Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

Researchers are looking to fungi to help provide a fix for crumbling infrastructure, with promising results.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.

Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.

A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Many areas of the world have scarce access to electricity. This new solar lantern will provide light and charging power for cell phones.

Groups working in developing regions could use solar-powered 3D printers to make tools, lab supplies and more on the go.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

The toilets could be used to power lighting in refugee camps.

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.

The technology could save countless lives.

In a victory for Berta Cáceres' campaign against a major hydroelectric project, two European development banks have withdrawn support following her and a colleague's recent murders.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

How do companies close the “green-gap” and turn consumer values into action?

Companies and manufacturers are creating custom solutions for their difficult-to-recycle waste

In our mission to close the “green-gap” through sustainable messaging, every bit of insight counts.

Do people have the right to say no to corporations that come into their communities and create environmental and health risks? In Israel, the public is proving that they do.

The discussion of implementing proactive environmental consciousness starts with our youth, who have the most influence on the trajectory of our eco-infrastructure.

Industry coalitions working with municipal recycling can work, but only in two circumstances

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

We need to see plastic for what it is: nearly-indestructible, highly polluted and far from disposable.

How many of these common items have you placed in your blue bin?

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.

Why oceans, why now?

An item as ubiquitous as coffee has varying degrees of sustainability. Being aware of these can help us make better choices.

Companies are in position to shift away from a linear towards a circular product economy that is at once regenerative and restorative.

Consumers are connected to the things they care about, providing access to ventures that have the potential to make real impacts.

World Water Day may be one day out of the year, but taking the time to reflect can help us make long-lasting impacts that we can carry forward.

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

Latest IPCC report calls for urgent action in the way land is used.

'These fires are a situation that humanity cannot tolerate.' – Carlos Durigan, WCS Brazil

The carbon footprint of air freight is ten times that of truck freight; perhaps it's time for "slow shopping."

Because “the pursuit of speed is a moral imperative.”

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.

If it weren't so subsidized, it would be a lot more expensive, and people might fly a lot less.

A number of companies are flying SST Trial balloons, but we should all pop them now.

No more shopping blindly. It's time to question your whole approach to holiday gifts.

These fascinating works explore how folding might push the frontiers of flexible photovoltaics, self-assembling materials and nano-forms.