Google's St. Ghislain, Belgium data center is its most efficient thanks in part to letting the server areas run at temperatures up to 95 degrees.

As the mercury rises, staying cool becomes a real challenge. Try making this gorgeous desk fan to keep your energy costs down.

The smart thermostat is now compatible with most home heating and cooling systems in the U.S. and Canada.

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

This might be one of the smartest ways to use a smart thermostat.

Octogenarian couple united by a love of entomology

Britain's Conservative government is expected to announce wide-ranging measures to tackle ocean plastic pollution.

The veteran naturalist and broadcaster is not holding back (this time).

Plastic pollution doesn't just kill fish. It kills people too.

Almost half of the land on Earth is now farmland.

Learn how to transform your yard into a sanctuary for birds, bees, and other little critters.

The largest grocery chain in the US will develop and implement a new plan to improve its protection of tropical forests.

Entice butterflies to stay, eat, mate and lay eggs in your garden with these plants and tips.

"Naked wine," "raw wine," "biodynamic wine" have reached a feverish peak among trend-setting oenophiles. But what do all these labels mean, and are they actually better for the environment?

Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands.

It's an industrial design approach, a product that is refined almost to perfection.

The promise of prefab was healthy, cost-effective, energy efficient homes designed by talented architects. Is it finally here?

Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Prudence Ferreira about the three criteria for Passivhaus certification. Prudence is the founder of Integral Impact Inc, a green building firm with a strong focus on zero energy buildings. As the president of

TreeHugger was founded as a sustainable design blog. From Alan Chochinov's 10 steps for sustainable design, through Yves Behar's predictions for sustainable design in 2011, to the

This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me

A compact chicken coop for city dwellers that wheels around the yard and fertilizes soil is on display at "Dwell on Design" this weekend. The show's awards recognize

Even if the label of "maven" is painfully over-applied, there are people who still deserve it. Zem Joaquin, the stylish polymath behind Ecofabulous.com, is one of those few. Zem has been on the editorial side of mags like House and Garden, Domino, and

A biodegradable show for (almost) all occasions. A cradle to cradle design inspired by ancient Amazon inhabitants. Lightweight, compact and multi-use- it's up to you what you do with it as long as you make sure you compost it at the end of its life.

An affordable, long-lasting and attractive chair made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic, designed in Barcelona by Estudio Mariscal. Need it far away? Then just buy the seat and get local legs!

It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers.

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.

It is all about the progression through the spaces.

This is turning into a really big bandwagon.

He was a pioneer of sustainable design.

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes

You'll be surprised at the decorative potential contained within the recycling bin.

Some plants help each other enormously, while others hinder their neighbors – use this cheat sheet to ensure harmony in the vegetable plot.

It's time to rewild the manicured garden – here's how to start.

If you don't have an independent plant shop nearby, Bloomscape is the next best thing.

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.

A new study reveals stress-reducing benefits for office workers when even just viewing a small plant on their desk.

You don't have to have an entire garden room to make a statement with your indoor plants.

Roll over everything and get on and off easily on this powerful fatbike.

Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen

TetraPak, the company that makes aseptic milk carton-like packaging that holds everything from wine to soup to tomato sauce, has been receiving a lot of coverage in the green media lately, both good and bad. This surge in

Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

There is an alumina crisis right now. Making it is dirty and polluting, and it's back in the USA.

Built using aluminum, stainless steel and wood, this modular prefab is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled.

Declawing cats often leads to long-term pain and unwanted behaviors.

The animals get distracted and distressed. Oh, and you could get your head bitten off.

In order to prevent future pandemics, we need to change our relationship with wildlife

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.

So much intelligence and so much technology, to what end.

The findings could help us deal with environmental changes happening now and in the future.