The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.

Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.

"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"

Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.

Thousands of abandoned flipflops turn up on African shores--Ocean Sole recycles them into something good.

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.

A vagrant Cape Sea Lion that made a record trip to Kenya is rescued from a fisherman’s gillnet.

No more plastic bags means a return to old-fashioned ways of packaging and carrying goods -- not necessarily a bad thing!

On Monday, a molasses pipeline (yes, that's a thing!) leaked 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of molasses into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor and it has turned into a killer mess with no quick solution.

It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean.

Help Treehugger founder Graham Hill design his compact, off grid, energy positive compound in Maui.

This is candy in its purest form -- certified organic ingredients, zero artificial colors and flavors, no preservatives or GMOs.

Since before he started TreeHugger, Graham Hill has delivered the same message: sustainability can be beautiful and fun.

As if to say 'sorry,' Kilauea softens its fury by tossing shimmery green olivine to the humble humans below.

Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. It plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop.

The number of wolves alone around Chernobyl is more than 7 times greater than can be found in other nature reserves.

Earlier research found evidence of a wildlife wonderland at the disaster site, now the first camera study validates an abundance of wolves, boars, foxes and more.

Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.

Also a look at smart phones for boomers and for refugees, and making the Raspberry Pi higher.

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and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

and lessons in management from Renaissance Florence

And dancing robots!

Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around.

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has

I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.

Mandatory solar panels are not the biggest deal here.

He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.

The material could also one day charge our devices.

A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't.

The new study shows that drones can handle longer aid delivery trips than previously thought.

Personal lighting just took a huge leap forward with the Kogalla RA.

This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated.

Capt. Neill's Seafood Inc. said its blue crab meat was American-grown, but it was imported from South America and Asia.

In the 30+ years since the disaster zone was evacuated, rare and endangered animals are flourishing.

We've written about e-paper here and while the idea seems nifty, it's hard not to think that improving online readers might be the best option rather than adding another electronic gadget to the overladen waste stream. But in a new study from the

Sarah and I have spent the better

Leaving Boras takes us past a

We are at the end of our LostGen2 quest for the world's best city

Can't we all stop fencing for political position and start talking about using the overwhelming amount of data to solve problems?

For those of us who actually live in rustic homes in cold climates, the household items that define the 'hygge' decorating trend are a matter of survival.

At the rate we’re killing them, we may soon see it firsthand.

Another instance of creative adaptive reuse, where a decommissioned Sea King is transformed into a deluxe mini-hotel.