Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.But Medellin has come a tremendous distance in less than a decad

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.

World-renowned for their work in Medellin, especially for the Orchid House at the Botanical Garden, Colombian firm Plan B Architects is busy and keeps coming up with great projects.

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.

Medellín has a great sustainable transportation vision for the future, and so far they seem to be executing it extremely well.

Welcome to your dystopian nightmare installment #4692.

The colorful papier-mache cocoons provide a safe haven for bringing baby bees into the world.

This NGO is doing wonderful work to bring sustainable tourism into the mainstream. It's time to start planning your next vacation!

A new study shows that if we want to stop climate change, meat and dairy are off the table -- at least in the quantities we currently consume.

Is the dream of sustainable agriculture a nightmare for the beef industry?

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.

To gain more space, this apartment's redesign puts everything in the wall.

A recycling center’s turbine could pave the way for industrial-scale wind power in New York City.

At the risk of getting slammed with comments claiming that small wind turbines aren't viable, here's a look at another bladeless wind generator hoping to disrupt the wind energy industry.

A new study says that placing turbines under these high, already-built structures could be an easy way to incorporate wind energy in areas around the world.

That's two and a half times longer than any existing wind turbine blade and that's not all that makes it unique.

The world's most powerful wind turbine to date backs up its massive size with serious power output.

Half a century ago zebras were hunted to extinction in the region, now the area is being rewilded and the zebras are leading the charge.

Before 2015, the Mozambique reserve lost many thousands of elephants due to rampant poaching – now they’ve just had a full year without any illegal deaths.

Ethiopia’s ambitious national reforestation program seeks to plant 4 billion trees by October.

Fashion designer Alexander Julian has clearly had enough of the University of North Carolina's aqua graduation gowns, he's gone and given his alma

Students organize a massive call-in to demand the school transition away from coal.

The newfound fossils shed light on the early evolution of one of the planet’s most mysterious amphibians.

Gord Baird and Ann Baird have written the definitive guide.

The filming of a Sylvester Stallone movie in a Bulgarian cave has dramatically reduced the animals' numbers, bat experts say.

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.

Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.

While in Mongolia for World Environment Day, I toured the Salkhit Wind Farm.

Once again, one has to parse the data to get the real story.

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

I'll say it again, renewables are taking off much faster than anyone expected.

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

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

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

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.

If this is what advertisers do to promote electric and hybrid cars, I may just go buy a TV.

It's a mix of evaporative cooling and phase change that takes the temperature down 30 degrees celsius. But does it really work?

I've done it, you've done it, we've all done it. But why do we do it?

If reelected, the PM says he'll launch a bursary that will help low-income families get outside.

Here's one way to tread a bit more lightly while traveling.

It's another nail in the coffin for these monstrous purveyors of industrial tourism.

The trick is to get comfortable asking one question.

This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.

Instead of designing it himself, Curro Claret gets people in risk of social exclusion to create and build Camper's shoe store in Barcelona, using reclaimed materials. The result is a fun store with a lot of personality.

I believe we made the right decision in choosing Isonat Flex, made of wood fibres, over mineral wool or cellulose to insulate our low-VOC drywalls. Here's how we made the decision.

Astral Nature has the perfect mattresses: all natural ingredients and locally made just outside Barcelona. However, at yök Casa + Cultura we also needed an eco base. Luckily, Astral made some changes to theirs. The result: green beds, such luxury!

Made from used wooden pallets and a recycled countertop, the kitchens at yök Casa + Cultura in Spain are made to last.