The problem is not too little oil, says a new IEA report, it's too much oil. And it illustrates why activists should not presume to know the future.

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.

The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power.

The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home.

I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us.

A new study claims that energy efficiency is driving the Smart Home market, but in fact every bit of smart tech is a little vampire.

It is both a parody of the real estate business and a shocking exposé of Hong Kong Housing

Take a tour of two pioneering rooftop farms that could be the first signs of a growing and much needed movement in a rapidly urbanizing China.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

No high-tech bells and whistles here, but tried-and-true strategies are used in this renovation to make a small space feel much bigger.

Different zones are delineated with simple, sculptural structures in this minimalist apartment.

An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme.

This small apartment doubles as a gallery for a collector of ceramic sculptures.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

We've heard of transformer apartments, but what about a transformer garden. These movable green walls create flexible outdoor spaces.

The horsemeat scandal in the UK and Europe could make more people turn to vegetarianism.

We have been asking that question for a while and it keeps coming up.

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.

What happens when you find bees have made your home into their hive? You call Mike 'The Bee Guy' and document it their removal.

On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the

All photos credit Collin Dunn Ed. note: 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with a stop in the Florida Everglades, with the Toyota International Teacher Program. The program is designed to engage a variety

Lonesome George is quite a character. He's a Pinta Island tortoise, and, as Brian noted when he visited a few years ago, he's the last of this breed. Yep, that means when he's gone, that's it -- his species will

When it comes to the Galapagos, most people think: Islands; tropical; Equator; volcanoes; some variation on those general ideas probably pops to mind, unless you've been here. If you have been here, you probably know that a

If Lonesome George suffers from performance anxiety, it's hard to blame him. At the ripe old age of nearly 100, the last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise has been charged with preserving his species' genetic

Lonesome George, the world's last remaining Pinta Island tortoise, has died at age 100 -- marking the final end of a species millennia in the making, and inching that 'loneliest' mantle one notch closer to us.

On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

Earlier today, I wrote about a New York Times article that described Chicago's ongoing efforts to prepare for and adapt to a warming climate. I'd like to revisit that article for a second, as it just so

Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global

Amid all the upheaval in Egypt, one local newspaper is working to keep the fate of the country's natural resources from falling off the radar.

What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?

Did I mention that nobody cares about the environment anymore?

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.

"Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it!

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

"If knowledge has become a secular religion, public libraries are its parishes, mosques and synagogues."

Let's hope cows don't get seasick.

Plastic waste has been diverted from the city's shoreline to create a cost-effective, green space alternative.

This stylish and durable trailer looks like a cross between a mini-Airstream and a horse trailer, and has a kitchen in the back.

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.

Here's how people work together to build their own homes cooperatively.

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.

Children. Alone in the forest. At night.