When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice. Yet everyday, around the planet, smaller displays of geothermal force take place. Sometimes, it's f

When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice.

With the abundant geothermal potential of the United States, what are the biggest barriers to tapping into that renewable energy source? Leslie Blodgett of Geothermal Energy Weekly answers.

Can panda poo prevent cancer? We also have sad rhino news, fish lawnmowers, and more.

These popular hot beverages inhabit places of honor in our homes, apparently for very good reasons.

It is modern in appearance yet traditional in operations

The problem may seem immense, but there are many good solutions.

It's one thing to design to the Passivhaus standard; it is another thing altogether to prove it.

They call it green. I call it too much.

Napping in the daytime is good for your health and probably for your productivity.

Ok, so this isn't a true green item. But, kudo's to my favorite eco-celeb, Leonardo DiCaprio for his consistent give-back spirit. Leo and Kate Winslet returned to their Titanic roots to help out the ship's one remaining

Yes, he's blond, blue-eyed handsome and yes, he's talented. But Academy Award-winning Leonardo DiCaprio continually proves he is more than just a pretty face jumping on the celebrity hybrid bandwagon. From resorts

Ladies, summer is now truly upon us, well it certainly is here in London, and tis the season to have fun with our feet, though not, we must add, at the expense of the planet or people. Happily there is a wide range of seriously stylish ethical footwear

From chia to hemp, seeds were a prominent force among the 500-plus new products at the annual tradeshow in Los Angeles.

Hemp, which is considered to be a wonder-crop by many, is now legal in Colorado. Voters not only gave the thumb up to marijuana in November, but also to its THC-light cousin.

Doug Fine, author and solar-powered goat herder, takes us behind the scenes of what could be America's next billion dollar industry: the hemp economy.

Industrial hemp farming could play a big role in providing economic stability in impoverished areas, creating jobs and businesses for veterans, and growing a sustainable and regenerative agriculture movement.

This couple swapped a ladder for a climbing wall up to their loft.

Compared to conventional shipping container homes, the Pod-Tainer has a relatively spacious interior, thanks to pop-outs on both sides.

This industrial designer's 3D/4D printed, life-like forms ask the question of whether we can design and engineer "intelligent" plants that can adapt to environmental changes.

While traveling, journalist Jan Wong opted for host families, not cooking school, when it came to learning about local food.

It's a multifunctional space that hides everything behind its pared-down walls.

The climate movement must be about more than Keystone XL, write four climate activists.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

In honor of World Environment Day, organizers of the World’s fair highlighted the greenest exhibit designs.

Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining

The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey.

In China, it's shark fin soup, in Japan it's blue fin tuna for sashimi and sushi, and in the U.S. it's our love of nice thick fish fillets and billions of fish sticks consumed annually - these cultural habits are

They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.

The current wind power installation has replaced millions of liters of diesel fuel and helped protect the islands' endangered animals.

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

This small space spread over two levels in Paris gets a minimalist and functional makeover.

Switching from fossil fuel powered cars could save 45,000 lives per year and on its own almost solve climate change

Like a gadget from a superhero's gizmo-kit, two engineering students have invented a device to battle blazes with noise – water and toxic chemicals not required.

Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki.

is looking down at your phone really like putting an aardvark on your head?

After 52,696 steps, a review of a LifeSpan treadmill desk.

It tells you when to get up and to sit down, and checks up on you too.

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.

A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was until it was identified as a Worcester’s Buttonquail

The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones.

Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly

10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected.

Nic Darling is part of Postgreen Homes, builder of the 100K house and others that I have raved about; Postgreen is a different kind of developer, working in gritty urban parts of Philadelphia, doing smaller, more affordable