In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the

In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike

Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit

From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights

The Middle East environmental site Green Prophet names 11 eco-heroes for 2011 who are working -- sometimes at great personal risk -- to make the region a cleaner, healthier place.

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

In tribute to the region's salt lake, the architects of this unique restaurant used salt as an eco-friendly building material.

This bowl-like, double-roof design helps to collect rainwater before it evaporates, and also provides more shade for buildings in arid regions.

Most refugees live in refugee camps for an average of 12 years and most of that time it's in drafty, tattered tents. Now IKEA has a solar-powered camp house that is flatpack and quick to assemble.

They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes.

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

IKEA had a choice to make it shallow and cheap or heavy and deep.

Sleek and easy to assemble, this portable cabin offers a comfortable place to stay even in remote places.

Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations.

Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet.

Greenpeace urges outdoor lovers to reject the chemicals used in popular weather-resistant fabrics.

Fish Aggregating Devices are a serious driver of overfishing, which is why Greenpeace is on a mission to dismantle all the FADs it can find.

Greenpeace has released its Detox Catwalk report for 2016, revealing which companies are on track to meet detox commitments by 2020 and which are lagging far behind. The results may surprise you.

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

Working with nature instead of against it, forest gardens promise abundance, as well as the kind of resilience a changing climate demands.

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.

Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.

Nature has a treatment, and it doesn't come in a bottle.

Indwell and Invizij Architects are doing incredible work, raising the bar for housing people in need.

Neti pots are useful for flushing out clogged sinuses, but it's important to do it the right way.

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.

Don't let artist Agustina Woodgate -- who says stuffing is "like looking into the soul" -- near your favourite stuffed teddy bear.

Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.

Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.

From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.

Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.

Motoi Yamamoto's salt labyrinths and intricate installations are as stunning as they are sustainable.

Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.

Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.

The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.

Green and sustainable used to be buzzwords here. They don't appear to even exist anymore.

Because bridges are for people.

A new exhibition in Toronto looks at sustainable development.

A new Human Rights Watch report shows the horrific conditions, both environmental and social, that 90% of Bangladesh's leather is produced in—and exported from, to the US, China, Italy and elsewhere.

It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.