Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

How can we be moving away from fossil fuels and spending billions on building pipes for them at the same time?

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

This is a very big deal, but just the first of many more bigger and harder deals that we need.

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Boston is getting a "CLT Cellular Passive House Demonstration Project" that pushes every TreeHugger button.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

And you have never used a styrofoam plate or take-out box.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.

The Norwegian Consumer Authority thinks the fast fashion company is misleading shoppers with its so-called Conscious Collection.

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.

Abimis offers refrigerated drawers and heated tops. Does anyone need this?

The Transition Town concept, a community focused response to climate change and peak oil, which was pioneered by Rob Hopkins, and which we reported on here and here, is spreading even further. For the first time, it is being tried on a city-wide scale,

Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels

Just a reminder to our UK-based readers that Transition City Bristol's Big Event, which we posted on last week, is coming up on Sunday. Billed by Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns concept, as "Possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and

Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend

Image credit: pawpaw67, used under Creative Commons license. Malaysian palm oil producers may be committing to green(er) practices, but that's unlikely to appease George Monbiot. He has long been a critic of biofuels for vehicles, but he is absolutely

We've already seen how pay-as-you-throw trash metering can cut landfill waste in half, and we've witnessed whole cities make composting mandatory. So there's little doubt that much, much

Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money.

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."

"It's an emergency," say council members. "So let's act like it."

You won't find Lobster Boy in Hartford, Connecticut. Or Salt Lake City, Utah, or Denver, Colorado, for that matter. Those are the top three most "Suntelligent" big cities in the U.S., according to a survey by the American

Working in shared office spaces is an attractive solution for creative start-ups, and has become more and more sought-after in many of the bigger cities. Green Spaces in Manhattan has turned into a well-working

A community garden in Atlanta proviudes refugees from around the Globe a space to grow food, share their culture and to build community as a result.

Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy

One might think that promoting walking as an alternative to driving might be good for cities clogged with cars full of overweight people.

Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl.

This loft-less tiny home makes quite a statement, both inside and out.

It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill.

BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.

New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical

Photographer Joan Sullivan documents the drama of their construction.

Our photo of the day shows how to make an awkward bill look like a thing of grace.

Our photo of the day features one of the smallest of North American owls.

Our photo of the day proves that size doesn't matter.

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

Image credit: Duke University Duke University's Bleed Blue, Live Green campaign created a clamor of attention from fans wanting to get hold of a limited edition shirt. So much so, we had to post a follow up on where to find the green Duke shirts. I'm

In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?