This modular curtain could help existing buildings photosynthesize oxygen and get rid of pollution in cities.

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

Biologists are now beginning to get a better idea of what urban bears are up to when they think no one is watching.

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.

Polar bear attacks are on the rise thanks to diminishing sea ice, but Alaska's Polar Bear Patrol is doing an incredible job of keeping the peace.

Whether urban, suburban, or rural, transportation systems dictate and define human interaction and community. Join BookHugger for a panel discussion of this phenomena.

Can products be better for people? Can buildings be better for the planet? Gradually, business is waking up to the fact that design can be beautiful and responsible.

Our pets become like family to us during their lives, so why not treat them with the dignity that a family member deserves when they die?

If American's cats and dogs were their own country, they'd rank 5th in global meat consumption, says new study.

Cuddly, gentle, and low maintenance, there's a lot to love about these feathery fowl.

When trying to phase out single-use plastic, there are some items that seem impossible to replace — like dog poop bags. For those who want to be a greener dog owner, what kind of options exist?

On our sister site I write about issues affecting the baby boomer generation. Here are some of my favorites from the year.

Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain explains how going offline for a full day each week can change your brain, body, and soul.

We've lived through crises before, with a bit of help from inspiring or hectoring posters.

Exceptions will be made for subsistence hunting and fishing.

A couple weeks ago, Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26-year-old conservationist, was kidnapped by sea turtle poachers in Costa Rica. He was bound, beaten, and shot in the head. His body was found on the beach the next day.

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

Anthropologist David Graeber thinks we could do without half our jobs.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

Everyone is excited about plant-based meat substitutes, it seems.

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has asked pilots to avoid flying too close to a group of about 35,000 walrus gathered on an Alaskan beach.

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.

Take a breathtaking 9-minute journey with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier through the beautifully bleak frozen North, you won’t be sorry.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

Looking to reduce waste, increase local food security and create a "circular economy," this permaculture project is growing food in the Arctic.

There's a new polar bear live cam in town ...

Some 60 polar bears are loitering near Ryrkaipy in Chukotka Russia, a new occurrence which is prompting some to suggest permanent evacuation.

I love it when a retail giant highlights eco-friendly products, so when I picked up Pottery Barn's Christmas 2008 catalogue, I was excited to see

We were at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto this weekend, but soon there might be a whole spinoff, "Compost Toilet Life Show" , there were so many new products in the alternative toilet world. One that surprised us was the Finnish Biolan- we are used to

As John Laumer noted earlier, there is a lot of useful stuff in pee, but we dilute it with gallons of water, send it down big pipes mixed with everything else, and suddenly we have monstrous networks of waste piping, sewage treatment plants and water

The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words

The Polluted Water Popsicles project is meant to shock viewers into realizing how serious water contamination is in Taiwan.

Is your child's school flushing water pipes to reduce lead exposures? Do you flush at home? Then you should read this to learn a better solution to lead exposure risks.

It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.

The idyllic waterway meandering through the Flemish countryside has been called the most polluted stream in Europe.

Was it the Uber car, the safety driver, the victim, or the traffic engineers who designed that road?

A train that reportedly left a workshop yesterday failed to brake when entering a major station and crashed against the end-of-the-line barrier

It remains to be seen how green (or not) new Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be, but this photo of him riding the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, certainly makes a good ad for public transportation.

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact.

Or is it all a big political show?

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

Image credit: Karen, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Say an average fancy t-shirt holds carbon footprint of 6kg but is never sold and sits in the warehouse of a textile/clothing production company. I take that same t-shirt and use it to

However the referendum in South Sudan turns out, one thing will not go away quickly: the lack of water in the region. The International Committee of the Red Cross, however, is at work on a project that will mitigate that

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.

This biomimicry success promises advanced hearing aids as the headphone generation ages

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.