There are everywhere, they are fun, and there is so much to learn from them.

With its embrace of wild swimming, foraging, and stargazing, this cultural trend is spot-on for the modern world.

This family lives, works and travels in this modern tiny house, now located on a remote Scottish island.

Instead of turning sunlight into electricity, and then using that to power indoor lighting, Lucy redirects the daylight into rooms for effective natural illumination.

This solar + battery + LED light combo aims to be the future of portable light & power.

At less than $50, this little dual USB port solar device is an affordable option for a clean, efficient portable charging solution.

These devices help solar lighting move beyond the flatness of traditional photovoltaic cells.

These ultra-thin solar charging devices use amorphous silicon technology, which is said to be effective even in shady or lower-light conditions.

This mobile solar power station offers a lightweight high-capacity lithium-ion battery with all the bells and whistles.

Renogy's rechargeable flashlight incorporates a host of useful features, including the ability to function as a backup battery for phones and other gadgets.

The MP3ForLife device is loaded with 400+ answers to common questions about health, nutrition, family planning, and more, translated into more than 100 languages.

Do not mail them to the President.

SOURCE is a solar-powered and self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air.

A new way to deliver natural light to rooms without windows.

The GoSun Fusion probably won’t save the world, but the design thinking behind it might.

Tasked with finding the most heinous hue known to humans, researchers arrived at Pantone 448C – and the Australian government is putting it to good use.

It's counterintuitive, but this prefab panel system from Messana makes a lot of sense.

"Siri, turn down the temperature in my bedroom please"

A shocking 17 times more people die from cold than heat each year, according to Lancet study.

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.

Scientists call it a remarkable discovery in an area where butterfly wildlife was thought to be well known.

Don't take your morning cup of coffee for granted. It may not be around in a few decades, according to a new report.

Water is vital to life. To many of us, it is within reach of a faucet, but for many others it is not. And it is fast becoming a scarce resource. As I note in Plan B 2.0 ), more than half the world's people live in countries where water tables are

In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

This bowl-like, double-roof design helps to collect rainwater before it evaporates, and also provides more shade for buildings in arid regions.

Inspired by origami and looking a bit like an accordion, this no-tools-required bookshelf sets up in seconds to adapt to any space.

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes.

It's all over the news: IKEA does recall of MALM dressers for toppling over and killing children.

Besides looking lovely, all proceeds from this lamp will go to a project that is developing electricity-free lighting that is inspired by nature.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

This prototypical house acts as an active interface between its inhabitants and the outside.

Edward Burtynsky's collection called Water documents the role water plays in ecosystems, energy, cultural practices and disasters.

Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations.

Polar bears re-brand a Shell refinery in Denmark.

Join the DETOX campaign to pressure the fashion industry to stop exposing our kids to hazardous chemicals and contaminating waterways.

The charity loses millions in rogue currency swap, just like the big boys.

Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy

You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.

The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment.

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.

Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.

The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.