It's an incredibly hard process.

If American's cats and dogs were their own country, they'd rank 5th in global meat consumption, says new study.

More than just a reflection of emotional states, a new study finds that dogs’ facial movement are potentially active attempts to communicate.

A feline clinic in Dublin has published a full-time job listing for cat cuddlers.

Researchers have identified many of the gestures that dogs use to get humans to do their bidding.

Researchers tested the calming effect of music for kitties during vet visits; 'cat-specific' music was the winner.

One way to guarantee a view and to tread lightly is to build high in the sky.

Prices have fallen 12% thanks to this switch to renewables.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.

When two male Alston's singing mice meet, they sing an operatic duet that researchers say offers clues about our own speech.

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

Someone recently told me it suggests indigenous peoples are primitive.

Commonly thought to be a byproduct of economic distress, a new report suggest that dollar stores are a cause of it.

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

Everyone is excited about plant-based meat substitutes, it seems.

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Are we about to have a "Minsky Moment"?

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has asked pilots to avoid flying too close to a group of about 35,000 walrus gathered on an Alaskan beach.

70% of this potent pollutant comes from fossil fuels, not biomass burning.

Some 60 polar bears are loitering near Ryrkaipy in Chukotka Russia, a new occurrence which is prompting some to suggest permanent evacuation.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

A lot of our history is being lost so that people can get that popular look.

It's a nice idea, but it needs a bit more rigor.

Every year we go look for the latest in sustainable design. Every year the post gets shorter.

Blank city walls are huge canvases for this artist transforming our perception of ordinary buildings.

The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.

Amid the over-upholstered and garishly gilded furniture at the Istanbul Decoration and Design Fair hid some ingenious gems -- designers working with recycled and alternative materials and creating multi-purpose furniture for small spaces.

Apple remains our culture's most lauded example of great design. But could it be that the company considered to have reached the pinnacle of design is, in fact, an impostor? The definition of good design is changing. It used

Lace is back! A while ago Lloyd wrote about the California-based Eurolaces, believed to be the first company to offer 100% certified machine-made macramé style organic cotton lace trim for apparel or curtains. Now lace has become a theme amongst the

Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first

Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,

At this year's Valencia Design Week in Spain, not a huge amount of companies convinced us about their products being truly good for our planet, in fact, we noticed a

Forget about wood furniture, we are all tied up in knots about rope.

Thanks to the internet, housesitters can now travel the world, living in different places for a few days or a few months for free, in exchange for taking care of an absent homeowner's property, pets or errands.

The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.

The Polluted Water Popsicles project is meant to shock viewers into realizing how serious water contamination is in Taiwan.

Was it the Uber car, the safety driver, the victim, or the traffic engineers who designed that road?

He wants data? We've got data. And if it saves just one life.....

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

A new decree has opened the door to global waste exports – and rampant pollution.

The building is handsome and sexy, just like Bjarke. But this is Calgary, and you need a warm jacket in winter.

Canada's Texas appears to be going green. And environmentalists and oil companies alike are celebrating.

It's that seventies show all over again as a Trudeau gets blamed but it's not his fault; it's simple economics.

Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact.

Concerned citizens want Parks Canada to consider visitor quotas.

Shoe lovers have more and more choice when it comes to buying eco-friendly shoes: Simple Shoes, Worn Again or TOMS are just a few of my favourites and I just found a new brand from France. FYE (for your earth) is a relatively young company that started

Heavy Eco sells bags, t-shirts and accessories, all made with recycled or organic materials and designed and produced by inmates in Estonian prisons.