How urban waste management is wising up.

Green-fingered volunteers in the Danish city of Aarhus have given abandoned bicycles a new lease of life – by turning them into tiny urban gardens.

Scientists Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and Javier García have discovered a new species of monkey in the Caquetá region of southern Colombia. The region, which is part of the Amazon rainforest, had been inaccessible for years due

Another product from Colombian studio DosUno Design (whose Rubix transformer furniture set we reviewed yesterday), Deckstool is a simple wood mat that folds into a stool. Apart from being perfect for small spaces,

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

World-renowned for their work in Medellin, especially for the Orchid House at the Botanical Garden, Colombian firm Plan B Architects is busy and keeps coming up with great projects.

Chiquita Bananas becomes the latest major brand to avoid tar sands fuel. But will it really help?

The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.

Medellín has a great sustainable transportation vision for the future, and so far they seem to be executing it extremely well.

Bogotá was a pioneer of car-free day. Now, it has decided to one-up that and move to having a car-free week.

This vertical garden on a residential high-rise in Bogotá reuses greywater from its residents and helps to clean the air.

A 297-acre property in rural northern Colombia will become the first and only reserve for the conservation of the Dahl’s toad-headed turtle.

How did honey go from being the world's most important food to an undervalued afterthought?

North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.

This simple, foldable bee box attracts roaming bee swarms with a pheromone lure, and helps beekeepers safely relocate bees.

While not banning the killer pesticides altogether, the new measure will at least hopefully help the beleaguered pollinators.

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.

Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used insecticides, will be banned for use in fields within six months.

Every little flower helps. Especially when there's a lot of us planting them.

Hornets, yellow jackets, tarantula hawks oh my. Wasps might be scary, but a world without them would be a disaster.

A new scientific study could save a whole lot of elephants.

One of the rarest insects in the world, the Wallace’s giant bee, has been found in Indonesia.

It brings together all of my favorite things – food, friends, travel, and biking, of course.

It's time to rethink how we dress for work.

There are lots of good reasons to buy local, but don't worry about the impact of shipping.

And the air outside in urban London is pretty awful.

Whether the Great Recession is over or permanent, Americans seem to want more from a vacation than staying home. Biking is a beautiful way to vacation.

But regardless of what green initiatives they implement, tourists must be willing to change, too.

As part of an ongoing series about the Maya Ka'an community-based tourism initiative, this was my first official day in the Mayan region, and it was certainly full of adventure.

There's an "epidemic" of unused vacation days in the United States. This startup wants participating companies' employees to trade them in for plan contributions, or booking flights and hotel accommodations.

From vintage trailers and tepees to mansions in the mountains, AirBnB has partnered with the National Parks Foundation for rentals near the country's natural treasures.

Don't be in such a hurry! Here's why you should slow down and visit the quirky landmarks that so many small towns have to offer.

Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.

The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.

But assuming that lower-income citizens are content to eat cheeseburgers definitely is.

You've heard them all before, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded of why these foods are destructive to our planet.

A new study shows that if we want to stop climate change, meat and dairy are off the table -- at least in the quantities we currently consume.

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.

The company has launched a few efforts to reclaim marketshare, from promoting regional specialties to answering questions about food production. Too bad the promotional videos aren't convincing and fail to address the whole issue.

Despite the fact that livestock production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector, there is an appalling unwillingness to change eating habits in order to make a difference.

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.

Recommendations to eat less meat for environmental reasons won’t be included in the final 2015 dietary guidelines.

Blending ground beef with mushrooms cuts both calories and carbon emissions. Oh, and lots of folks say it tastes better too.

Why not? Everybody else uses them for everything but biking.

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.

Keeping your bike in tip-top shape means regular maintenance, preventative measures, and the occasional on-the-road quick fix.

Way more people get traumatic injuries in the shower than they do on bikes, but almost nobody takes the most basic safety precautions.