Your phone makes it easier and safer.

According to Forbes, revenue from the sharing economy will surpass $3.5 billion this year.

For years we've been talking about renting or borrowing rather than owning. There are so many things that people own but rarely use...

Why own a fondue pot when you can borrow one?

There is sharing, there is abuse, and there is theft. Susie Cagle takes a tough look at the subject.

Copper Lane, a cohousing project in London, shows how design by committee doesn't have to look like a camel.

Commercial kitchens are really expensive to build. Why not share?

There are reasonable limits on what people can do on their properties. But this goes too far.

Cadillac introduces BOOK, which lets you book the car you want when you want it. We should all be so lucky.

Why buy a kid's size bike when you can rent the right size bike every year?

Some are even containerized and self-service, and have a lot more than just tools.

It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.

These sneakers and sandals are proof that footwear production can be gentler on the environment.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

Where I was preoccupied with everything Herman Miller after a tour of their factories

An Ann Arbor brewery has just completed a $350,000 overhaul of its facilities, all in the name of greener beer.

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area.

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

LEGO is cleaning and repackaging pre-loved bricks and sending them to charities for kids.

:: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes.

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

It's catching on: homeowners letting lawns go fallow during the summer without wasting resources on watering. When I lived in Seattle it was a common practice. After the grass turns brown, come fall,

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.

The printer makes designs from soil, seeds and water that sprout and grow into lovely living artwork.

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

For many

"A Jewish ecology is 'not

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant

An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

And why not?

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

Kodjo Afate Gnikou is a 33 years old inventor from Togo, in West Africa. Using mostly e-waste that he found in a scrap yard, he built a functioning 3D printer that he calls W.AFATE.

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.

Conservation organizations used Google Street View cameras to document the places, animals and people most vulnerable to climate change.

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.

Reusability beats out biodegradability any day.

The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs.

One of the great North-American cyclist cities has a big bash to celebrate bike culture!

This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces.