Today is the end of the first week of my book tour for my new book Urban Green. I've crisscrossed North and South Carolina to engage as many people as I can at some of the best schools in the

University of North Texas has build a LEED Platinum stadium to be the envy of other college campuses.

Toast your grad's entry into the big wide world with durable, chic, and useful goods like a practical tote bag, an electric scooter, and a life-changing journey to save lions.

From campus gardens to intensive recycling, Sierra magazine's annual list gives a tip of the hat to the nation's most sustainable schools.

This summer, students are spending 8 weeks conserving nature in hands-on environmental internships in NY and Philadelphia for The Nature Conservancy’s Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities initiative.

Investing in youth is an investment in a sustainable future

A new study has found that sleep disturbances have a greater effect on academic performance than anxiety, depression, binge-drinking, and marijuana use.

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

As part of their More Than Just Parks project, Will and Jim Pattiz spent two years filming in the majestic Colorado mountains.

Another year down the drain: From pee-powered generators to pigeons that shit soap, it's been quite a year for toilet-related stories. Here are some of our favorites.

This simple Australian design has some interesting features and benefits.

Urine for a surprise as Alex Wilson concludes that urine collection beats composting. I was, because they are not mutually exclusive.

Was it design, or was it our resistance to change? What made the NoMix a NoGo?

Nutrient cycling is important. But it's not something you want to get arrested for.

Here's the drill on the Earth Drill toilet.

I really don't want to crap all over this new toilet design, but it is too complex, too expensive and no, it won't charge your phone.

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

With thousands of species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature -- and some 110,000

New York's brown bat continues to be hard hit by White Nose Syndrome (WNS). WNS is named for the white fungus that eats bat tissues and wakes the bats prematurely from hibernation. WNS has been

If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie Jeremijenko, is a

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.

Wind power is not just a Danish success story - Swedish wind is growing leaps and bounds. But the bats may suffer, so the Swedes are trying to impose 'bat happy hour'

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.

It's National Pollinator Week! Start a garden, encourage pollinators, or join an event in your area.

Did you know that Bat Week takes place every year, October 24–31? The time is set aside to raise awareness of the many contributions that bats make to the planet and encourage conservation of bat species.

From Gasland II to Dirty Business, some of the most active environmental documentary makers in the country are joining forces to build a movement.

Rob Cotter used to build expensive sports cars. Now he makes vehicles that are much, much cooler.

Internet sensation Reggie Watts takes aim at Twitter and Amazon for Greenpeace's #ClickClean campaign, urging them to step up their clean energy game.

Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a deal to work together against climate change.

A new way to see inside batteries in real time as they go through charging cycles could help prevent battery fires and increase battery lifespans

This 5W thermoelectric generator converts heat from a chimney or camp stove into electricity for charging USB devices.

iGEM team encourages 'materials activists' to build their own biodegradable drones with downloadable do-it-yourself plans.

Perhaps more importantly, it's also giving customers the option of refusing such sachets in the first place.

Crafted from sustainably harvested cork in Portugal, these stunning mats will take your yoga practice to new eco-friendly heights.

Using the same fermentation and bacterial and yeast culture that creates kombucha, this packaging is edible and compostable.

These clever, all-natural wraps cut down on plastic use and make food last longer, too.

No chemicals, synthetics, or gravestones – the goal is to return to the Earth as quickly and subtly as possible.

The cover of a new book by a leading Agender says it all: Sustainability is just the tip of the Marxist iceberg.

It was hot last year, too.

We learn that Agenda 21 is part of a much larger Mainstream Media plot to hide the UN takeover of the American government.

Putting money into non-motorized transportation is just the thin edge of the Agenda 21 wedge.

Nope. It is just another example of the anti-environmental, anti-sustainability, climate-change denying, anti-Agenda 21 crowd hard at work.

A new study from Pew Research is totally depressing, showing how left and right are moving further apart.

How to get away from it all while you take it all with you.

Why can't we all just get along? New campaign humanizes cyclists.

Ecotricity's collapsing cooling towers return. This time, they're tapping into popular anger over utility profits.

During this year's extremely cold winter full of ice storms and the effects of a polar vortex, moments of warmth between strangers are created in a bus shelter.

Sometimes it is hard to know what these companies are really telling us.