Max, in exchange for a bit of household help, resides part-time on his elderly mother's rural property in a converted school bus.

A design firm best known for its repurposed cardboard creations tries its hand at small-scale adaptive reuse with absolutely gorgeous results.

Indie retail and urban downsizing collide at this smart example of adaptive reuse that breathes new life into a historic shopping center.

A key focus of this week's Transformational Media Summit is how sharing stories can change attitudes to help us create a more peaceful world.

Health ratings on packages could influence consumers' purchasing decisions and drive food companies to make healthier products.

If we could see a photo of the amount of sugar that's in a soft drink right on the label, would it make us think twice?

Did Nutella, the tasty chocolate hazelnut spread, really need more sugar?

You can get all the brain-boosting benefits from these nootropic foods instead of taking supplements, which aren't regulated.

The people of Churchill, Manitoba, live among polar bears — some of the world's most dangerous predators — for several months each year.

In the next decade, the tropics will suffer unprecedented climate change effects, long before the Arctic and its polar bears see big shifts.

A geothermal loop will keep a fancy new elephant house toasty with the captured heat generated by the cooling system in the polar bear habitat.

Video: How these roly-poly, spineless worms are serving as role models for soft material robots.

Video: Dennis Hong is living his dreams — literally — in a lab filled with wacky robots.

Video: Aerial surveillance cameras in some stores track our shopping behavior and help retailers determine what to sell and how to position it.

Hungry purple marsh crabs threaten Cape Cod salt marshes by eating crucial cordgrass.

We're looking at 2 to 6 months before the oil will stop gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. There are still a lot of questions that need answers.

Reconnect with the wild in these magic Celtic gardens.

The new policy at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Merced builds trust and community, and the patients are seeing the results.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on through his speeches and sermons.

Do you believe that "everything happens for a reason"? You might be making this error, too.

With their weird behavior and extra-large size, home infestation of spider crickets is a decidedly unpleasant experience.

The Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf earn top safety honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

An accident in Montana is the latest in a long and troubled line of pipeline incidents in America.

Narrator Daryl Hannah, filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and others discuss the Keystone XL pipeline battle in 'Pipe Dreams.'

Climate scientist James Hansen was arrested on Feb. 13 outside the White House while protesting the Keystone Pipeline.

5 reasons to buy organic, despite the Stanford study. A new study finds that organic food is not nutritionally superior. So is it worth the higher price? I say

Award-winning gin and vodka created with attention to sustainable detail at every step of the way.

Actor graces the cover of Wine Spectator magazine along with his winemaking partner, Marc Perrin.

In just 20 years, the city of Sequim, Washington transformed from a declining arid farmland into a fragrant prairie of purple blooms.

There's one piece of good news from Japan: All the wind turbines survived the earthquake and are helping to power some regions of the country.

The nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant after the Japanese tsunami a year ago has made Americans more leery of nuclear power, according to a Yale Uni

A dozen homeless dogs will be the first Chernobyl puppies to seek American homes.

Community woodworking shops become popular, insect wings microscopically shred bacteria, and the size of ExxonMobil's Arkansas oil spill grows.

Protesters celebrate in North Dakota as the Army halts the Dakota Access pipeline, but many of them still aren't leaving.

British Parliament is striving to reduce its carbon footprint through various efficiency measures, including potentially outfitting Big Ben with PV panels.

If there ever were a super-tall public sculpture begging for a tunnel slide ....

Likened to a cathedral, the ornate Crossness Pumping Station reopens for public tours following extensive rehabbing.

The pedestrianization of overcrowded Oxford Street is a long-time dream of many Londoners. Cycling activists, however, feel wedged out of the ambitious plans.

The spices in your kitchen don't look the same way in the wild. They start as roots, bark, berries, flowers and seeds. This is what they look like.

This homemade facial scrub with pineapple and sugar is an anti-inflammatory beauty option with anti-aging properties.

Denny Dyke turns his walking meditations into intricate sand labyrinths on the beach in Oregon.

BigPicture photo contest winners celebrate diversity of life while inspiring conservation.

Why are hundreds of people taking up the challenge to bake every loaf in the 'Bread Baker's Apprentice'? The organizer has some thoughts.

Find juicy fair trade pineapples at your local Whole Foods store -- and enter to win a trip to Costa Rica.

Spinach is a powerhouse of nutrients. With recipes like these, there's no excuse not to reap the health benefits.

Deb Berlin is determined to soothe frayed nerves in Washington, D.C., through yoga, a practice she picked up in her teens.

Business magnate shares the benefits and practice of daily meditation in his new book 'Success Through Stillness.'

A new Sierra Club campaign urges environmentalists to fight oil sands to preserve winter sports.

Pipeline spills aren't good for the environment and they aren't good for politics. They are especially bad for business.

Expansion of the TransCanada pipeline is coming with a few complaints — not what the company wants to hear these days.