Researchers find an intriguing link between foods + drinks rich in flavonol and staving off dementia.

Researchers find that even just sleeping with a shirt that one's romantic partner has worn leads to improved slumber.

The diet appears to act on gut bacteria in a way that helps hinder physical frailty and reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find.

There is a lot of research that shows that it does more harm than good.

That's the simple premise behind this campaign. Cameron Sinclair, "lumberjack sized Brit", author of Design Like You Give a Damn, and co-founder of Architecture for Humanity tells the story of meeting Natalie "Alabama" Chanin at a conference

Alabama is contemplating a pipeline to the Great Lakes. We've said it time and again: transient drought will not drive the US Federal government to pipe Great Lakes water to the drought stricken states. If it becomes severe enough, and the impacts come

US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small

Image: Google Maps. We think this is the Widows Creek power plant where the spill happened, but if anyone from Alabama could confirm, please do so in the comments. Coal Waste Spill at At Alabama Coal Plant It wasn't so long ago that we were writing

Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water

British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as "dispersed" beneath the ocean's surface, stretching from the wellhead, toward Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron: "The thick plume was detected

Large swaths of US southern states are experiencing severe drought

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

There is a new use for your smashed iPhone: a clock.

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop

A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model

Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

It's the country's biggest architectural award and quite a few are TreeHugger friendly

Perhaps now our body clocks will get the attention they deserve.

Big bucks go to the teams that come up with an air conditioner that's five times as good.

If a building doesn't meet these basic and necessary criteria, it doesn't deserve an award.

You may think it sounds like an oxymoron, but travelling to faraway places with little ones in tow can actually be quite fun. Here are some ways to make it a lot easier.

Despite Natura's seemingly excellent and forward-thinking business model, their list of ingredients is surprisingly awful and toxic, which calls into question the B Corp certification standards.

Parks in North American cities could really take a lesson from this one in Recife, Brazil.

This fascinating film reveals disturbing facts about malnutrition and infant mortality, and the role of insidious corporations in perpetuating these problems.

The Zika virus, borne by mosquitoes, has been linked to a surge in microcephaly in newborn babies.

How small is too small?

A lack of space becomes something more roomy with some simple design strategies.

This new loft adds extra space and an extra bedroom in an urban apartment in Brazil.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

First there was foamcrete, then there was papercrete and hempcrete, and now we've got AirCrete, a foamy mixture of air bubbles and cement.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

With a carbon credit card, it doesn't have to be hard.

It's time for a rethink about what's really important in a home.

This pandemic may be an extinction event for the traditional university lecture.