If you'd like to get the junk out of your back pocket or purse, consider downsizing into a wallet such as this one, which holds just the essentials.

These beautiful and affordable handcrafted timepieces, made from natural and renewable materials, could also serve as a catalyst for conversations about sustainable goods.

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

Amongst an audience of their peers at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, representatives from Yale University recently outlined how they plan to bring green to the university athletic department. How exactly

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

These graceful, nature-inspired wall clocks are a timely delight to look at throughout the day.

This clever replacement window expands out to create a private semi-outdoor space for people who don't have a balcony.

Using a non-chemical process based on traditional techniques, these furniture pieces are created with fish skins that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Welcome to the world of planner mania! Here you will discover the hottest planners on the market. If only we could use every single one...

Plants get a stylish home with these eye-catching, handmade wooden planters made for the wall.

Emulating the same processes naturally found in rainforests, this prototype filters and cleans water of harmful pollutants.

Coppiced wood and fungi become one in this collection of conceptual furniture.

These intricately redone antique pocket watches and other timepieces feature scenes inspired by fairytales and steampunk.

It's the season of rampant zucchini and copious cucumbers. People will give them away to you in big paper bags. What to do if you don't relish loaves of zucchini bread?

War wasn't just a man's game, and it wasn't just about weapons. Soldiers gotta eat.

Madison is a city of lakes.

Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.

Patagonia's Worn Wear events, held in collaboration with sharing start up Yerdle, offer a different, more sustainable vision of Black Friday.

Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.

The world is getting hotter. But if we need AC, we have to use it sparingly.

Even Amnesty International is weighing in about the way the Alberta government is going after environmentalists.

CEO Rose Marcario says the move will show solidarity for the young people who are striking for climate action.

More on why less is more.

It can take hours before test results clue authorities about hazards in water supplies. The AquaBioTox uses biological sensors for immediate feedback.

You thought disco was dead? Not with these old payphone booths, now transformed into ultra-exclusive, tiny dance clubs, complete with the disco ball.

"Tucked in a corner of the Old Executive Office Building, an obscure group of some three dozen economists exerts extraordinary power over federal rules intended to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment."

A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.

The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.

Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

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

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.

This startup offers tailored volunteering experiences where participants can continue working remotely while abroad, in addition to volunteering their skills in local communities.

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.

Muscle-meat grown in a laboratory is no longer in the realm of science fiction, except for the price of an 'all-beef' patty.

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

Blending ground beef with mushrooms cuts both calories and carbon emissions. Oh, and lots of folks say it tastes better too.

Enough toxic stuff that you should get out your vacuum cleaner.

Because who wants to spend precious time cleaning their house?

Save time, money, and food by taking a structured approach.

Keep these tricks in your back pocket to make a tough job a tiny bit easier.

In general flax has a relatively small environmental impact - and it gets even better when its organic. That's why companies like Libeco have decided to make organic lines.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

Homestead is a California-based company that sells high-end ethical bedding at reasonable prices.

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

Four sizes of micro-turbines, designed to be portable personal wind energy stations, are in the works from Janulus.