Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.

The simple act of planting a tree can mean many things to many people: It can be considered a symbol of new birth and life, a natural form of art, possibly another chore around the house, and even to some just part of another landscaping job that helps

Trees are the longest living and largest living organisms on earth. One acre of forest absorbs six tones of carbon dioxide and puts out four tones of oxygen. Trees are good noise barriers, making a city and neighborhood quieter. This is just the tip of

Like many of our readers, we suspect this dude would be less than impressed with the recycled squirrel decanter we featured a while back. No matter, he’s too busy worrying about the lack of trees to be too concerned by human beings and their tacky

Is it possible to keep Kosher and still keep a vegan diet?

New research finds that normal sleep may be protective against early death for people with certain health risks.

When doctors team up with food banks, it improves health and staves off chronic hunger.

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.

Environment minister called waste importers 'traitors' who don't care about the country's long-term sustainability.

With fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild, the 'panda of the sea' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Now a crazy plan might just save them.

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?

From crayfish to parakeets, these species are at risk of disappearing from the planet.

The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

This experiment may kickstart a new age of microorganism technology.

A child experiencing an asthma attack is admitted to the hospital every 20 minutes.

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

Waugh Thistleton Architects demonstrate how we should be building for a low carbon future.

Abimis offers refrigerated drawers and heated tops. Does anyone need this?

Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell makes a case for rooms; We concentrate on one of them.

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.

Lessons from the kitchens at Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?

These stunning underwater organisms offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land.

The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an

Kelp isn't just for eating; this designer is experimenting with the fast-growing, large algae for lighting.

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.

An interesting design concept that envisions humans becoming semi-photosynthetic thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae.

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.

Humans dump millions of tons of phosphorus into lakes every year, and it's destroying their ecosystems.

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.

Our photo of the day reminds us of the importance of sea otters.

Take one of the world's most beautiful places, add dappled sunlight, and voila.

Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you

With science pointing to all the pitfalls of sugar on human health and longevity, I have ever more reason to curb desserts and hidden sugars. Sadly, "reason" lacks in my vocabulary during the holidays. On

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered.

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.