Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.

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

Cars spit out tons of pollution. Luckily there are many ways to reduce your emissions - we've summarized the top tips for you.

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.

All 250 stores, production facilities, headquarter, and e-commerce in North America will be closed for a day.

We are out supporting the kids today; back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.

The 16-year-old climate activist holds nothing back when addressing the UN Climate Action Summit – this speech shows why she is having such an impact.

More on why less is more.

The teenage climate activist said the planet "doesn't need any more awards."

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

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.

Robert Llewellyn explores Berlin's high tech systems for car sharing in an urban environment. He thinks he may have seen the future of mobility.

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room

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!

Why hide your bike away when you can put it on display?

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.

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

Did your fear of stains stop you from going to school or work? Probably not. But this company is aiming to bring menstrual cups to African schoolgirls who miss school because they have their period and cannot afford disposables.

The public has cast their votes, and if the winner is any indication, there are some angry bikers tired of fighting the battle for clean transportation.

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

As its reputation grows, the VeloBerlin film awards attract more talent

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

You thought disco was dead? Not with these old payphone booths, now transformed into ultra-exclusive, tiny dance clubs, complete with the disco ball.

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

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.

Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show

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

An advertising gimmick that gives a whole new meaning to the words "training shoes."

Mayor says "Such tank-like SUVs do not belong in the city"

"Tucked in a corner of the Old Executive Office Building, an obscure group of some three dozen economists exerts extraordinary power over federal rules intended to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment."

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

If you are sick and tired of being optimistic, I have the perfect thing for you, a No Globe snow globe. The tchotchke is a one of a kind--kinda. Only two were made and only one is left to purchase, so act quickly.

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.

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.

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

Green-fingered volunteers in the Danish city of Aarhus have given abandoned bicycles a new lease of life – by turning them into tiny urban gardens.

It's been a long time coming. Was it worth the wait?

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

Scientists Thomas Defler, Marta Bueno and Javier García have discovered a new species of monkey in the Caquetá region of southern Colombia. The region, which is part of the Amazon rainforest, had been inaccessible for years due

If you've been around the green scene for some time, you may feel some ideas get a little tired over time. That could have been the case for bags from recycled tires, but ever since I got one (not from this brand, of course) I've

Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

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