The CEO of the USGBC brings it on and fights back against the Plastic People their poodles in Congress

This pediatric care unit showcases how sustainable and kid-friendly design can come together.

It's the right thing to do in so many ways, as LivingHome, Make it Right, Cradle to Cradle and Hanley Wood build a comfy new home for the Lower Ninth

What do we really want from a building certification system?

Religious communities may be wide open to fighting climate change, new evidence reveals.

We often criticize climate denialists for being anti-science, and yet many environmentalists reject science that clashes with their own worldview.

Religious communities across the country will gather to reflect on the moral implications of climate change and our imperative to act. One man, in particular, should pay heed.

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.

The Muslim American Society of Charlotte isn't just putting solar on its mosque. 40 of its congregants are going solar too.

As a keystone species, the importance of the sea otter on the health of coastal ecosystems can't be understated. A new study shows that they may even play a key role in helping coastlines cope with agricultural run-off.

Just when you think climate change couldn't get any worse... BEARS!

Nature's acoustic environments are wild, haunting and beautiful. As this online educational project shows, these wild soundscapes are in danger of disappearing too.

The ecosystem had thrived for thousands of years but collapsed less than two centuries ago.

Not in the ocean. Below it.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

Dan Hanganu mixes the modern with the even more modern, totally respectful of the original.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.

Images courtesy of Quiet Hero. Quiet Hero, a San Diego based clothing company sprang onto the scene in 2007 and has not stopped running. Their tshirts are quickly gaining interest in boutiques across the US. With themes like "Art you can ride a tiger

Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

In exchange for cultivating someone else's backyard for a year, this activist is experimenting with an increasingly simpler lifestyle, documented step-by-step online.

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug triggers dentine regrowth, eliminating need for fillings.

With one in 3 cases of dementia preventable, a sweeping new report identifies modifiable factors in early, mid- and late life that make a difference

From helping with dementia to prehypertension and chronic pain, these lifestyle changes could help you hop off the medication merry-go-round.

Pinpointing the sources of myths that threaten the health of children could help get the truth out to where it is needed

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.

When I stumbled across some of da Vinci's favorite vegetarian recipes, I knew I had to try them. Here's how it went...

Sometimes the most boring vegetables are the most versatile.

Think we are cutting back? They are just getting started, and we are going to be buried in the stuff.

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

Research reveals that rivers deliver up to 4 million metric tons of plastic debris to the sea every year, with up to 95% coming from just 10 of them.

Rivers are people too, you know.

The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution.

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?

We are wasting too much time, energy and money on autonomous vehicles. We know what to do and it's not AVs.

In Ottawa, Canada, self-driving cars are being touted as a reason to delay transit investment.

If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil