Mini-spots, reflectors and candelabra bulbs were supposed to become more efficient next year, saving 80 billion kWh.

If we're going to push lifestyle change as a strategy, how we manage our money is one of the most important topics of all.

An amusing new study delves into the social consequences of one person witnessing another person doing the 'ethical thing' -- and why it makes them uncomfortable.

It's going for every label from LEED to Living Building Challenge

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.

The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

Last night, the Encinitas, CA City Council Natural Resources Committee voted to draft a ban on plastic bags, which may include a fee for customers use of any single-use plastic bags and paper bags as reported on

Image via: Flickr Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March. Each week a new, local, green group will host a green event at the club, bringing green fashion, sustainable energy and

While San Diego was not considered a very green city just a few years ago, this sunny patch of paradise is quietly coming into its own by leaps and bounds. Enough businesses are seeing the light, and new green ones are opening

More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

The UK newspaper dates the movement back to the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; I contribute with a guest post on architecture and design

With one in 3 cases of dementia preventable, a sweeping new report identifies modifiable factors in early, mid- and late life that make a difference

From helping with dementia to prehypertension and chronic pain, these lifestyle changes could help you hop off the medication merry-go-round.

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

Rivers are people too, you know.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

Perhaps we are getting carried away with all this Smart City Talk; Amanda O’Rourke thinks so.

Researchers at Georgia Tech warn that there is a risk that self-driving cars might be hacked and cause gridlock.

After several decades of Lrapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.

The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.

No more pepperoni, salami, bacon, or ham will be offered on school menus.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations.

A new study found men think society expects them to conform to stereotypes ... but how right are they?

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.

Cadillac introduces BOOK, which lets you book the car you want when you want it. We should all be so lucky.

It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.

Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes.

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal.

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines?

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

"A Jewish ecology is 'not

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering.

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.

One of the great North-American cyclist cities has a big bash to celebrate bike culture!

This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces.