Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

In honor of what would have been Rachel Carson's 100th birthday, the U.S. Environmental Agency has an essay/poetry/photo contest for two-person teams. The famed writer and biologist once wrote about the need for children and adults to share the "joy,

This coming Sunday would've been Silent Spring author and environmental hero Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. In recognition of Carson's contributions to the creation of the modern environmental movement, Sen. Benjanmin L. Cardin (D-MD) has announced his

When I wonder what words should replace Emma Lazarus's obsolete phrase on the Statue of Liberty - "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free" I think of Frank Luntz's dictum learned from Joe Romm: "There is a simple rule,

A typical pacemaker could be powered by solar cells as small as 3.6 square centimeters, which could be implanted under the skin, thereby avoiding the need for periodic battery replacements.

Researchers are poring over an important medieval medical text with 360 recipes, many of which might have successfully fought infection long before modern science.

The new dragon's breath chili is killer hot, but is intended to help, not hurt, when used in medical treatments.

A new study on chicken embryos may help researchers understand how humans developed their sensitive daylight vision.

After decades of increasingly complicated insomnia fixes, this one little thing changed everything.

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the US, many don't recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.

The FDA has announced new (and stronger) warning requirements for certain prescription insomnia medications. Here's why.

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.

Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.

From its tiny source to the Houses of Parliament, here are glorious photos of the River Thames.

Research reveals that rivers deliver up to 4 million metric tons of plastic debris to the sea every year, with up to 95% coming from just 10 of them.

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."

Global Citizen changed the lyrics to include a strong anti-food waste message, and the result is both entertaining and informative.

There is sharing, there is abuse, and there is theft. Susie Cagle takes a tough look at the subject.

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

There are a lot of good reasons to get rid of that old plug.

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

From the Redskins' huge solar installation to a solar-powered NASCAR track that mows its grass with sheep, major sporting venues can be an ideal location for solar power. From large expanses of rooftops and parking lots to their high energy needs to

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."

An Ann Arbor brewery has just completed a $350,000 overhaul of its facilities, all in the name of greener beer.

It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area.

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

:: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes.

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

Fewer solar panel manufactures are willing to share information about their manufacturing practices, and that can't be good news.

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.

A Canadian scientist wants us to rethink our approach to plastic and challenge the colonial system that produces it.

With disinfecting and sanitizing on everyone's mind, good old-fashioned bar soap has never been more necessary. It's still possible to go plastic-free, too. These are the best bar soaps for every body part.

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.

You already own the solutions. They are called feet.

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels

It's basic math. Sure, e-scooter injuries are way up. But let's keep it in perspective and look at what the real problem is.

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone. While Pollan talked about how eating local, organic food can cost

Michael Pollan's food advice will be mandatory holiday viewing for any health- and green-minded individuals.