It is an undisputed truth that the majority of American cities have incomplete bicycling infrastructures. This is perhaps especially true in Los Angeles, where

SRD Change is the annual exhibition of new graduate design and ideas that address our those issues which will impact our future. Like issues of sustainability, environmental change and responsibility, social equity and community. The Society for

Planning your holiday party schedule in New York City can be calendar jujitsu, what with work parties, friends parties, family parties, but there are also a few green themed parties that the sustainably minded New Yorker

In our conventional, resource-intensive food and building industries, 'waste-free' may seem like an alien concept, which makes projects like Australia's Greenhouse all the more impressive. Touted as a

Sydney sees cycling skyrocket as it implements its 2030 green city plan.

Decluttering techniques are a big trend now. This small apartment is designed with organizational principles right from the start.

Built on top of an existing garage, this laneway house in Australia makes use of what's already there.

Are they good for everyone or just about making money and getting rid of workers?

A recent post that claimed readers absorb less from e-books. I wonder (and so do many commenters) if that's really true.

Some people do; others use a keyboard for everything and have forgotten how. What about you?

This is one area of measurement where perhaps the Americans, Liberians and Burmese get it right.

People seem to do awfully stupid things when they get high.

It's a thing of beauty but really expensive. Poll: Hütte or Nüts?

The extremely dated "It ain't easy being green" title of this Trulia survey actually misinterprets the data; judging by the questions they asked, it is perfectly easy being green; it just ain't cheap.

It would save fuel and be safer for pedestrians and cyclists. But is it too complicated?

Some would pick a third option: vermin.

Bananas are already in a perfect package. But is this even better?

I am leaning to Responsible Design.

Our photo of the day comes from the 15th oldest U.S. national park.

Ozone — best known for filtering out harmful UV light as a component of the Earth's stratosphere — could dramatically reduce plants' ability to act as a carbon sink and thus cause further accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to

You can't blame them for trying: With the White House set to change hands in less than a year's time - likely bringing on board a more eco-friendly administration - industry groups have been pressing the EPA to squelch stricter air-quality standards

Image from NASA updated: As many noted, I (idiotically) cited the Montreal Protocol's success here, which has nothing to do with reducing tropospheric ozone -- rather, it has to do with fixing the ozone layer. Thank you commenters, and my apologies for

Photo courtesy of Next Nature American Climate Values Survey Views on global warming may be more strongly politically and economically influenced than many may have hoped. The recently released results of the American Climate Values Survey, conducted

Forty percent: That is the share of annual oceanic carbon dioxide uptake accounted for by the Southern Ocean. Given that oceans comprise Earth's largest carbon sink, that is not an insignificant figure;

Household cleaning products in the U.S. might soon be a little greener, thanks to a new rule in California that will require companies to reformulate products so they contain fewer volatile organic compounds, or

Left: Ozone in Earth's stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 12 miles (20 kilometers) in mid-March 2011, near the peak of the 2011 Arctic ozone loss. Right: chlorine monoxide - the primary agent of chemical ozone destruction in the cold polar

Ben Richmond at Motherboard highlights a climate change success story.

Hopefully someday we can say the same thing about an effective effort to combat greenhouse gas emissions.

New NASA study offers first direct proof that the ozone hole is recovering thanks to the Montreal Protocol treaty and the international ban on CFCs.

Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of

While preservation of the planet's dwindling biodiversity itself has rightly grabbed the headlines at the ongoing Convention on Biological Diversity in Japan, Science Insider points out an important geoengineering

There's no doubt that geoengineering brings out passionate emotions both pro and con, as recent debate on TreeHugger about the sort of-moratorium on some research coming out of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Another summary of the potential risks and benefits of ocean iron fertilization--the geoengineering method which proposes seeding oceans with iron so as to stimulate microscopic plants that absorb carbon from the

One of the more invasive geoengineering methods that's been proposed to avert global warming is spraying clouds with seawater to whiten them, reflecting solar radiation. New research presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting urges caution

A breakthrough in controlling yeast with computers gives a glimpse at where science is headed with controlling lifeforms.

Reducing CO2 emissions at the source, or better yet, not emitting them in the first place, is the better option.

The first field test of injecting sulfate particles into the atmosphere is proposed for New Mexico; ocean iron fertilization experiment shows more promise than previous ones.

It may have also been done under falsely obtained consent...

Because the iron dumped in the ocean off British Columbia wasn't dumped as waste, it didn't violate international law.

Naomi Klein's latest book is about more than just science. She explores the extractivist mentality and historic decisions that have led us to where we now find ourselves, living in a totally unsustainable way.

Clarence Eckerson Jr's latest video has lessons that can be applied everywhere.

Rules really matter, and the city uses them to encourage the right kind of building.

From now on, thirsty visitors can refill their own bottles at water fountains or grab a reusable cup in the cafeteria.

Yet another bizarre, fact-free, and infuriating ruling has been handed down by British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development.

High rents in the city prompted this young woman to look for an alternative -- in a van conversion.

These are very common in Europe but new to North America. We need a lot more of them.

I wish them luck but there are a lot of complications.

They may not be the answer to the housing crisis, but they certainly are wonderful little homes.

And that's just the way the architect and developer like it.

This modern laneway house is now home to a client who wants to look after her aging parents.