As you may have seen on every major news channel out there, Hurricane Irene is barreling up towards eastern cities like NYC and Washington DC and from the looks of it, it ain't gonna be pretty. Many New Yorkers are evacuating and those who are staying

Today, September 6th, Trash Tycoon officially launches! It's been a long, hard, fun road getting to this point, and we owe a special thanks to all the beta testers who have been playing and submitting bugs and comments on the forums.

+ Overwhelmed by all the gear your kid needs to head back to school? We'll streamline your shopping endeavors with the best eco-friendly back to school supply basics.

The competition between the hottest solar homes in the nation at the 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC has been heating up all week and the winners will finally be announced tomorrow. Green design experts will be judging these student-built houses

+ Indulge your budding foodie with LoooLo Textiles organic munchy toys, which in addition to being beautifully designed, are biodegradable. A set of bagel, lox and cream cheese, a fresh PB & J, and a burger piled high with the works will infuse

The votes are in and these are the top 10 finalists in the 2012 World Environment Day Blogging Contest! Read their posts and vote for the winner!

Congratulations to Scott Bartlett for winning the UNEP and TreeHugger World Environment Day Blogging Competition!

YES! Magazine’s 2nd Annual Celebration of People Power with Alice Walker, Frances Moore Lappé, and Makana.

Time is running out to enter! Win a trip to Mongolia for World Environment Day by entering our annual contest!

Australia's Who Gives a Crap makes 100% bamboo toilet paper that also claims to be "so soft it'll make your bottom smile."

They do a terrific job of taking bacteria from your hands and spreading it all over the walls and floors.

A visit to the Interior Design Show does not shed a lot of light on the subject.

It's gross, but it's not dangerous.

A look back at the Roman Bath, which was a wonderful idea.

The Orca Helix moves up and down so that it is easy to get on and off when high, easy on the body when low.

Public washrooms really are just as important as public roads because, in both cases, people gotta go.

Everything we design should be simple to understand and use for people of all ages and abilities. It's not hard.

These things should be banned, or at least they should come with a real warning.

Another way that the coronavirus is bad for the environment.

Throughout history, urban planning has been designed for and by able-bodied men. What does that mean for everyone else?

Onion Flats redesigned their bathrooms to save space, but it actually is a healthier design.

The bacteria are winning.

Scientists decided to put the old five-second rule to the test, to prove once and for all whether there is any truth to it.

The Atlantic writer challenged the notion that scented means clean.

This biotech startup uses methane-eating bacteria to create fully biodegradable polymers.

Researchers found that those little guys living inside you need their beauty sleep as well.

Architecture critic Mark Lamster thinks so.

Steven M. Johnson is at it again.

Not by a long shot, but the answer is still interesting.

Perfect for the slow traveler. If only it had a bit more range...

It seems that when there is a car involved, it's the former rather than the latter.

But would you want to sit in a plane with no windows?

This is not an attack on electric cars; it's a rage against all cars.

Bristol's airport expansion gets cancelled in a shocking act of doing something meaningful to go carbon neutral.

Forget drones and self-driving cars; this is the future of deliveries, whether goods or kids.

The political football that is the third runway gets kicked down again.

The GHSA blames the switch to light trucks, bad road design, distraction and even climate change.

Nevada study finds that every thousand bucks of added value decreases the odds of yielding to pedestrians by three percent.

The new all-electric Porsche Taycan weighs in at about three tons. That means a lot of upfront carbon emissions.

They are not toys, they are transportation, and they can be a big help in this crisis.

More people die from COVID-19 when they live with polluted air. Can we learn from this crisis and clean it up?

A lot of people are buying e-bikes instead of taking transit.

Salvaging old IT from corporations can mean big business, and a way to keep cell phones out of landfills.

Sony's environmental focus is fairly simple. In fact, it's the very definition of simple. And we like it.

Samsung is proud to show off a wide range of new toys at this year's CES, including internet-connected washers and driers, TVs you can see through, and more.

We found some really wonderful new devices at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, and it's hard to decide which is coolest!

Before this year's consumer electronics show, we talked about our hopes and frustrations about the industry and event. Here, we sum up what we saw.

An amazing circular kindergarten in Tokyo is built around a tree. We also have transparent TVs, the gnarliest waves ever surfed, a wild proposed pier for Florida, and more.

We have more choices than ever in the consumer electronics sector, but at what cost does all this "choice" come?

The new machine from 3D Systems has a larger printing platform, and a whole lot of new bells and whistles for 3D printing enthusiasts.