Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.

Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.

It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point?

Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.

Perhaps lofts are not the best solution for tiny homes and apartments.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use.

Neri&Hu turn climbing the stairs into an experience for Bloomberg in Hong Kong.

Why go diagonally when you can go straight up?

And believe it or not, it's environmentally friendly!

This is a big problem in old buildings: providing universal access without ruining the look of the building.

An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.

To cap off a week of black hole fever, the cosmic object has now been named by a language professor in Hawaii.

Morocco is making good on it's stated goals of increasing renewable energy development, leading towards 40% of electricity from renewables over the next decade.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), by 2018 renewable should overtake natural gas to become the world's second-largest source of energy (oil is #1).

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide?

This time it is for open offices, when you need a bit of peace and quiet.

Petrochemicals are becoming increasingly important to the oil industry as cars go electric.

The small device is perfect for tiny homes or those wanting a convenient, yet electricity-free option.

The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years.

Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-backed Somali terror group responsible for Saturday's attack in a Nairobi mall, receives significant funding from the illegal poaching. This is why the US sees wildlife trafficking as a national security issue.

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.

On Monday, a molasses pipeline (yes, that's a thing!) leaked 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of molasses into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor and it has turned into a killer mess with no quick solution.

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

More than two years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the situation is worse than ever.

On Monday (Sunday locally), Japan switched off the last of its operating nuclear reactors and became 100% nuclear-free.

Tons of jellyfish clog a water intake pipe at the Oskarshamn power plant in Sweden, forcing operators to shut down the reactor.

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

MIT design cuts fusion reactor down to a size that would be more cost effective and could be built in five years

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.

A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant

The material could also one day charge our devices.

A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't.

The modular robot could swim through bodies of water to detect and find the source of pollutants.

The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.

The blue whale, is the largest animal ever known to have lived on the planet. Here’s what you need to know about the majestic marine mammal.

The recovery of these beleaguered species proves that conservation action works.

In the 30+ years since the disaster zone was evacuated, rare and endangered animals are flourishing.

In addition to its social conscience, Sweden is also extremely fashion conscious, and recent media debate plus campaigns by local group Rena Kläder (Clean Clothing) have brought ideas about ethical fashion to the forefront. Right on cue, in Sweden's

There's always clung to the Tetra Pak a bit of uncertainty regarding its environmental credibility: is it or isn't it green? Tetra Pak recycling rates are lousy, but in at least one life cycle analysis it came out ahead of glass and PET plastic in energy

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The