Oh, the wonderful things that poo can do.

The versatile, two-dimensional medium of paper is reconstructed into art that pops off the page.

Because they started setting aggressive goals early, it still leaves Germany ahead of schedule on Paris Climate Agreement commitments

Author Sara Zaske shows that it all comes down to respecting a child's right to independence.

We have to rebuild our cities to use less energy and house more people, and Passivhaus design is a useful tool for both problems.

It seems that most transit decisions in North America are made with the goal of making life easier for people in cars.

As Barbara Hendricks leaves the Environment Ministry, we look at the success of meatless meetings in a country with a strong meat culture

It is exhilarating to have a bike anywhere you want it. It is depressing to see the state of the bikes.

We have to start thinking about housing as a social good instead of a financial instrument.

This proposed home for a young family incorporates an efficient roof garden.

This furniture designer's stealth van conversion has been created as a "test lab" for mobile, "democratic" small space design.

Each year thousands of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) yoga mats are sold

Electric cars are the darlings of the green technology futurists. But wait, cries a receding voice, "what about the environmental impact of all those batteries?" Until recently, that lurking uncertainty shadowed the

I must admit I have never really understood the environmentalist obsession with plastic bags. As I noted in my post on a ban plastic bags rap that went viral, I've always felt there are

Comments to the post What is the Best Way To Build A Wall? Not A Simple Answer wondered why we wanted to reinvent the wall. The consensus was "Having XPS on the exterior is, I think, the easiest and best solution." I will be

Dear Pablo: Is it true that plastic bags have less impact on the environment than the alternatives?

Bamboo may seem like a questionable material for making bikes, but we've seen our share of great bamboo bikes -- and hey, there's even DIY bamboo bike-building classes out there. Taking advantage

Urban farming was way more than a fad in the 1940s.

Are crops that produce their own pesticides as scary as they sound?

The magazine rallies against GMO-labeling and denounces opponents of genetically modified crops as "unscientific."

Retro Report revisits the Flavr Savr, the first genetically engineered food to hit American grocery stores.

Beekeepers in the Yucatan face a threat to their livelihoods as Europe rejects their products for GMO contamination.

Researchers in the UK are using genetic engineering to fight the bird flu epidemic.

But more than that, the film is a love story about cooking and gardening -- and the importance of regaining control over where our food comes from.

We hear a lot about plastics breaking down at sea, but scientists are discovering that a shocking quantity of plastic enters the ocean already in microscopic form.

Learn about the extent of ocean plastic pollution and what you can do to help.

The island nation in the western Pacific wants to protect its coral reefs from toxic sunscreen runoff.

Diminutive but Electrifying The Toyota FT-EV electric car concept that debuted at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is based on the platform of the 57 MPG Toyota iQ microcar that recently went on sale in Europe and that is apparently already a hit in

This is one of those comparison posts that that could draw many angry comments: like Could Hype Sell An Inferior Hybrid? - Ford Fusion versus Toyota Camry did. Please carefully read the caveats.

Image: Toyota Supply & Demand A few months ago, Toyota was quite afraid of the new low-cost Honda Insight hybrid. It even went as far as to make a $21,000 version of the 2010 Prius (aka Prius I) to try to compete with Honda on price. Well, seems like

Photo: Wikipedia, Public domain 2004 to 2009 Prius Included in Toyota's September 2009 Recall Toyota has just announced a huge recall. About 3.8 million vehicles are included, and that includes the 2004 to 2009 Prius hybrid. Since that's probably a

More than 8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles have been recalled worldwide (including the 2010 Prius), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has linked at least 52 deaths to unexpected acceleration in these vehicles. Although floormats

There are now 11 mass-manufactured electric cars that come in under $27,000 in California... after federal and California incentives.

The forthcoming Tri-Gen facility is being called "the world's first megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station."

Green juices and smoothies aren’t necessarily the other kind of green—the eco-friendly kind.

Physically and mentally, growing plants without chemicals has a transformative effect.

Sam Suds and the Case of PVC The entire life cycle of PVC is an issue of environmental justice and racism. Many PVC plants are located near poor and communities of color. These facilities have poisoned workers and fence-line neighbors, polluted the

Photo credit: What Rhymes with Nicole Target may finally be feeling the heat from consumer, health, and environmental groups such as the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), which has been vociferous in its campaign to get the nation's

Joining gDiapers, the US Postal Service and more, Surface iQ's commercial wallcoverings have earned Cradle to Cradle certification. The only printed commercial grade wallcovering to have earned this certification, Surface iQ's products have an

Over at the Sietch Blog, an environmental site that I respect a lot, a roofer named Leo defends PVC roofing as one of the greenest roofs. He isn't wrong; it comes in white, and white roofs are all the rage, it lasts a long time and is a

Architects usually keep their proprietary research locked up and closely held. Perkins + Will has done the opposite and made it a public service. Launched at Greenbuild the Precautionary List is a compilation of available data on chemicals and

Stickers can be fun, but how eco-friendly is this new craze for decorating walls? We have found two brands that claim their vinyls to be eco-chic, and some even come with decorative eco-reminders; very clever! Hu2 in the UK has just

It clogs our oceans and tampers with our bodies, yet without it, all modern life would skid to a stop. Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, explores the rise of plastic into ubiquity, hails it for its life-saving wonders, and explores

They look so cute on their polyurethane sofa, in front of the wall of vinyl windows and doors, in the stock shot from the Canadian vinyl industry. The Vinyl salesmen are also

I thought the ELF was a great new idea; turns out our hero was there first.

Steven M. Johnson shows how the well-equipped mobile worker got around twenty-five years ago.

Work/life balance is over-rated anyway.

And Steven M. Johnson has the answer to the problem.

And the Seattle housing shortage problem at the same time.

We have been showing these for years, but the artist/inventor beats us to the punch again