A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a

Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the

Senator Barack Obama proposed on Monday a plan to decrease the United States' dependence on foreign oil―while fighting climate change―by creating an auction system that will require power companies and other polluting industries to pay for their

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC

This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama

For the first time in my lifetime the environment is a top-tier issue in a presidential race, as was clearly in evidence in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. It was next to impossible for a candidate to have any sort of press event

Lloyd has called for sustainable and sound infrastructure. One way to start creating sustainable and sound infrastrucutre might be to show the actual costs of building a bad infrastructure. A new 'green roads program' at the University of New Hampshire

Two years ago when Mion footwear won an ecodesign award we described them as something "you might expect the Jetsons to wear on the weekends." And we wanted the company to be more overt in their green product design. With their new models they've

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University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -

Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall.

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.

A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it.

Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.

This rapper nails it, imho.

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.

Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.

The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

It learns your usage patterns but can do a lot more.

Who says you have to wait till New Year's to make a fresh start? No time's better than back-to-school season.

This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind.

I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us.

The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.

This stunning temporary pavilion utilizes Hong Kong's time-honored bamboo construction methods in conjunction with cutting-edge computational design.

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are being killed each day by poachers to meet the growing demand for ivory in Asia.

The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard.

This is how you pack'em and stack'em.

This crowd-funded design features a special honeycomb structure that is strong enough to be transformed into a stool or table -- yet remains lightweight and flexible enough to stay incognito on your bookshelf.

Vibrantly colored wire is saved from the landfill and woven into recycled fan cages to produce these fresh pieces of furniture.

Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff.

No high-tech bells and whistles here, but tried-and-true strategies are used in this renovation to make a small space feel much bigger.

Different zones are delineated with simple, sculptural structures in this minimalist apartment.

Built with the help of a village's last remaining bamboo weaver, this computer-designed pavilion was built by hand using local materials.

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

Our photo of the day comes from the waters off Sydney, Australia.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is