cotton, Hello Cellulose Fibers Cotton is a great fiber to make clothes with, but unfortunately, growing it causes huge environmental problems. It's a crop that uses a lot of water, and most large cotton monocultures are doused

With demand for natural textiles spiking, sustainable companies need to look beyond pesticide- and water-intensive cotton

This is where your next pair of underwear needs to come from.

After the beautiful Xylophone of the Forest I shared with you last month, I came across a selection of amazing wooden designs from Spain, both century-old and brand new ones. Confemadera put together an impressive selection

The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful

Timeless responsible furniture design on show at Qubique Berlin this week

This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness.

Researchers find that even just sleeping with a shirt that one's romantic partner has worn leads to improved slumber.

Indulging in a Western-style diet for 7 days impaired the brain function in healthy young people and made them want to overeat, researchers find.

Half of antibiotics prescribed by primary-care doctors are done so inappropriately and are fueling the emergence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Social distancing doesn't mean you can't go for a solitary hike in the wilderness.

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

I'm a big fan of scenario thinking. Although no one can predict "the future," several plausible scenarios can be constructed, informing decisions made difficult by many unknowns. A good decision works in

Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots

A beautiful film celebrates doing things, like starting a fire entirely by hand, that are no longer necessary. There are lessons for us all.

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

Cece Durden, a 17-year-old from Uniontown, Alabama, fights coal ash pollution in her hometown

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

Not up for camping at the Best Buy? We have three less costly and more comfortable options.

She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

Adopting a waste-conscious and anti-consumerist lifestyle is not something that happens overnight. Sometimes it's nice to hear about other people who are just starting out, like this young family from southwestern Ontario, Canada.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost.

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

Let's hope that unlike the Oscars, they make the right choices and open the right envelopes.

If a building doesn't meet these basic and necessary criteria, it doesn't deserve an award.

RIBA has announced that all its prizes will now be sustainable. We are going to need a counterpoint.

There are certain things I've hardly missed, and others I've missed more than I expected.

Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly endemic and vulnerable to extinction.

Since 1984, Brazilian farmer Ernst Gotsch has been restoring 1,200 acres of deforested land into a working, regenerative farm. The results are amazing.

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.