Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

Finally, Net Zero done right.

What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.

An amusing new study delves into the social consequences of one person witnessing another person doing the 'ethical thing' -- and why it makes them uncomfortable.

Nippon Life Insurance will become first major Japanese institutional investor to ditch coal.

What with social networking sites like Facebook all the rage right now and more attention than ever being focused on the issues of global warming and climate change, the moment certainly seems propitious for the unveiling of MakeMeSustainable, a

Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012

Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram and what can the environmental movement learn from this? It's all about emotion.

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

From political manipulation to dangerous addiction, Roger NcNamee insists that Facebook needs to change its business model to be less harmful.

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

It's going for every label from LEED to Living Building Challenge

LEED v4 is here.

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

It's like watching paint dry.

The Echmiadzin Cathedral complex in Armenia is one of 12 spiritual destinations that are becoming more sustainable.

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

The Shakers may be long gone but their simplicity of design still has an influence on American furniture.

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

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.

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.

The world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard - needs a new environment if it's going to survive

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

My favorite day of the year is a shadow of its former self.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

In a country covered in wood, by a lake far from construction workers, it makes so much sense.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.

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

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

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

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.

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 UK newspaper dates the movement back to the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; I contribute with a guest post on architecture and design

We spend billions of dollars on over-the-counter cough medicine, but numerous studies find it’s not effective. Try these tips instead.

After 28 years of collecting lids, tabs, and connectors, Tilda Shalof was ready to turn them into a work of art.

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.

As an alternative to expensive antibiotics, people have taken to taking amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, penicillin and other drugs meant for fish. Here’s why it’s a bad idea.

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.

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

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.

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

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.

If you can’t decide between a fruit smoothie or an iced tea, this is the drink for you.

This recipe is creamy, sweet, and wonderfully refreshing.