The powerful 12-MW turbine is being developed and tested now.

These 6 initiatives can build community, combat loneliness, and stretch resources.

It's a mutually beneficial arrangement. Lush gets luxurious fair-trade cocoa butter, while farmers earn income in a low-risk way, not threatened by violence.

The People's Choice award went to photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, who took the photo in Cameroon.

There's nothing like watching the sun go down on a beach in a tiny African village.

Smartphones, laptops, and electric car batteries rely on cobalt, most of which comes from Congolese mines that employ children.

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

He’s a fierce defender of his family and helped nurse two of his offspring back from leopard attacks. He likes to nap with his feet in the air, and he hums while he eats.

A new study found global fertility rates are on the decline in hundreds of countries

Never ever underestimate the intelligence of Mother Nature.

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

Ethiopia’s ambitious national reforestation program seeks to plant 4 billion trees by October.

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.

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,

Do you have a grad about to turn that tassel around, or leaving high school behind for the big wide world? Toast this accomplishment with one of the 10 earth-conscious gifts in this guide -- from major purchases, like cars and jewelry, to simpler mement

Do you have a grad about to turn that tassel around, or leaving high school behind for the big wide world?

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is no small task. This

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is

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

University of North Texas has build a LEED Platinum stadium to be the envy of other college campuses.

College students make waves for clean energy at IU, UK basketball games.

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

Toast your grad's entry into the big wide world with durable, chic, and useful goods like a practical tote bag, an electric scooter, and a life-changing journey to save lions.

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

The Post-Landfill Action Network, launched at the University of New Hampshire, challenges campuses across the continent to start tackling waste seriously.

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

A new study has found that sleep disturbances have a greater effect on academic performance than anxiety, depression, binge-drinking, and marijuana use.

From boosting focus and cleaning the air to improving wellness in general, these easy indoor plants are a great addition to dorm decor.

It has become a familiar pattern. A natural disaster occurs and we can't help but wonder how it may have been influenced by climate change. Here's a look at how the Colorado rains and flood were connected to global warming.

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.

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.

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.

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

EPA to blame for the catastrophe on the Animas.

Who said politicians never did anything good?

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

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.

Ever wondered what it's like to live in a renovated van? Here is one company that rents DIY van conversions out.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

Corporations have rights ... why not rivers?

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

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

A new study from Deloitte predicts what we have said before: e-bikes will eat cars.

We keep saying that this is the way we should go, but perhaps the technology here just wasn't ready.

A look at what has changed, and how much has actually stayed the same.

A toilet is just the working end of a much larger system that can have a huge impact on society.

This is a very clever and clean alternative toilet. Unfortunately, it shrink-wraps your poop in foil and sends it to landfill.

Here's the drill on the Earth Drill toilet.

I really don't want to crap all over this new toilet design, but it is too complex, too expensive and no, it won't charge your phone.

Here's the hot poop on a toilet with a conveyor belt to move the stuff out of sight, out of mind.