Using a dishwasher for storage makes a lot of sense; finally a dishwasher designed around the idea

This compact shelter is a place for a family to spend their summers in the middle of nature.

More bikers take to Twitter to mock bike haters.

See fish in black and white, bones and flesh, in Smithsonian exhibit, touring the U.S.

Everywhere you look for the next week in London there is an arty billboard.

Who doesn't love a picture of a bicyclist reading a book on top of a bashed up car?

One scientist speaks about how the knee-jerk reaction to "save the corals" needs to deepen into a real love for these fascinating creatures.

Swedes enjoy an interesting "close-to-nature" lifestyle -- this informal study shows how it might help visitors from other countries.

The new City Bike program will also feature a 'bring your own battery' scheme, leaving the charging to the rider.

For the next 3 years, residents of Sweden are getting a serious incentive to get on an e-bike, as the country is setting aside about €35 million per year to subsidize their purchase.

New eavesdropping Barbie records your child’s conversations and transmits them to a corporation that analyzes your kid’s likes and dislikes. And then things get weird.

Fed up of shoddy plastic toys? This modular kit of sturdy parts lets parents and kids construct a wide range of awesome kid-powered vehicles.

Why Mattel's diabolical darling could be a threat to children’s privacy, wellbeing, and creativity.

Made from sugarcane, the new sustainable play pieces will be included in Lego kits in 2018.

Oxybenzone may be effective at filtering UV light, but it comes at a dangerously high cost to human health.

Forty companies just pledged to do their part to serve more veggies, helping the environment in the process.

A new microbial fuel cell can not only drastically reduce the amount of sludge from wastewater treatment plants, but can also produce clean energy at the same time.

The fuel cell is part of Microsoft's Data Plant project to build a zero carbon data center.

The fuel cell generates electricity from living plants and could turn green roofs and marshes into power plants.

A micro fuel cell could extend mobile battery life and charge up portable devices, with just the addition of a little water.

This is a great way to understand the science behind microbial fuel cells and make a little renewable energy at home.

It is exhilarating to have a bike anywhere you want it. It is depressing to see the state of the bikes.

This company is working to build a network of urban prefabs under a 'pay-as-you-go' model of home ownership.

This furniture designer's stealth van conversion has been created as a "test lab" for mobile, "democratic" small space design.

Annie Leonard is having an incredible run with her short documentary The Story of Stuff. The film still gets 10,000 views per day and has already reached 7.3 million people over the 22 months since it was released. The film

This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition

I have always wondered why a sandwich of polystyrene and concrete is considered green, and have taken significant abuse for my position on insulated concrete forms (ICF). Now an interim report from the impressive-sounding MIT Concrete

Bamboo may seem like a questionable material for making bikes, but we've seen our share of great bamboo bikes -- and hey, there's even DIY bamboo bike-building classes out there. Taking advantage

Sure, there are higher-tech ways of operating, but I'm just not interested.

"Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?" One filmmaker asks and begins to answer this frightening question.

This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a controversial bill that seeks to set a unified standard for the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms.

Researchers in the UK are using genetic engineering to fight the bird flu epidemic.

While banana farmers watch their plantations get ravaged by a fungal disease, scientists think they may have found a solution.

Toyota Goes Bold Even Toyota, the maker of the much revered Toyota Prius, has been unable to escape the fallout from the economic downturn. In fact, Toyota just posted its first operating loss in 70 years, and the company is responding with bold plans

In a bid to highlight the clean air advantage of the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, the company is putting up pollution-scrubbing billboards.

Vinyl man (pictured) may be disappointed. "The hundreds of thousands of lunch boxes given away by California state health officials over the last several years were designed to promote healthful habits, bearing slogans such as "Eat Fruits & Vegetables

Years ago, whilst working as a researcher for Greenpeace, looking at how effective its campaign had been to make the Sydney Olympics PVC-free, it became apparent to me how polyvinyl chloride so dominates certain industries. This is certainly true of

Stickers can be fun, but how eco-friendly is this new craze for decorating walls? We have found two brands that claim their vinyls to be eco-chic, and some even come with decorative eco-reminders; very clever! Hu2 in the UK has just

They look so cute on their polyurethane sofa, in front of the wall of vinyl windows and doors, in the stock shot from the Canadian vinyl industry. The Vinyl salesmen are also

An annual Toronto event is pretty utopian, as two major highways are closed to cars and given over to cyclists.

Steven M. Johnson beat the GrubHub by 25 years.

This gives the "spin cycle" a whole new meaning.

Just days ago, 19 Asiatic black bears were rescued from an illegal bile farming operation in Vietnam. For six to seven years, the animals were kept

We've discussed Osprey packs in the past, particularly their Resource collection of packs with about 80% recycled content (see links below). Recently, we noted via SNEWS that they'd released their 2009 Sustainability Report, indicating

Last April, airport authorities became suspicious of a traveler arriving to LAX from Vietnam after noticing bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking from the cuffs of his pants. A closer inspection of the man,

Referencing traditional terraced agriculture, this modern house with terraces has an integrated rainwater collection and irrigation system that would allow it to grow greenery.

Last week there were used battleships for sale on e-bay, this week we've got used space shuttles. But not going as cheaply as the warships and not being turned into pots and pans either.

The future is mobile as businesses dematerialize and hit the road

As salinization impacts agriculture around the world—another effect of climate change that will hit already-vulnerable places and people the hardest—farmers, small-scale farmers in particular, have to figure out how to

It may not make economic sense to park bikes this way, but it sure is fun to watch.