Patagonia's Worn Wear events, held in collaboration with sharing start up Yerdle, offer a different, more sustainable vision of Black Friday.

Have you ever wondered what 'community living' really looks like, and why people do it?

This is probably the most interesting 3D printed house concept we have seen yet.

It talks a lot about cycling, but notes that we don't do nearly enough about walking.

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.

That's an alternate name for Halloween, but let's not forget the rest of the year.

A new 'eco tax' will raise money for less polluting modes of transportation.

These are the items that keep my bag light and my life easy.

The director of Celtic Connections questions the ethics of bringing in foreign artists to perform.

It helps you determine what it will cost to heat, and what you should do to seal it up.

Even Amnesty International is weighing in about the way the Alberta government is going after environmentalists.

CEO Rose Marcario says the move will show solidarity for the young people who are striking for climate action.

The NYC Department of Education has promised no repercussions for skipping class on September 20.

The public wants to see activists practicing what they preach.

Beware of the gilets jaunes, says Philip Stephens.

It's no longer safe for groups of people to gather in public places.

A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.

Made from TigerBamboo and hand sculpted flax fiber composite joints, the bikes weigh around 1.75 kg, and, according to the designers, “have a ride quality similar to high end steel, but with better vibration absorption”. And they look funky!

From adorable baby sea turtles to lamps made of cow dung and 600-mile bike trips, it's been a wild ride.

In spite of snow and freezing winds, the bicycle season officially opens and we check out the trends and innovations for 2013.

Russian artist, Xenia Bystrova has created a charming series of posters of some of Europe's great cities.

Submit your witty, artful, or entertaining short film for the 2014 VELOBerlin Film Award.

This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.

Tesla's new boutique shop on Berlin's famous KuDamm beckons, but where is Germany's national strategy for electric cars?

In which a brash-talking politician takes on the lobbyists - and everybody wins (hint: the "lobbyists" aren't who you think!)

All this talk of "bad hombres" got you down? Here's an antidote.

Just pick a scooter, drive it, then park it. Someone else takes care of the charging.

It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.

“The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."

High Fashion from roadkill? We also have an art installation that sent Estonians into the trees, egg nog pancakes, the year in gingerbread design, and more.

State regulators have found boron, arsenic, selenium and other toxic metals near 14 power plants, all in excess of state health standards.

The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.

Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.

New report shows shocking amounts of coal pollution in U.S. waterways.

The coal industry continues to fight for profits over people, even though coal ash is extremely toxic.

In advance of EPA's coal ash standards, a mother of four talks about her family's health problems due to nearby coal ash ponds.

A 24-year-old food scientist at the University of Copenhagen has developed a prototype that could potentially save millions of lives.

The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.

How urban waste management is wising up.

Done with that pencil? Sink it in the soil for a second life.

These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota.

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota. Though general wisdom says trees are good, this city proves that with poor planning, wrong species in the wrong places, and bad

Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered

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

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

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

In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.

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