A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.

Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.

It seems to be following the same path as Peak Oil, and happy days are here again.

We have lots of stuff, it's just unevenly distributed.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

The tiny, flexible solar cells can be integrated into objects of any shape or size.

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.

So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes.

The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film.

Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X.

While the world chases solar generating windows, we see how to do solar generating walls.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

The technology makes for better energy generation and a better window.

Pioneering solar house was designed and engineered by women

This WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled smart bulb features plug-and-play functionality, doesn't require a central smart home hub, and is designed to last for "up to 50,000 hours."

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home.

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

A stark example of the the scale of the illegal trade in ivory, and the financial rewards for doing so.

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.

One design attempts to deal with the problem of plastic bottle caps -- which often get discarded rather than recycled.

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are being killed each day by poachers to meet the growing demand for ivory in Asia.

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.

It would be a good way to further broaden the appeal of electric vehicles.

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

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

This small apartment doubles as a gallery for a collector of ceramic sculptures.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

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.

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family'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.

In honor of World Environment Day, organizers of the World’s fair highlighted the greenest exhibit designs.

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

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

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

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

What happens when you find bees have made your home into their hive? You call Mike 'The Bee Guy' and document it their removal.

Ever wonder what the difference is between clover honey and wild flower honey? Steve Gentry of Steve's Bees gives us the scoop!

The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey.

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

Sylvia Earle won the 2009 TED prize for her presentation on oceans, and this year got her Mission Blue project up and rolling to create marine preserves. Earle's wish was that we all use all the means at our disposal to tell the story of oceans in

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding:

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

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Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global