They do this so well in Montreal.

This is the kind of gentle density we need.

What's next after the coal purge?

This doesn't seem right.

You just can't fool Mother Nature.

They are still banned in Manhattan where they would be most useful. Why not ban parked cars instead?

From scooters to cargo bikes, a bunch of alternatives to driving that car.

Docked electric cars can be worse than dockless scooters for pedestrians, but the UEone is a step in the right direction.

Michael Pollan writes in the New York Times about the connection between the American diet and the cost of health care; Surprisingly, conservative writers like Marie-Josée Kravis are saying much the same thing,

All the foodies are outraged by the New York Times Expose on the marketing of cheese. The front page story While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales by Michael Moss describes how Dairy Management helps

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality

The Earth Advantage Institute promotes a green building standard from the Northwest that combines the energy requirements of Energy Star with healthy home attributes like air quality, environmental responsibility and and resource efficiency. I thought

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

The dog days of summer are right around the corner and homeowners are looking for ways to

Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts.

Look Ma! No heatsink!

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...

From heat pumps to induction, it has never been easier to give up gas.

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Image Credit: Getty ImagesFestivals are not a modern day invention. The roots of the celebratory gathering go as far back as the Egyptians, who used to toast the annual overflow of the Nile, which irrigated crops. Whether it be religion (the most common

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized

When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

It looks a lot better than the usual kind, cleans the air and absorbs noise.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

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

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

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

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation shows how thinking circular could change the way we live for the better.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

Great cities know the future is renewable.

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

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030.

And we thought it was all about symbolism...

The leader of the Catholic Church used his strongest language yet to call for 'decisive action, here and now.'

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.

Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still.

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.

The peripatetic international designer explains it all in Core77

On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members

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

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