The fashion event's EcoChic Design Awards inspire Asia’s emerging fashion talent to create with minimal textile waste.

Hong Kong has been trying for a long time, through various 'clean air' measures, to deal with smog that is estimated to cause 3,000 premature deaths every single year.

Tens of millions of sharks are mutilated and left to die slowly each year so that some affluent people in Asia can each soup. This has to stop.

The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard.

Vibrantly colored wire is saved from the landfill and woven into recycled fan cages to produce these fresh pieces of furniture.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

Designer Orla Reynolds Designs a Bookcase Like a Stage Set for Small Spaces

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.

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.

Another country joins the ranks of the Powering Past Coal Alliance.

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

The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said

Earlier in the week, the New York Times reported that bees in Brooklyn had started turning red, and their honey was looking like bright red goo. It turned out that

You'll be surprised at how many beauty treatments you can make with just honey and a few ingredients.

Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder.

Darwin made a smart choice when he picked Galapagos as the place to develop his theory of natural selection: This group of islands has some of the most incredible species in the world. Earlier this month, a star-studded group of adventurers with the Missi

A star-studded group of adventurers with the Mission Blue oceans conservation group went on a trip to the Galapagos earlier this month. But the true stars of the show were the incredible species endemic to the islands: many

The Galapagos Islands are like no place on earth. The Galapagos Islands have too many

Environmental education is playing a bigger role around the globe as we all learn more about our environmental surroundings. As

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

The difference between visiting the islands largely untouched by humans and those once habited by people is

The Galapagos Islands are the model of biodiversity which inspired Charles Darwin to surmise the theory of evolution, but scientists have made arrangements to ensure that the latest round of animal deaths

Usually, air-dropping over 20 tons of poison from an helicopter on a fragile island ecosystem would be a very bad thing...

The current wind power installation has replaced millions of liters of diesel fuel and helped protect the islands' endangered animals.

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral.

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

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

"If knowledge has become a secular religion, public libraries are its parishes, mosques and synagogues."

We have lots of waste plastic and not much use for it, so why not use it instead of asphalt or concrete?

Here's how people work together to build their own homes cooperatively.

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

Raid other rooms for items that can help you cook more efficiently.

Made with simple materials, this extraordinary instrument creates experimental acoustic sounds that sound eerie yet beautiful.

The man who brought us the Rap Guide to Evolution is back to entertain, educate, and inspire us with a thought-provoking album that captures the spirit of conservation.

Touch the trees, hear them hum and murmur.

In a press conference for an upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, Smith and the founders of Pathway to Paris talk about art, community, and keeping the spirit up for climate action.

Contrary to what many people believe, they're not going to charity – just straight to landfill.

Using a combination of LED lights, sunlight and environmental data, a disused oil silo has been transformed into Helsinki's newest art installation and urban destination.

There's finally momentum on the international stage. And this is one of the most ambitious announcements yet.

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.