The Forever Floatride GROW is made with castor beans, algae, eucalyptus, and natural rubber.

The leather boots come in several styles for both men and women.

Pangaia's FLWRDWN offers a cruelty-free and sustainable option for keeping warm.

Along with the iconic Hunter rainboot, the company has a huge collection of items that have no animal materials or animal by-products during the manufacturing process.

I am pickier, stingier... and much happier.

The Minimalists chat with Courtney Carver, founder of Project 333, on why stuffed closets are overrated.

This reduces demand on animals, diverts waste, and minimizes environmental impact.

Daniel Herridges of Strong Towns says, "If your goal is to promote public safety, design for the humans you have, not the ones you wish you had."

A look back at the tweets that changed the way I think about sustainable design.

Why can't we do this in North America?

It is not just a choice between tall and sprawl.

One designer thinks that it can take the place of concrete in buildings, inside and out.

Supple and glowing is preferable to chapped and flaky.

The United States lags behind more than 40 nations in banning or restricting chemicals for safety reasons.

Say goodbye to disposable cartridges and plastic packaging with this solid-steel beauty.

Remove the water.

Shark liver oil is a common moisturizing agent in many beauty products. Stay away!

Now I'm obsessed with paring it down to the absolute minimum.

Surely there's a way to ditch our wasteful, disposable habits.

You shouldn't have to suffer through the winter with dry and cracked lips.

Just because something is BPA-free doesn't mean it's safe.

Consumer Reports explains why the curing source for processed meats doesn't matter. It's all bad for you.

It's bad for the clothes, your health, and the planet. There is no good reason to use it.

These questionable additives are found in nearly half of all foods marketed to kids.

Everybody promised to destroy HFC-23 but apparently they didn't.

But this doesn't mean we should give up on fair trade certification.

There are fewer and fewer trees that can produce this beloved aromatic resin.

Climate change winners and losers assessed in the wake of a hot summer in Germany

We need a precautionary principle approach or a lot more of these studies, and soon, in order to protect our children.

Feast your eyes on the frozen foods available with no waste at the Globus Hypermarket in the Czech Republic

Various healthy diets are shown to ease symptoms of depression, and they work even better for women.

A list of chemicals and their uses will support risk assessments and circular economy plans

It's got everything: “Design, construction, love, betrayal, and eventually murder. Just a typical architectural project.”

Anyone who says that a building has to be demolished because the plan doesn't suit modern uses is either lying or incompetent. Just look at this.

Digital photography has made us lose the wretched chemicals and excess paper of the Polaroid era. So if you want to save a summer memory, you can do it in organic chocolate.

Honeybees in France are producing unusual-colored honey. Their sweet tooth may be to blame.

Get your dark chocolate fix with less guilt. Balance Bar introduces a new energy bar featuring sustainably farmed cocoa beans.

There's already a global cocoa shortage, but prices haven't risen enough to make it worthwhile for cocoa farmers. They're switching to rubber instead.

This woman-owned business is making some of the best chocolates on the planet, using Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa to craft a line of luxurious truffles and bars.

Testing shows just how much packaging is required to keep the yum in, and reveals some dirty little secrets on the way

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

Unless we change the way we buy chocolate, we could lose it forever.

The World Cup is starting: here's a football they won't be wanting.

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.

What could be lovelier than a butterfly; even when it is made out of a can of beer.

Olafur Eliasson is back with another environmental project on a giant scale.

That's a switch: a product from the field of medicine has won a design prize.

This year's specially designed and built pavilion looks like a colourful worm on the ground.

Thought there wasn't enough variety? Now it is endless.