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Will and Kate's Royal Wedding: The Green Lowdown in 8 Juicy Details

It's been 30 years since Charles and Diana's wedding, which means royal watchers all over the world have been working themselves into a tizzy over every last, secret detail of the Friday, April 29th nuptials




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Larch Corner is a Passivhaus wooden wonder that shows how we should be thinking about carbon

Mark Siddall of LEAP measures and calculates everything, thinks about it, and then calculates it again.




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Learn and laugh: 5 food waste videos

Created for World Environment Day, these videos illustrate the global issue of food waste with both humor and gravity.




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Video showdown: Vote for the best in the United Nations Environment Programme’s competition

Send one of these video bloggers to cover World Environment Day.




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21-year-old activist wins World Environment Day video competition

The United Nations Environment Programme and goodwill ambassador Don Cheadle have selected a winner. See the video here.




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Ian Somerhalder named Goodwill Ambassador for World Environment Day 2014

The actor known for The Vampire Diaries and Lost joined today's World Environment Day celebrations in Barbados.




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World Environment Day launches logo design competition

Design a logo for this year’s World Environment Day and win a trip to Milan, Italy.




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Canadians demand nation-wide strategy on plastic pollution

It's time for action on the federal level.




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The weirdest trash found on beaches last year

This series of infographics reveals the bizarre discoveries made by volunteers during the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup.




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The Year In Strange Design: 20 of the Oddest, Ugliest and Most Useless

I really didn't know where to start, there is so much terrible stuff around




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My Favorite Stories in Design: January to June, 2012

The year saw the start of some very interesting trends that will play out over the next few years in a big way.




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My Favorite Stories in Design: July to December 2012

These stories from the past six months tell a lot about the shape of things to come in 2013.




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The Design Stories of 2012 That Will Resonate in 2013

What we learned from last year and will look for in this one




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The Green Workplace in 2012: Standing Desks, Home Offices, and the Future of Work

We are just beginning to see how changes in the way we work are affecting the designs of where we work




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Eco Wine Review: Frei Brothers Reserve 2008 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

This eco-wine is thick with berries and molasses on the nose but the follow through is not your usual California cab. And for every acre of planted vineyard, Frei Brothers sets aside one acre to be preserved as natural wildlife habitat.




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Organic Ginger-Orange Cocktail Made with Bourbon and Sake

Using fresh organic ginger and locally grown oranges, the eco-friendly Medlock Ames has created a drink that is complex, fresh and tangy.




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Organic winemaker faces jail for refusing to apply pesticide

The French agriculture ministry has sentenced Emmanuel Giboulot six months in jail for not taking preventative measures against a bacterial vine disease.




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The Alchema machine turns fruit into wine or cider on your counter

Just what we've been waiting for - an automated home fermentation device that can turn fruit or honey into wine, mead, or cider.




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7 cocktail recipes inspired by Victory Gardens for the Fourth of July

So for this 4th of July, I want to honor the Victory Garden! Well, that and booze. Here are some fun and tasty cocktails, fresh from the garden.




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The impact on Nigeria of the coronavirus pandemic: socioeconomic pandemonium!

It would be hell if the Covid-19 breaks out in Nigeria on the scale presently being witnessed in Europe and the US. Apart from the dire state of the healthcare system, 69 million Nigerians have no access to clean water. This invariably leads to water-borne diseases like cholera, which continue to break out as regular epidemics. Social distancing and self-isolation presuppose that people have enough space. In Lagos where we have over 100 slum areas, about 80 people can be found sharing a 10-room building with only two toilets and a bathroom being shared by all with no pipe-borne or treated water readily available.




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Nigeria: the crisis spares no one – a Kano version of the pandemic

Kano has become the epicentre of the spread of Covid-19 in northern Nigeria. A large number of so-called “mysterious” deaths was recently reported, but the state government of Kano blatantly claims that the sharp rise in deaths is not due to Covid-19. Here we provide an eyewitness account from an IMT comrade in Kano.




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This tiny house community aims to help veterans rebuild their lives (Video)

Entirely funded by donations, this project is hoping to provide veterans struggling with PTSD or homelessness free housing, counseling and an experience of the healing power of nature.




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US to demand coal-burning power plants keep pumping out pollution, because National Security

It's in the Fearless Leader's latest move to a planned economy that runs on coal.




