Coal for Christmas, but not for being naughty. Germany commemorates the end of an era as the last black coal mine closes.

German research on trendy craft brews proves how to optimize the craft beer experience

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -- Mary Oliver

This study provides shocking statistics on unsafe motorist behavior, but aims to give urban planners new tools for safer shared roads

Ruling protects the organization behind a unique project to re-establish European bison in the wild

Sustainability matters, but so does hypocrisy.

The upfront carbon emissions from replacing existing buildings now are as big as operating emissions. We have to stop this now.

Oliver Wainright of the Guardian calls for a rethink of the way we put buildings together and take them apart.

Digital photography has made us lose the wretched chemicals and excess paper of the Polaroid era. So if you want to save a summer memory, you can do it in organic chocolate.

Honeybees in France are producing unusual-colored honey. Their sweet tooth may be to blame.

Get your dark chocolate fix with less guilt. Balance Bar introduces a new energy bar featuring sustainably farmed cocoa beans.

73% of chocolate comes from Africa, and much of it is worked by children, virtually in a state of slavery

When you're biting the head off a chocolate bunny this weekend, the last thing you want to be thinking about is whether your sweet treat was the product of child slave labor. Don't let that happen to you. Buy good chocolate, people!

The natural chemicals in common foods and beverages can be turned into a useful antibacterial coating

As you spoil mom on Mother's Day, amplify your appreciation by opting for Fairtrade products that will turn the day into something even more meaningful.

Testing shows just how much packaging is required to keep the yum in, and reveals some dirty little secrets on the way

Bun in the oven? Have a bonbon!

When buying high-quality chocolate, there are many logos, seals, and terms that can make the process of selection rather complicated. Here's a quick look at the various terms and what they all mean.

Hershey's, Nestle and Mars have not kept their promises when it comes to sourcing conflict-free palm oil.

It's important, but higher isn't always better.

Mighty Earth has released a scorecard for chocolate brands and retailers to help you make a good choice.

After decades of promising reforms, chocolate companies have failed to deliver.

The World Cup is starting: here's a football they won't be wanting.

Here's a new and novel use for that neglected historical artifact: the pencil.

The creation of a summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery is an annual tradition; and this year it's weird.

Can't figure out what to read? Sit on this bench and let it give you an idea.

Look what you can make out of bamboo poles and climbing rope in 23 days--if you are artists.

See this fascinating documentary about the dedicated man who created a forest the size of Central Park.

What could be lovelier than a butterfly; even when it is made out of a can of beer.

This celebration of buses makes a BUS stop a special place to meet.

It's a place to get and replace free books, and the architecture is local to each town.

Olafur Eliasson is back with another environmental project on a giant scale.

Bigger isn't always better when it comes to life and gardens at Chelsea.

Here are a few shade plants that will add end-of-summer colour to your shady patches.

Can you bear to look at these intimate and frightening photos of grizzly bears.

Change is growing this year with more women designers and lots of glorious blue flowers.

The small gardens are new and innovative and changing the way we look at them.

You've heard of starchitects, well here's a super-star engineer: welcome to Ove Arup's world.

London's Design Biennale wants to show how to make the world a better place...

But hey, what’s wrong with formaldehyde? It’s in our breath, our apples and our trees.

That's 0.0082677165 inches for Americans, and really thin in either unit.

Can one device to it all? Should it? Has its time finally come?

Thought there wasn't enough variety? Now it is endless.

Bottled water companies are doing this because of public concerns about single use plastic.

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.

We are in the middle of a mass timber construction revolution. What is everyone talking about here?

I am not convinced this can work but I will give it a try.

Aluminum is replacing plastic to deceive "environmentally conscious consumers" into buying an equally damaging single use container.

Who needs concrete when this foundation design will take the load?

I am beside myself with excitement over drywall and linoleum.