Green roofs, living walls, vertical farms are all part of a new living architecture.

They are certainly more reflective, but that's not the only thing that matters.

Strange things happen when roofs touch the ground.

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

Jean-Philippe Pargade designs a school where the green roof IS the building, defining its whole look and feel

We are going to need a new term that binds them all together. A lecture in 20 slides.

This modern, Scandinavian take on the hostel includes private rooms and a jacuzzi in the old vault.

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?

This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment.

Turns out, environmental issues are not about awareness. People get it.

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.

Pioneers are already making inroads into the market. But once economies of scale kick in...

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.

A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really,

In a belated attempt to (finally) stem the growing tide of aggressive overfishing, the U.S. is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to enact a 3-5 year ban on bluefin tuna

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.

The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils.

Ambitious thieves spend a month torching apart a Pennsylvania bridge

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

One more US city fully commits to transforming itself into a better place to live for all.

Don't give up; Collective and individual actions can change the world.

It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying.

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.

The health of young people is disproportionately harmed by climate change, and the government has failed to keep them safe.

A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.

Architects ignore it. "Heads of sustainability" ignore it. Critics have ignored it, but this may be changing.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.

This month's issue of Wallpaper* magazine is dominated by the 2007 Design Directory, their hand-picked favorite architects and designers from the past year. Always the epitome of cool, the mag's slick picks

Duke Energy Corp. is reportedly discussing with BMW Manufacturing Co. the potential for building a solar energy plant at the car company's Spartanburg South Carolina USA facility. Well, isn't that a German sort of response to US government pressure?

During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks

It's Blame the Victim time as the car company tells pedestrians to brighten up.