A new desalination technology company is looking to help clean up and recover some of the trillion gallons of salty wastewater from the oil and gas industry.

A new water treatment system could save billions of gallons of water each year by recovering almost all of the waste water at bottling plants and water treatment facilities.

The UAE's clean tech giant plans to have a commerical-scale plant by 2020.

By combining solar PV, solar thermal, and a heat exchanger, Desolenator has developed a low-cost portable water purifier and desalination device powered by renewable energy.

This system could produce 3,500 gallons of clean water per day, at half the cost of current desalination methods, using just the motion of the waves to power the Reverse Osmosis process.

A proposed office uses "climatic architecture" to cool the building by making it into a natural wind tunnel.

At the tech company's New Mexico data center, it found that oil-submerged servers require far less energy for cooling and actually perform better.

Using an age-old method to cool the air, this terracotta "cold pot" could be an energy-efficient and low-maintenance alternative to conventional air conditioners.

It lets them be creative with their cooking and the kind of spaces they set up in.

This could keep people from overheating in their wearable electronic outfits or simply in the heat of the ever-warming days

An event on Lake Tahoe promises "world class minds, radical innovation and kickass rock 'n roll". And solutions to the biodiversity crisis, too.

The secret to a diet that makes the microbes in your gut healthy, for fighting obesity and disease

One-third of emissions reductions needed for 2 degree target could be achieved with better land management.

You are not alone. Even when you are...

The anti-straw movement is definitely having a moment. Let's hope the momentum continues.

Incredibly, this appears to be the first time the government has really tried to tackle this crucial issue nationwide.

With a $1 million donation, Andrew and Jane Cliffordhope will double the size of the world's largest cat-free sanctuary.

Until now, no species has had such a profound effect on shaping the Earth's biosphere as the humble broiler chicken.

"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.

The company explains why all-electric homes are healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

These flat-packed rest-and-recovery units could take the load off hospitals in a hurry.

But does building it out of refurbished shipping containers make any sense?

Synthetic fertilizer is likely to become significantly more costly for US farmers. This trend will make manure a valuable commodity once again (as it was prior to the 1950s). There are two main reasons for the

Image Source: Preserve Dear Pablo: Does recycling your toothbrush really make a difference? Doesn't mailing it back do more damage than the recycling avoids? It is true that mailing anything has an impact, but is it more than the recycling itself? To

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.

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!

The omission of ecological services in economics is the equivalent of double bookkeeping: one set that looks (relatively) rosy for us and another for our children.

C2C products were featured in the Unity Home seen at Greenbuild.

It is all about the progression through the spaces.

This is turning into a really big bandwagon.

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

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

It's a powerful organizational tool that pulls a household together.

Or why the trend toward simplicity is not all it's cracked up to be.

Learn which indoor plants are capable of causing allergic reactions.

Think outside of the houseplant box with these unique ways to bring some green indoors.

WIth cooler weather and shorter days, your indoor plants could use a little help getting ready for the new season.

From love potion plants and heart-shaped leaves to love goddess blooms, these plants are like a valentine from Mother Nature.

Even if doomsday never comes, these 20 plants are some of the most practical you can grow.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

We have been fans of Seattle's Graypants for a while; Seth, Jonathan and Jon "strive to come up with designs and ideas that are thoughtful and have an impact, whether it be furniture, lighting, architecture or graphics." Most of the work we have shown

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

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling.

Personal care is a big subject, but we'll focus on caring for our general appearance: Cleansing and cosmetics, hair care, skin care, makeup, hair removal and, of course, that time of the month most women deal

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

But hey, it's all in the interest of national security; Americans have to be ready to defend themselves from Canada.

Recycling isn't enough when demand for aluminum is soaring. We have to use less of the stuff and eliminate single-use packaging.