Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff.

The dead ones washing up on beaches are "just the tip of the iceberg."

The horsemeat scandal in the UK and Europe could make more people turn to vegetarianism.

Seven architects have created massive and impressive new structures inside a building from the 1700's.

Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake.

Insulation in a tent makes as much sense as it does in a house, if you can get it right.

The humble avocado pit has been rescued from the compost bin of obscurity and remade into these magical little sculptures.

These delightful mementos of the Irish countryside remind us of nature's beauty, but are also responsibly sourced and packaged.

Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.

It turns out beauty is more than skin deep, but make sure you're taking good care of that beauty because chemicals are all over the skin care industry

Though I delved into Toyota's reasons for annually executing their singular teaching program in the Galapagos, I amazingly failed to touch on the

On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the

All photos credit Collin Dunn Ed. note: 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with a stop in the Florida Everglades, with the Toyota International Teacher Program. The program is designed to engage a variety

The ballooning rates of people coming to the Galapagos, as residents or tourists, over the past few years has created a variety of environmental concerns for the islands. Not least of these is waste management, as the

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

Remember the Yellow Pages Association? They represent the folks who print phone books. They've fought some efforts by cities to ban phone book distribution, and

While the NYT article offers an exaggerated cautionary tale, its alarm-ism can lead many to throw the beautiful practice of yoga asanas (postures) out with the bathwater.

What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?

Margaret Wente trots out every 20-year-old trope spouted by tired old discredited climate change deniers.

And in the meantime, the bodacious bovine has become a social media star and will receive a full pardon … as soon as they can get her out of the woods.

This contemporary tiny house from the Netherlands incorporates lots of great layout and storage ideas.

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.

Children. Alone in the forest. At night.

Founded by two sons of farmers, this company wants to grow farm-fresh food -- out of shipping containers.

Looking like a "great ship," this solar-powered music venue is a new gateway into the city.

...or does this augur the final breakdown of civilization?

Switching from fossil fuel powered cars could save 45,000 lives per year and on its own almost solve climate change

An undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota has created a unique way of connecting people with climate data through music.

A new study finds that music helps alleviate symptoms of anxiety, pain and fatigue in cancer patients, while also boosting their quality of life.

Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary.

The Musical Mountaineers carry a violin and piano up trails to perform in secret wilderness locations.

This specially designed Finnish axe requires less force to split wood as it acts both as a wedge and as a lever.

OK, maybe the Finns know something we don't - they are trying to pair smart phones, Big Data, and public and shared tranport to break free of private car-dependent cities.

Or, for that matter, park both a house and a car like Bill Dunster's ZEDpod.

Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki.

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.

Just standing isn't enough; you gotta move.

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.

Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.

Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got.

The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones.

A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.

While many cities have programs that turn leftover Christmas Trees into mulch and wood chips, (in NYC they call it Mulchfest, and you can go home with a bag of mulch). But in recent years, other uses such as structural aquatic

Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease

Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly

Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.

After a series of 11 earthquakes in nine months, a fracking operation near Youngstown has been suspended.

Two days after the earthquake caused by a nearby fracking well the mayor said, "I called my insurance man and got earthquake insurance.”