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Modular multifunctional unit for small & narrow bedrooms

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.




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Pure Green 100% natural latex mattress topper review

If you're looking to upgrade your bed with an eco-friendly option, but don't want to replace the mattress, a natural latex topper might just be the ticket.




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Bed automatically retracts up high in this contemporary tiny house (Video)

This elegantly designed small space presents yet another solution for the bed: lifting it up to the ceiling and out of the way.




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Sleek multifunctional 'bedroom box' maximizes this small apartment

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.




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This natural latex mattress offers a dreamy, chemical-free sleep

Unlike conventional mattresses, which contain petroleum-based synthetics, this all-natural mattress by Latex for Less is as clean and green as they come.




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Surplus breakfast cereal is turned into delicious beer

UK brewer Seven Brothers has partnered with Kellogg's to use some of its less-than-perfect cereals.




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Good news! Wind power and this vulnerable bird species get along fine

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.




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Record-breaking inflatable wind turbine to float 1000 feet above Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska, will be home to the demonstration project of the next generation Buoyant Airborne Turbine, which will fly 1000 feet off the ground.




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Silent rooftop wind turbines could generate half of a household's energy needs

The Nautilus shell-shaped turbines could fit on rooftops of houses or buildings in urban environments.




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New York City’s biggest industrial wind turbine is up and running

A recycling center’s turbine could pave the way for industrial-scale wind power in New York City.




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This giant straw is actually a vertical bladeless wind turbine

At the risk of getting slammed with comments claiming that small wind turbines aren't viable, here's a look at another bladeless wind generator hoping to disrupt the wind energy industry.




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Trinity portable wind turbines get upgraded and scaled up

Four sizes of micro-turbines, designed to be portable personal wind energy stations, are in the works from Janulus.




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Giant offshore wind turbine will feature blades longer than two football fields

That's two and a half times longer than any existing wind turbine blade and that's not all that makes it unique.




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A close up tour of large-scale wind energy

At 100 meters in diameter, wind turbines really are getting monstrously large. So what do they look like close up?




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How can people demand a "naturally green" environment and hate wind turbines?

There is either a giant contradiction here in Ontario's Prince Edward County or I am missing something.




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Thousands of children in Malawi are learning how to grow food at school

The Malawi Schools Permaculture Clubs, a recipient of the 2018 Lush Spring Prize, provides basic gardening kits and lesson packs to teachers in order to teach valuable agricultural skills.




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Critically endangered mountain gorillas show impressive population increase

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.




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It's primates versus palm oil in Africa

Since both require the same habitat, scientists are worried how primates will survive the expansion of industrial oil palm plantations.




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How good were Neanderthals at hunting?

A new study investigates our ancient cousins' hunting abilities.




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Elephant poaching declines in Africa, but 15,000 still illegally killed each year

Even though there has been notable progress, at current poaching rates elephants are still in danger of becoming virtually extinct on the continent.




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'Sides of a Horn' reveals the human cost of rhino poaching

New short narrative film strives to deepen the global discussion around the illegal wildlife trade.




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In last-ditch effort, scientists create embryos of almost extinct rhinos

There are only two northern white rhinos left, and they are both female; but now scientists have created two viable embryos and there is hope.




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Alexander Julian Designs Green UNC Graduation Regalia

Fashion designer Alexander Julian has clearly had enough of the University of North Carolina's aqua graduation gowns, he's gone and given his alma




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Reverb Turns 100, Gives Away Wiz Khalifa Tickets, More

What do you do when you turn 100? If you're Keith Richards, who go on tour. The same goes for the enviros at Reverb, a Portland, Maine, outfit that greens concert tours and venues. The nonprofit is taking votes on who to support for its 100th tour,




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Urban Green: Architecture for the Future Hits the Road for National Book Tour

Starting in September, I embark on a nationwide book tour for my new book entitled Urban Green: Architecture for the Future. The tour will take me to more than 20 universities and colleges across




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Texas College Converts its Football Field into a Working Farm

Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.




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Calling for Clean Energy at Indiana University

Students organize a massive call-in to demand the school transition away from coal.




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More than half of students at U.S. community colleges say they're hungry

Food insecurity is a very real problem for many Americans, but who knew that it affected so many college students, too?




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5 ways to make healthy cooking easier

It's the eternal struggle for anyone tasked with feeding themselves.




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Berkeley's 'adulting' class reveals parental failures

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.




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Victory in Colorado a rebuke against coal leasing

Ruling represents the first time that a coal mine has been rejected because of the failure to adequately consider and disclose the impacts that a mine would have on climate disruption.




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Verveine recycles humble aluminum cans into luscious jewelry

Recycled aluminum and silver get another shot at becoming beautiful with this handmade collection, created with Japanese origami papers.




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Colorado's Browns Canyon: Good things come in a small package

This beautiful area near Salida, Colorado, could become the next national monument, with your help.




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Finally! Tiny home subdivisions and developments are becoming a reality.

Another good reason to move to Colorado.




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Salida, Colorado, will be the home of the largest tiny home community in the US

200 tiny homes, a community building, an exercise facility, a restaurant, and other amenities will be built along the Arkansas River in Salida.




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Man who lives alone in the woods has recorded 40 years of important data on snow

In a ghost town in the one of the coldest places in the US, lone resident Billy Barr has spent 4 decades recording snowfall … to the enormous delight of scientists.




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Professional bus homebuilder is at home -- on a converted bus (Video)

A tour inside a solar-powered bus conversion that makes you feel at ease.




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See all the seasons at Rocky Mountain National Park in 4 breathtaking minutes

As part of their More Than Just Parks project, Will and Jim Pattiz spent two years filming in the majestic Colorado mountains.




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Exhaustive new study looks at kitchen exhaust and household air quality

Designing kitchen ventilation that works in really tight houses seems almost impossible.




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Colorado could save $2.5 billion from shutting down coal

And people keep saying it's too expensive to deal with climate change.




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Stop The Five Gallon Flush: A 40 Year Old Guide To Alternative Toilets

Bill Gates take note: It's all in here and It is surprising how little has changed




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The really hot poop on composting toilets: It can heat your house

Put your poop to work; it's fuel for a biological furnace.




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The hot poop on alternative toilets, Tiny house edition

Another look at what's out there in the world of composting and other alternative toilets




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Peecycling in the city: Would you "stealth pee" in an urban yard?

Nutrient cycling is important. But it's not something you want to get arrested for.




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New composting toilet design launched in Ecuador, which really needs it

Here's the drill on the Earth Drill toilet.




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Great bathroom reading: 'Essential Composting Toilets' (book review)

Gord Baird and Ann Baird have written the definitive guide.




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Chinese Fruit Bats Demonstrate Unusual Sexual Behavior Never Before Seen in Adult Animals

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has




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Going Steady: 10 Animals More Monogamous Than Us (Slideshow)

Ah love. Woody Allen has some nice thoughts on this tricky thing that perhaps gets more thought around Valentine's Day. The recent swan divorce shocked us to the core, so we decided to ponder the happy




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The Week in Animal News: Epically Lost Sea Turtle to be Released, Sylvester Stallone Movie Harms Bats, and More

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.




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The Week in Animal News: Powerful Sea Cucumber Poo, Giant Pythons Invade Florida and More

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.