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

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

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

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

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

As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls.

The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.

Beyond the headline, a really great overview of how globalization may well be entirely reshaped by energy constraints, for the betterment of local economies in places where manufacturing has been outsourced for years.

Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.

Author, activist and post-carbon rabble rouser Richard Heinberg is also a dabbler in green building. Take a tour of his tiny hand-built backyard studio.

The problem is not too little oil, says a new IEA report, it's too much oil. And it illustrates why activists should not presume to know the future.

This rapper nails it, imho.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.

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.

Pioneering solar house was designed and engineered by women

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

It would be a good way to further broaden the appeal of electric vehicles.

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

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

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

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else!

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.

That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.

The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey.

Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder.

Now that the Toyota International Teacher Program has ended, I've decided to turn the spotlight on a few of the teachers involved. First came the middle school teachers. Next up, a couple of the high school-teaching

The Galapagos Islands are like no place on earth. The Galapagos Islands have too many

The stunning new marine preserve surrounding the Galápagos will be off-limits for fishing in a bid to conserve its unique habitat.

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global

What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?

Jeff Bezos' purchase is just another step in the long march away from newsprint.

The classic daily newspaper box gets updated by a New York artist.

Margaret Wente trots out every 20-year-old trope spouted by tired old discredited climate change deniers.

And in the meantime, the bodacious bovine has become a social media star and will receive a full pardon … as soon as they can get her out of the woods.

They are building "five great houses that are comfortable to live in and will have happy occupants."

Glow-in-the-dark wonders are "techno-poetry".

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.

The city hopes to combat overtourism by getting visitors off the beaten track and doing more useful things.

Children. Alone in the forest. At night.

This is Paris' largest mural, made with hand-folded origami paper birds and a bit of spraypaint.

It gives another meaning to 'eating off the floor.'