Florida's beautiful Frenchman's Forest Natural Area sets the stage for our photo of the day.

SAMARA's cruelty-free apple leather is created from the waste of the juicing industry.

While traveling, journalist Jan Wong opted for host families, not cooking school, when it came to learning about local food.

So what if it doesn't have pedals and isn't as practical as an e-bike, it's so elegant and minimal.

After visiting friends in Bologna, I came away with a sense that the Italians have embraced many things that we North Americans would do well to adopt.

The tiny Italian car is now available in Europe.

A controversial new ordinance tries to deal with another consequence of mass tourism.

It's not lazy, it's restorative.

Whether it's deciding where to buy clothes or taking good care of garments at home, there are many things that consumers can do to make a difference in the fashion world.

This new California-based company is run by two entrepreneurial moms who understand the value of local production, quality fabrics, and reducing one's environmental impact.

A special task force has been set up, but whether the talk and research turns into action is another matter.

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.

The climate movement must be about more than Keystone XL, write four climate activists.

Activists deliver a "No Tar Sands!" message to Sustainable Brands corporate conference via kayak flotilla

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC

This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential

Lloyd has called for sustainable and sound infrastructure. One way to start creating sustainable and sound infrastrucutre might be to show the actual costs of building a bad infrastructure. A new 'green roads program' at the University of New Hampshire

Before Stonyfield Farm was a $325 million company, Gary Hirshberg was milking the cows and trying to get the bills paid. Now, as the largest organic yogurt-maker, he is fulfilling the original mission: make money and save the world. From milk cows to

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here

How would you like to carve a Jack-o-lantern from one of these three record-breaking pumpkins from this weekend?

As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls.

The North American holiday actually has its roots in a newspaper strike in Toronto, a fight over toxic working conditions.

The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.

Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins sets out what Resilience 2.0 might look like.

A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it.

New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.

George Monbiot claims that peak oil is no longer a major concern. Is he right?

Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

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

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

The founder of the Transition Movment is out with another book. This time, he takes a global look at how grassroots community efforts may provide a blueprint for systemic, cultural change.

The Oil Drum is a website published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a non-profit that conducts research and educates the public about energy issues and their impact on society.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

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

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.

The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power.

The solar cell can be stretched, bent and compressed without substantially affecting performance.

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

Pioneering solar house was designed and engineered by women

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.

Not only will this save home owners money, but it will also allow utilities to manage demand during peak times.

The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.

The teen has been building the DIY microwave, hoping to solve many cooking problems with one device.

A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer.

It learns your usage patterns but can do a lot more.

This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind.

What is that man smoking?

Take a tour of two pioneering rooftop farms that could be the first signs of a growing and much needed movement in a rapidly urbanizing China.

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