For some reason, they think that this is progress.

Ingvar Kamprad changed the industry, making good design affordable, accessible and desirable.

New research suggests that mother bears have found a loophole in hunting laws and are using it to protect themselves and their cubs.

Now that's an infrastructure project!

This shed packs it all in -- workspace, guesthouse, storage, seating, rooftop terrace and even a concealed kitchen.

This once-derelict small apartment has been renovated on a budget into a more modern space.

Naturally, official Nordic eating guidelines include things like: "Eat more food from wild landscapes."

Like a nesting doll, this all-in-one wall unit functions like a multipurpose piece of furniture.

Need a helping hand? This self-adjusting piece of furniture comes to you.

Emerging out of a park in Seoul, South Korea, this dynamic piece of urban furniture offers a place to sit, walk and play.

These sets of precision-cut oak blocks and planks, combined with clever connectors, are intended to help spark creativity and imagination in kids, and to "make playtime more meaningful."

Often marketed as educational, electronic toys have the opposite effect, resulting in parents and children speaking less to each other.

Children's lives during summer vacation have been likened to that of battery hens, confined unnaturally and cruelly for long periods of time.

Oxybenzone may be effective at filtering UV light, but it comes at a dangerously high cost to human health.

In a delightful departure from the norm, officers in Newburgh, NY, tell kids they're doing nothing wrong.

In some countries, it is standard practice; in others, not so much.

A new campaign aims to bust the "protein myth".

The tiny fuel cell is long-lasting, low-cost and could power our tablets and smartphones with clean energy.

Last week at CES in Las Vegas, Toyota revealed the FCV concept car for the fuel cell vehicle they will be making available next year. I had a chance to see the concept this week at the Detroit Auto Show.

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

A study comparing the two countries shows vast differences in how cars are used.

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

This company is working to build a network of urban prefabs under a 'pay-as-you-go' model of home ownership.

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

Air-drying clothing is definitely the cheapest, and especially the most eco-friendly way of drying your clothes; no energy or machinery is needed. However, if you live in a small space, a rainy country or simply are a busy (or forgetful) person,

This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition

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.

Nathanael Johnson at Grist has begun an excellent series on genetically modified organisms and the ongoing debate over GMOs in food.

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

After a week of recounts, the proposed law to label genetically modified foods loses by 4 percent of votes.

Major food conglomerates want to stamp out state-by-state efforts to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients with federal legislation.

Here's why it doesn't really matter that Cheerios are GMO-free.

The Best-Selling Hybrid Car Gets a MakeoverIt might not be very suspenseful because we've all already seen leaked shots of the 3rd generation Toyota Prius hybrid (see below -

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

Photo: Michael Graham Richard. Click to see 2010 Toyota Prius Slideshow.2010 Toyota^ Prius Hybrid: Hello WorldAfter some not too suspenseful waiting, here it is. The official debut of the 3rd generation Toyota Prius hybrid! You can see tons of

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.

From crush-worthy Crash star Thandie Newton's celebrity-favorite Toyota Prius (pictured) to Paris Hilton's GMC Yukon Hybrid, these seven celebrity hotties are

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: Michael Graham RichardPrius Might Become a Family, 8 New Hybrid Models ComingMaybe the rumors that have been floating around for a long time were true... Toyota said during its press event at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show that they are considering

Photo: Toyota Ouch We all knew it was coming, but now it's official. Toyota has formally filed a voluntary recall for 437,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide. Most of those are third generation Prius hybrids, but they're also recalling the few Prius PHEV out

OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400,

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

It's a TreeHugger dream: an all electric wooden car designed to last forever.

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

The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), under pressure to lessen childhood exposure to lead in toys and clothing, has set a deadline of early February 2009. That's

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), as passed by the US Congress in August, 2008, inadvertently threatens to take many handmade toys and children's clothing items off the market. According to the

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

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