Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

Researchers are looking to fungi to help provide a fix for crumbling infrastructure, with promising results.

Yet another thing we are running out of.

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.

Contractors are having trouble meeting the new safety standard.

Concrete Week at the Guardian produces some hard truths.

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

A new plug-in diagnostic tool could mean better healthcare around the world.

The device made from household objects could replace AA batteries for powering small electronics.

The batteries could provide back-up power for small solar power systems.

Achieving 100% zero waste isn't always feasible, but the path toward zero waste comes with its own rewards.

The discussion of implementing proactive environmental consciousness starts with our youth, who have the most influence on the trajectory of our eco-infrastructure.

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

Whether they are growing to be thousands of years old, making life-long friendships or confounding us with their resilience, trees provide to us invaluable material resources.

Why oceans, why now?

An item as ubiquitous as coffee has varying degrees of sustainability. Being aware of these can help us make better choices.

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

World Oceans Day celebrates awareness and brings to attention the resources available to all of us in the battle against plastic pollution.

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

'These fires are a situation that humanity cannot tolerate.' – Carlos Durigan, WCS Brazil

The carbon footprint of air freight is ten times that of truck freight; perhaps it's time for "slow shopping."

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.

What do you do when there's no more carry-on room?

No more shopping blindly. It's time to question your whole approach to holiday gifts.

This artist mixes and matches up jigsaw puzzle pieces from different vintage puzzles to create mind-bending collages.

If you happen upon some life-size willow creatures in the woods, you can thank Anna & The Willow.

Forget trying to broaden your horizons. Focus on deepening them instead.

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

Simply by telling pilots their fuel consumption is being monitored, Virgin Atlantic saved millions.

Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism."

Sure, it'll only have nine seats. But the low cost carrier expects larger electric planes in service by 2027.

In an effort to appease critics, the airport is focusing on four key environmental strategies.

Soon, willow, alder, ash and oaks will grace the banks of the Maritza river once again.

25 years after the start of Mission Zero, they advance to Climate Take Back.

More than six months since tar sands oil spilled into a Mayflower, Arkansas neighborhood, two homes have just been leveled by Exxon in order to clean up oil that was found under their foundations.

More than 20,000 barrels of crude oil spilled, but thankfully because of a 40 foot thick layer of clay beneath the field, the oil has been relatively contained and is not believed to have reached a water source.

After two years of pressing pipeline regulators to release inspection photos and videos of the 60-year-old Enbridge pipeline that carries tar sands oil through the Straits of Mackinac, NWF took it upon themselves to inspect the pipeline.

The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.

If a hurricane is headed your way, you surely have a lot on your mind. Knowing the energy infrastructure risks in your area may be one more thing to throw in there.

The biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history killed tens of thousands immediately, but the effects on climate continued for years.

Impact of greenhouse gases released since October measured over a 20-year time frame is equivalent to emissions from 7 million cars.