Making things more efficient is not enough; we have to ask ourselves what we really need.

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical."

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

Design for deconstruction out of low-carbon materials is the way of the future.

Is this the future of construction?

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Yet another thing we are running out of.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.

Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty.

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.

A new solar-power kit from BRIGHT Products is like the Swiss Army Knife of solar gadgets.

Many areas of the world have scarce access to electricity. This new solar lantern will provide light and charging power for cell phones.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

A fail-safe filter that delivers water easily with a sip or a squeeze could save lives in places where water-borne illnesses thrive, but look for it first as a trendy gym accessory.

Trust the rock stars, or your doctor.

The technology could save countless lives.

In a victory for Berta Cáceres' campaign against a major hydroelectric project, two European development banks have withdrawn support following her and a colleague's recent murders.

How would you reduce one pound of waste per week from your lifestyle?

The discussion of implementing proactive environmental consciousness starts with our youth, who have the most influence on the trajectory of our eco-infrastructure.

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

Whether they are growing to be thousands of years old, making life-long friendships or confounding us with their resilience, trees provide to us invaluable material resources.

By making simple, versatile swaps, you can stay hydrated this summer and all year long without ever touching a disposable water bottle again.

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

These photo-luminescent artworks hide fascinating stories about the places and cities they are located in.

Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight.

Influenced by realism and mythology, these impressive works impart a sense of wonder about the natural world.

These striking works combine natural materials with artificial processes to create crystallized surfaces reminiscent of coral.

'Coral Garden' is a handcrafted installation that's inspired by the world's threatened coral reefs, and made with upcycled materials.

Using various vintage fabrics, many with a story behind them, this artist portrays ordinary people and historical figures with an artful eye.

Gorgeous, soft and looking like a living UFO, this enormous work of textile art is brightening up one Paris institution.

Sometimes you just need a bit of solitude and nature to get a project done.

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.

Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism."

Flying went from being expensive and elite to being mass-market. Enjoy it while you can.

Yes, but first we need to develop a collective conscience when it comes to travel.

Instead of flaring off gas, they are burning it to run computers that mine bitcoins. Is this any better?

So, last week approximately 7,500 songbirds flew into a giant flame and died. Maybe this is a good time to talk about the wastefulness and damage caused by natural gas flaring?

According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline.

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.

More than six months since tar sands oil spilled into a Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood, two homes have just been leveled by Exxon in order to clean up oil that was found under their foundations.

The biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history killed tens of thousands immediately, but the effects on climate continued for years.