Combining low-maintenance air plants with reused sea urchin shells, these unique creations look very much like mysterious jellyfish.

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

Finally, green shoe design is reaching mainstream levels.

This couple swapped a ladder for a climbing wall up to their loft.

A brush with death helped this family focus on the most important things in life, prompting them to convert a bus into a DIY motorhome.

The rich are different from you and me, they can just buy New Zealand.

This modern home is chock full of clever space-maximizing ideas.

People who live within view of water have lower psychological distress, study finds.

This is a trend that should catch on everywhere -- just building what you need.

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.

Equipped with two bedrooms and a secondary loft, there's plenty of space to grow in this small home.

It's sustainable!

But cyclists all run stop signs and red lights! Don't they?

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.

This is a very good idea that all of North America should consider.

Our photo of the day comes from Florida's John D MacArthur Beach State Park.

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

One couple's infamous battle over the right to grow vegetables has resulted in a new bill.

It's a multifunctional space that hides everything behind its pared-down walls.

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.

With Starbucks poised to open its first store on Italian soil this fall, there is concern about the environmental impact of so much coffee-related trash.

The tiny Italian car is now available in Europe.

Sambuca, the "City of Splendor" is hoping to save its historic structures and revive a waning community.

This modern prefab from Italy is conceived with energy efficiency and ease of assembly in mind.

But there's a strange loophole for biodegradable plastics, which we know aren't much better.

This Fair Trade company has new cold-weather footwear for men and women.

These designer shoes embody traditional craftsmanship and a Slow Fashion aesthetic.

In a shocking exclusive report, Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones at InsideClimate News write that the top official of the agency that regulates oil and gas pipelines recently admitted that he's essentially powerless as a regulator.

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.

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

House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority.

After the House of Representatives approved legislation pushing the Keystone XL forward, the Senate has rejected it.

A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama

Two years ago when Mion footwear won an ecodesign award we described them as something "you might expect the Jetsons to wear on the weekends." And we wanted the company to be more overt in their green product design. With their new models they've

If any of you have backpacked the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, you know that the weather can change in a hot minute. Over the past 20 years, we’ve hiked through hail, lightening storms, and

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -

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 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.

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

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

Value of Fossil Fuel Exports By Fuel, 1949-2010

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

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

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

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