LEED v4 is here.

It's a ritual; they pick the ten top products and I complain that they are not sexy. This year is different.

A decade ago, the Taliban's destruction of two 1,500-year-old Buddha statues in the Bamiyan Valley drew worldwide attention to Afghanistan's rich archaeological

"I believe that the earth is calling to us and that we are here to serve the planet as a whole by our ability to appreciate, to give gratitude and praise, to become ecstatic with wonder for the earth."

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.

This may, possibly, be the oldest building in the world to go solar.

Many people swear by the value of periodically fasting for a day or a couple days at a time. Science backs them up

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee at The Guardian writes about the deeper human issue at risk in our ongoing environmental crises - a disconnection from the ecosystem.

Scientists have named a new marine ecological community, the Plastisphere, comprised of, you guessed it, plastic -- and all the organisms that now call ocean plastic home.

Researchers have discovered that the problem of ocean noise pollution extends all the way up to the shoreline. And shore crabs face a double-edged sword from too much noise from ships.

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.

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!

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

Turns out whales have been contributing to rejuvenating the ocean ecosystem this whole time!

The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city

The world is divided into the optimists and the pessimists. Here are two methods for the latter group to deal with the inevitable gray mood after reading all the depressing news about the state of the earth.

Thought experiments worked for Einstein. Can they help protect the environment too?

Although some may wish it so, a world without spiders would be a miserable place.

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

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.

Not in the ocean. Below it.

He started an institute for making the world more playful and loving.

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.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

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

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.

A lovely cottage by Yiacouvakis Hamelin Architectes breaks all the rules about roofs.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

This winter-proofed van is now home to two engineers who love the outdoors.

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

No we're not kidding. The San Diego Union Tribune reported this morning that as Anheuser-Busch, owner of SeaWorld, is about to be gobbled up by Belgian brewer InBev, they are looking to rid themselves of their theme parks and

Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

While San Diego was not considered a very green city just a few years ago, this sunny patch of paradise is quietly coming into its own by leaps and bounds. Enough businesses are seeing the light, and new green ones are opening

Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic

In partnership with CleanTECH San Diego, the University of California, San Diego plans to develop and construct a smart grid system for the San Diego region. In total, over 25 local national and global organizations will

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.

The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.

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

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.

Scientists have created a mobile bioprinter that when filled with a patient's cells, prints skin directly into a wound.

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the US, many don't recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.

Lead? Aerobic bacteria? Misleading labels? Consumer Reports tested popular brands of the widely used supplements; here's what they found.