Knitted woollens should never get tossed until you've tried to repair them. Thanks to online tutorials, it's not as hard as it seems.

It's a sign of quality when companies are willing to stand by the goods they sell.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

We have to slow down and smell the coffee, and it might actually be fun.

Our focus should be on making things last and serve their purpose, not throwing them away.

I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized

Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.

Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.

Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.

Not sure if you really want to live in a tiny house? This tiny home builder is making these cabins from salvaged materials, which visitors can test out at an eco-retreat in Maryland.

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing?

New York's skyline is getting greener and a whole lot more productive too.

Green roofs, living walls, vertical farms are all part of a new living architecture.

They are certainly more reflective, but that's not the only thing that matters.

Green roofs are wonderful things and lovely to look at, but there are other factors in play here.

Designboom shows another example of how green roofs are changing architecture.

Strange things happen when roofs touch the ground.

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

Jean-Philippe Pargade designs a school where the green roof IS the building, defining its whole look and feel

We are going to need a new term that binds them all together. A lecture in 20 slides.

"Less is more" is so over; These days the mantra is "too much is never enough."

It may be the most expensive and useless green roof ever built

Designer Matt Kovaleski integrates a solar power system into a picnic table setup for workers at Vice

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

An architectural tradition dating to the 9th century, Iceland's turf houses are an enduring inspiration.

It looks a lot better than the usual kind, cleans the air and absorbs noise.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

But really, they should be dealing with the source of the problem.

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

Blouin Tardif Architectes do a beautiful adaptive reuse and addition in Montreal.

This delightful apartment renovation in Spain hides a huge bathtub and other mysteries.

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home.

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.

An ecological economist says humans have been thinking about themselves all wrong.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

School strikes, non-violent direct action, office sit-ins. It feels like something might be building.

New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030.