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There's not enough land for everyone in the world to follow U.S. dietary guidelines

We'd need another Canada-sized chunk of fertile land, scientists say, in order to meet those requirements.




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Recycled suitcase sculptures 'unpack' metaphysical baggage of the refugee experience (Video)

Using recycled materials and audio recordings from refugees, this exhibition hopes to deepen understanding and connection with those who have had to flee their home countries.




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Angular small house is inspired by Dutch and Japanese design

Clad with reclaimed cedar, this modern and quirky house fits on a small footprint.




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President's executive order might open national parks to logging

It is a brave new world of "reducing vegetation" and "fuel reduction" and a lotta logging.




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Lazivores unite: A manifesto for lazy gardening

It's time that the lazy gardeners among us rise up and take an explicit stand.




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Deadly Floods in Thailand Are A Symptom of a Larger Problem

Since July, floods have ravaged Thailand, causing $3 billion in damage and killing nearly 300 people. But as the waters approach the capital city, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says he is confident




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Rare Footage of Wildlife in Thailand's Forests Shows That Anti-Poaching Efforts Work (Video)

Elephants, tigers, and other threatened species are thriving in Thailand's Western Forest Complex thanks to conservation efforts.




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The Week in Pictures: A Cacti Chandelier, Bourbon and Maple Peach Cobbler, and More

A eccentric design hangs living cacti and lighting from the ceiling, a vegan cobbler is delicious, a luxury treehouse is a great escape in Bangkok, and more.




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Thai Tourist Trade Contributing to Burma Elephant Trafficking

A new video from the Ecologist Film Unit shows how baby elephants are being smuggled into Thailand from Burma for tourism.




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Young couple cycling around the world killed in Thailand road accident

Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both only 34 years old, were on an epic bike trip around the world. They were killed in a road accident last Wednesday in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, near Bangkok.




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Multi-layered urban housing prototype packs in plenty of great small space ideas

Using a series of overlapping mezzanines and spaces, this accessible, urban housing prototype explores the possibilities of living small but comfortably in the city.




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Terrifying 'dementor' wasp species named for evil spirits from Harry Potter

A species of wasp discovered in Thailand has been named for evil spirits invented by J. K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books.




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Photo: Thailand hideaway sparks severe escape fantasy

Our photo of the day comes from beautiful Erawan National Park in Western Thailand.




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Wonderful Uber ad demonstrates why we have to get rid of cars

Whether they are are autonomous, self-driving or "shared" like Uber and Lyft, they are still congestion.




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Co-living apartment designed as "social overlapping" experiment for students

This experimental co-living design scheme aims to foster communication, responsibility and human relationships.




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Why we should lose the words "pedestrian" and "cyclist"

They are people who bike or walk, not some separate species.




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American roads are dangerous by design, and more people are dying than ever before

"The time for complacency has passed. We must treat this crisis as if our lives, and the lives of our friends, families, and neighbors, depend on it. "




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Is there a difference between hiking in built-up areas vs. wilderness?

Researchers in Austria put this question to the test.




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Is walking the secret to original and creative ideas?

We should follow in the footsteps of many great thinkers and implement regular rambles into our lives.




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OLED lighting makes a beautiful chandelier

French lighting design company Blackbody makes the new lighting tech an object of desire.




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Dazzling technicolor greenhouse lights up when you touch the plants (Video)

Combining touch, sound and a psychedelic array of programmed LEDs, this installation brings the people to the plants.




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A second life for dead fluorescents with the Induction Wall Light

Design firm Castor once again gives new life to old dead things.




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Behold the revolution: LED bulbs are now as cheap as incandescents

Who would have imagined that this would happen so fast?




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Big bulb manufacturers conspiring with Department of Energy and Trump to slow the LED revolution

By 2020 every light bulb is supposed to put out 45 lumens per watt. It's a Bush-era regulation that the current government wants to roll back.




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New guide offers good advice on how to "make homes healthier for people and planet"

The World Green Building Council has some tips about ventilation, insulation and lighting.




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Department of Justice Quietly Stops Investigating Monsanto for Antitrust Violations

All over Thanksgiving, and with only a tiny press release...




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Vincent Callebaut Designs "Bionic Arch"- A Green Skyscraper For Taiwan

When Jerry wrote about Vincent Callebaut's proposed vertical farm for New York City, he called it a Locavore Wet Dream; I called it one of the silliest, most overwrought jump-the-shark vertical farm ideas ever