We still have to reduce our carbon emissions.

Who doesn't love a picture of a bicyclist reading a book on top of a bashed up car?

Every year, the TED—Technology, Education, Design—conference convenes with the intention of showcasing "ideas worth spreading."

Innovation may be a fundamental part of

The winner will have the opportunity to speak at TEDxManhattan 2014.

For the next 3 years, residents of Sweden are getting a serious incentive to get on an e-bike, as the country is setting aside about €35 million per year to subsidize their purchase.

This shed packs it all in -- workspace, guesthouse, storage, seating, rooftop terrace and even a concealed kitchen.

This once-derelict small apartment has been renovated on a budget into a more modern space.

In “fishing” for plastic to create new things, Plastic Whale Circular Furniture tackles a number of problems at once.

Need a helping hand? This self-adjusting piece of furniture comes to you.

Considered too fragile to ever be played again, the recordings have been newly reconstructed ... and they are wonderfully creepy.

The company will spend $1 billion and employ a team of 100 to find a sustainable alternative.

Why Mattel's diabolical darling could be a threat to children’s privacy, wellbeing, and creativity.

Because the world needs yet more redundant, hard-to-recycle, battery-powered plastic toys whose novelty will wear off quickly.

These beautiful toys are creative, unusual, and eco-friendly.

Made from sugarcane, the new sustainable play pieces will be included in Lego kits in 2018.

The fleeting distraction they provide isn't worth the surprising costs.

It's not urgent in the big picture, but it's something we should be doing more.

Their hugely successful petition has even gotten a response – and a promise – from the fast food giant.

Another very good reason to get fossil fuel powered cars out of our cities.

We previously reported that phthalates were linked to miscarriages. Now we know they are linked to flooring.

This delicious dish embodies everything comforting about home cooking. Easy, filling, and something everyone at the table will enjoy, whether vegetarian or not.

These delicious dessert squares skip the crust and the refined sugar. They're quick and easy to make for lightly sweet snacks during fall and winter.

Between planetary and personal health, there's a lot to be said for eating a lot less meat.

It's become a very tasty ritual.

A new microbial fuel cell can not only drastically reduce the amount of sludge from wastewater treatment plants, but can also produce clean energy at the same time.

Researchers have used abundant and inexpensive materials to create a tandem solar cell that can store solar energy as hydrogen for use at any time of day.

The fuel cell is part of Microsoft's Data Plant project to build a zero carbon data center.

A robot powered by microbial fuel cells that runs on human waste helps out at a wastewater treatment plant using its artificial stomach.

The tiny fuel cell is long-lasting, low-cost and could power our tablets and smartphones with clean energy.

The real competition for green tech is not other green tech, but the old, dirty incumbents.

Goodbye car ownership, hello "mobility as a service."

Customers pay €1 for a reusable cup that can be returned to any participating business in the city center.

We have to rebuild our cities to use less energy and house more people, and Passivhaus design is a useful tool for both problems.

It's not all about numbers, really there's more.

This proposed home for a young family incorporates an efficient roof garden.

Cars kill thousands every day, wreck our cities, and spout CO2. What should we do about it?

This company is working to build a network of urban prefabs under a 'pay-as-you-go' model of home ownership.

Limits would save lives and significantly reduce carbon emissions, but let's keep our priorities straight.

Yes, they seem tacky and don't make your house smell like a coniferous forest but they also won't dry up and shed their needles all over the place

This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition

In past articles I have shown that boxed

Each year thousands of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) yoga mats are sold

Electric cars are the darlings of the green technology futurists. But wait, cries a receding voice, "what about the environmental impact of all those batteries?" Until recently, that lurking uncertainty shadowed the

Amid a media flurry starring a displaced polar bear and an easy-breathing Lance Armstrong, Nissan has become the unlikely leader as it delivers a mass-produced, affordable electric car. The Leaf is now arriving in the driveways of eager customers, and

I must admit I have never really understood the environmentalist obsession with plastic bags. As I noted in my post on a ban plastic bags rap that went viral, I've always felt there are

Dear Pablo: Is it true that plastic bags have less impact on the environment than the alternatives?

This lovely looking Victorian house in west London seems deceptively straightforward except for a tiny plaque on the front door. It notes that this is the second house in the UK to reach PassivHaus standards. And that is no mean

Dear Pablo: I have a tough one for you: shall we recycle our paper? There are both the CO2 and the chemical aspects to consider, and there's arguments against recycling paper in each case.

Sure, there are higher-tech ways of operating, but I'm just not interested.