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In celebration of MacGyvering: 90 hacks to welcome in a new word

With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack.




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3 easy DIY repairs for broken zippers

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems.




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11 outdoor gear companies with great repair or return policies

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




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7 Rs for sustainable fashion

Use these recommendations to create a wardrobe that feels as great as it looks.




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'Making do' is more important than 'sparking joy'

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




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Climate Change Activists Are Terrorists! At Least That's What the Maryland State Police Thought

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




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Stimulus Dollars In Motion: Maryland Orders 100 Hybrid Buses

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.




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More Schools Join the Pay-You-to-Bike Bandwagon

Image via: LA Citystreets Clark U, Rice University, U Minnesota are all launching bike-sharing programs, along with the City of Minneapolis. Towson University has launched several green transportation programs - sadly no bike sharing, yet. Many of the




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Baltimore Announces Massive Smart Grid Program - 2 Million Meters to be Installed

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




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Renewable Tradition: Baltimore's "Arabbers" Sell Produce On Residential Streets - In Horse Drawn Carts

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




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80,000 Baltimore Students Join Meatless Monday Movement

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now




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We Are Like "Watermelons: Green On The Outside And Red Or Socialist On The Inside."

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




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Not Waiting For the Feds, Carbon Tax Enacted by Montgomery County, Maryland

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




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Want to Clean Up Chesapeake Bay? Plant Forest Buffers Upstream (Video)

Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But




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More Phone Directory Foolishness, From Maryland

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




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Stopping Liquid Natural Gas Port in Maryland a Blow Against Fracking in the Marcellus Shale, Too

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.




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Need More Motivation? Get Chased by Zombies in Undead Adventure Road Race

What started in Maryland is spreading. A running club with zombies that chase you. It's about survival of the fittest.




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More Trees = Less Crime in Baltimore, Study Shows

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.




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Tiny, repurposed "Hobbitat" homes are now available for rent (Video)

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.




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Baltimore's neglected rowhouses are the last ones standing

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




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Tesla wins battle to sell its electric cars in Maryland, but more fights are coming...

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?




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A new model of climate change for the anthropocene epoch

A group of scientists argues our current climate change models get it wrong. Tracking "Carbon" only tells half the story.




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One of the world's largest rooftop farms is in Brooklyn

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




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Stefano Boeri's Vertical Forest gets planted

One of the world's most famous architectural renderings turns into a building. Will it thrive?




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Are white roofs really three times more efficient than green roofs?

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




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Is the new Barclay Center green roof really green or greenwash?

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




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Green roofs could prevent sewage overflow in New York City

Sewage overflow is a major problem in the Big Apple, but with a little more green on city rooftops, the overflow could be prevented.




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Historic Warsaw building gets wrapped up in a gorgeous green wall

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




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Green roofs, living walls and vertical farms are all morphing into living green buildings

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




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Foster to build Toronto tower with what looks like the largest living wall in North America

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




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Green roofs make happier, more productive workers

A new study shows that a quick look at a green roof perks you right up.




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Watch a green roof get installed on New York's Barclay Center

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




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Solar Outpost is a nice place to work on a green roof in Brooklyn

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




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Another vertical forest being built by Stefano Boeri in Lausanne, Switzerland

And I am going to be positive, upbeat and happy about it, really.




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Peterborough canoe museum to have gorgeous green roof

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection




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Arup designs a living wall scaffold for London renovation

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




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Urban-like post-disaster rural housing incorporates rooftop gardens

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




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New hotel in Singapore "combines sustainability with delight."

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.




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Tallest timber tower in Sweden is about a lot more than just wood

From the green roof down to the electric boat, there are so many interesting aspects of sustainable design.




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Historical courtyard residence converted into modern workspace in Beijing

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




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How buildings change: from jam factory to lingerie to gorgeous apartments

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




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Renovated Airstream is 'Tiny Shiny Home' for family of six

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.




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Airy attic apartment features secret door to walk-in bathtub

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




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Ellis Passivhaus laughed at Chicago's Polar Vortex

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




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Humans are more like ants than lone wolves

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




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Forget about nations; we need to think for the world

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?




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Could this plan force politicians to work together?

This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment.




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Six ways to transform the built environment

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation shows how thinking circular could change the way we live for the better.




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70% of Americans think the environment is more important than economic growth

Turns out, environmental issues are not about awareness. People get it.




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Mayors of London and New York issue joint call for fossil fuel divestment

Great cities know the future is renewable.