It is all about the progression through the spaces.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ...

Cobalt is used to build lithium-ion batteries found in mobile technology. Much of it comes from Congo, where men, women, and children endure dangerous and unhealthy conditions to satisfy our hunger for new devices. It's time we paid attention.

They may be giving up four walls, but they are getting a lot in return.

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.

This cascading staircase not only moves people, it can display books and other trinkets too.

This impressive home features a lot of great multifunctional ideas, plus a custom-built cat run for two felines in the back.

A designer's take on the car of the future. Hint: it's a bike

Tiny houses are a hot topic these days, but is working or living in a tiny home (or building one) for you? Dawn Higgins, of Full Moon Tiny Shelters, has some great advice.

This little shelter, which can be built in less than two days, is designed to be suspended between two trees, without leaving a trace on them.

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.

Lightweight shelters might be an affordable and quick option for emergency housing, but they are also susceptible to damage from high winds. This prototype could be a better solution.

Hold on to your wallets, because this little dwelling isn't for sale yet, but it is a promising development in the tiny house movement.

Who knew that knitting could have such a positive impact on our physical and mental health?

An interesting mix of fine art and fine childrearing!

A local regulation forces all food to go through a terminal controlled by big business, but a group of small producers found a way to bypass the rule.

In an attempt to re-think the original function of the folding screen, Argentine designer Leonardo Fortunato created the Diecut Screen multi-purpose piece.

How to provide housing for the masses getting out of poverty and out of slums in the developing world, without creating sprawl? Argentine architects propose attaching new homes to existing structures.

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.

A new report from the NRDC has some surprises.

It didn't win the Stirling Prize, but cleans up on all the sustainability awards.

A rustic tiny house built with plenty of love and on a small budget.

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

This versatile accessory keeps your infant close to your body, or it can become a cradle or rocker to be placed on a flat surface.

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

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

Yesterday Mike reported on the use of mushrooms to break down disposable diapers, and the day before I posted a video of how mushrooms can clean up pollution, kill pests and recycle

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.

No more excuses! Book that time off and feel guiltless while doing so, since you'll be a better partner, parent, and employee as a result.

Samoa's To Sua Ocean Trench is a natural salt water swimming hole that looks too beautiful to be real.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.

The powerful 12-MW turbine is being developed and tested now.

The moral of the story is: Some people are awful, some people are heroes, and baby chimps are irresistable.

In a compelling new documentary, The Flood, Angela Bassett narrates the story of the life in one of the world's last great wildernesses.

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.

It's the eternal struggle for anyone tasked with feeding themselves.

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.

Rising out of surrounding trees and rock, this playful little area takes its design cues from local bird habitats and the town's skiing traditions.

This kind of trailer means you can eliminate the head-banging sleeping loft.

Bill Gates take note: It's all in here and It is surprising how little has changed

Another look at what's out there in the world of composting and other alternative toilets

Nutrient cycling is important. But it's not something you want to get arrested for.

Who says loos have to be boring and utilitarian?

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

Rob Cotter used to build expensive sports cars. Now he makes vehicles that are much, much cooler.