Unless we start paying cacao farmers more, we could be inadvertently contributing to the end of chocolate as we know it.

A report reveals that major chocolate companies buy cocoa from illegally-cleared national parks in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

Hershey's, Nestle and Mars have not kept their promises when it comes to sourcing conflict-free palm oil.

This version contains no added sugar or oil, and yet it tastes fantastic.

It's important, but higher isn't always better.

Companies and governments in West Africa and Europe are finally saying no to cocoa grown on deforested land.

Mighty Earth has released a scorecard for chocolate brands and retailers to help you make a good choice.

After decades of promising reforms, chocolate companies have failed to deliver.

Can't figure out what to read? Sit on this bench and let it give you an idea.

See this fascinating documentary about the dedicated man who created a forest the size of Central Park.

Now that's handy: no more need for replanting.

There are no trees in the winning shots, but it's still a stirring series of photos.

There is an art to shade gardening: keep it simple.

Here are a few shade plants that will add end-of-summer colour to your shady patches.

Can one device to it all? Should it? Has its time finally come?

It's what we have called dematerialization, as all that is solid melts into apps

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.

"Radiative barriers" may work well in space, but not so well down here.

We are in the middle of a mass timber construction revolution. What is everyone talking about here?

Who says you can't take it with you?

They should rename the town of Asbestos after this stuff.

It's a duffel bag with various inserts that will keep you organized whenever you leave the house.

Empty jars and recycles are easily transformed into stunning vases with the Lace Vase attachment by Milk Design Shop.

Zeal Optics Releases Stylish, Sustainable Sunglasses Made from Castor Oil

Joe Mimran is more concerned with his flow of creative juices than the tragedy.

With the aim of showcasing and selling products designed by women, No Sir also draws attention to gender inequality in the design profession.

Elegant necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings are planted with hardy succulents and worn as jewelry.

What would you do if you had a million dollars?

Bold and refined, these wearable works of art also allude to the object's unspoken history.

Parents will have to embrace the old-fashioned cloth diapering method. That's not a bad thing.

A German study reveals that we're doing a poor job of keeping of safeguarding children's health when it comes to plastic.

On Wednesday, a bull scheduled for slaughter in a halal butcher's shop in Queens, New York decided that it wasn't on board with its fate. So it broke out and didn't look back, sprinting down Liberty Avenue (how appropriate!),

Today, September 6th, Trash Tycoon officially launches! It's been a long, hard, fun road getting to this point, and we owe a special thanks to all the beta testers who have been playing and submitting bugs and comments on the forums.

The competition between the hottest solar homes in the nation at the 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC has been heating up all week and the winners will finally be announced tomorrow. Green design experts will be judging these student-built houses

+ Indulge your budding foodie with LoooLo Textiles organic munchy toys, which in addition to being beautifully designed, are biodegradable. A set of bagel, lox and cream cheese, a fresh PB & J, and a burger piled high with the works will infuse

It's about time; they are better for the environment and for your bottoms.

Through trial and error, these are the indoor plants that have taken well to living in my bathroom.

Here's a handy calculator to figure it out, so that you don't have to fill the entire pickup truck with it.

The technology is still in the beginning stages, but the potential is great.

This could be the future of slow travel.

But would you want to sit in a plane with no windows?

Bristol's airport expansion gets cancelled in a shocking act of doing something meaningful to go carbon neutral.

Over 80 countries have signed up to make our roads safer. Only one dissented.

We have more choices than ever in the consumer electronics sector, but at what cost does all this "choice" come?

Are we really that dependent on technology now that we can't water our plants without a gadget telling us when to do so?

The Yeti 150 is the latest from Goal Zero, and offers a powerful solution for emergency and off-grid charging.

The non-profit has made three new announcements at CES this year, one of which is the OLPC 4.0 that switches from laptop to tablet and back.

Using light to transmit data is faster and more secure; it's a bright idea.

C'est magnifique.

It's a crazy expensive, overpowered gaming machine, but it turns laptop design on its head.