While these chemicals continue to be the norm in the camping and mountaineering industries, there are some good alternatives.

It's good news... but we shouldn't be eating tuna at all.

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

A new investigation by Greenpeace delves into the ongoing environmental devastation caused by our recycling habits.

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.

Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.

You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.

An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern."

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.

Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.

Think bike lanes cost too much? Let's put it into a little perspective.

San Francisco readers can now find local and green clothes at Amour Vert’s new shop in Hayes Valley.

This looks like a long-needed solution to one of the key barriers to electric vehicle adoption, and I can hardly contain my excitement.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Finally, fire departments are buying equipment designed for the city instead of designing the city to fit the equipment.

Another tool that makes life easier to live without a car.

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

By next year at this time, all straws in SF will be made from paper, bamboo, wood, metal or fiber.

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.

The English town of Frome has seen a significant drop in emergency hospital admissions since it began connecting ill residents with volunteers and support groups.

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.

Science has shown over and over again that bar soap does not transmit infection. It is a powerful, plastic-free, and cheap disease-fighting tool.

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.

Nature has a treatment, and it doesn't come in a bottle.

Scientists are concerned about how airports are conducive to the spread of disease.

A number of states are edging out insurance companies. This could be huge for the environment.

Indwell and Invizij Architects are doing incredible work, raising the bar for housing people in need.

Neti pots are useful for flushing out clogged sinuses, but it's important to do it the right way.

Scientists examine two strategies to reduce anxiety.

Health care providers are alarmed by the rise in sleep disorders, but is it the kids or the parents who are in need of education?

One month is just long enough to break a habit that is seriously compromising your health.

U.S. doctors believes it's a serious public health concern that requires drastic action.

The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment.

Food is a powerful healer, which is why hospitals should reconsider how they feed patients.

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.

Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.

An exhibit about the pioneering mid-century designers illustrates the innovative ideas that inspired their work.

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.

Don't let artist Agustina Woodgate -- who says stuffing is "like looking into the soul" -- near your favourite stuffed teddy bear.

Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.

Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.

Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.