Yet another bizarre, fact-free, and infuriating ruling has been handed down by British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Today, the United Nations climate talks reached an agreement, and committed to fighting devastating levels of climate change.

The Heath Ledger-directed Modest Mouse video for "King Rat," released Tuesday, follows the animated adventures of a ship helmed by whales on the hunt for humans--harpoons and all.Ledger developed the video to draw attention to

The company says this system is simpler than other wave devices that need to be finely tuned to the waves to pick up their energy.

After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.

Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.

A fisherman who had criticized illegal fishing practices loses an eye in an armed attack as diminishing fish stocks and increased debts create a volatile atmosphere.

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

This renovated apartment incorporates some interesting storage concepts for a cleaner, brighter space.

We all can't go to Copenhagen this week, but there are so many ways to make our voice heard nonetheless. ThisPlace09 is an art and Twitter project that conveys personal thoughts about climate change to the delegates and the

This week marks Carnival of the Green #205, and it's being hosted by Pragmatic Environmentalism, a blog that explores urban sustainability. Thanks so much to Brenda Pike, who runs the site, for a last minute Carnival round-up. Through her blog, Brenda

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the

The billion-dollar app specializes in sharing digital photos, but tugging along behind it is a growing pile of material stuff.

These 5 gardens lost ancient and historic trees, and are in need of donations and volunteers to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

Another Nordic cultural concept to prove that Scandinavians have it all figured out … but this one could help the rest of us sleep better too.

The new vision promotes active transportation like walking and biking.

Building with blocks and construction toys is a great unstructured activity for kids, and Ollies Wooden Blocks are a superb new addition to the category.

Often marketed as educational, electronic toys have the opposite effect, resulting in parents and children speaking less to each other.

An estimated 2,000 synthetic chemicals can be used in conventional packaged foods; for organic the number is 40.

It's become a very tasty ritual.

A robot powered by microbial fuel cells that runs on human waste helps out at a wastewater treatment plant using its artificial stomach.

Oh, the wonderful things that poo can do.

Goodbye car ownership, hello "mobility as a service."

The versatile, two-dimensional medium of paper is reconstructed into art that pops off the page.

We have to start thinking about housing as a social good instead of a financial instrument.

The goal is a good one. The timeline is not.

Image from Tetra Pak Tetra Pak is the world's largest packaging company so when they decide to do something environmental it has a big impact. They have just announced that all of their UK and Irish packaging will be FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)

I must admit I have never really understood the environmentalist obsession with plastic bags. As I noted in my post on a ban plastic bags rap that went viral, I've always felt there are

Dear Pablo: Is it true that plastic bags have less impact on the environment than the alternatives?

Urban farming was way more than a fad in the 1940s.

In a lawsuit settlement today, General Mills agreed to remove the “100% Natural” from more than 20 of its products.

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

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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

Once again our favorite visionary was ahead of his time.

Of course he has been there, done that.

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

From the "re-positioning of old news' file: as quoted in the New York Times story about a trillion dollar minerals discovery in Afganistan, U.S.

In a recent show of solidarity with the forests and one another, more than a thousand villagers gathered to simultaneously give their beloved trees a loving squeeze.

A new type of geothermal heat pump system being tested in Philadelphia can tap into a city's sewage lines to capture heat.

Geothermal energy constantly gets overshadowed by other sources of clean energy, like wind and solar, because it's still more expensive. But with every passing year, it gets closer to its time in the spotlight.

Is it a geothermal system or a ground source heat pump? Yes.

Not only is coffee leaf tea delicious and nutritious, but it also offers a more stable source of income for coffee growers in Latin America.

More than just a comfortable habit, science has shown that sipping tea throughout the day improves and prolongs creative performance.

The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of

Known to TreeHugger for their trademark lamps, the Seattle practice does a bigger building

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

With the demise of Nau, many commentators have been suggesting the trouble was that the company was ahead of its time. We respectfully disagree. Firstly, if ever there was a time for businesses to flourish, who are environmentally and socially

It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950's sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from