Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.

In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

More than half of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted, according to satellite system data.

The bottled water people have run them out of town, but it's a historic public service.

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

Bel Air: Champagne wishes and $90,000 water bill dreams.

Getting past the ick factor isn't the only obstacle for a beer made from treated wastewater to be sold on the market.

It might seem counterintuitive, but Anheuser-Busch and The Nature Conservancy are working together to protect a Colorado watershed by cutting down trees.

The well was uncovered in the basement of an old London building that was also used as a 'Harry Potter' set.

State legislators in Colorado are working to make it legal for residents to harvest rainwater for irrigation.

Thailand's wet and wild Songkran festival comes during the country's worst drought in decades.

From their vanilla-scented secretions to their amazing ability to alter an ecosystem, here's what you need to know about beavers.

The now-permanent rules are just common sense, really.

These dams, like the Hoover, the Diablo, the Shasta and the Grand Coulee, have helped to shape America.

This huge wetland ecosystem is running out of freshwater, and conservation efforts may not be moving fast enough.

Matthew Mazzotta's installation marries rainwater harvesting with the deeply pacifying sound of raindrops bouncing off a tin roof.

Right now, we basically build cities in a way that worsens flooding events, but nature has solutions.

Rutherford Seydel's Oxygen Project creates a sustainable Earth while creating financial sustainability for all. All it will take is a massive group action.

A perplexing amount of the planet's water slips deep into Earth's interior at some tectonic boundaries, a new study has found. But where does it go?

Scientists report that it could take 100 years for the world's groundwater supplies to respond to climate change, potentially leaving populations without water.

From frustrating voice recognition to built-in apps, consumers either don't know they're there or can't figure them out. But relief is in sight.

The search giant has trained neural networks to interpret photos, but they can also be coaxed to create monsters.

.dog domains are reserved for dog lovers and providers of canine products and services, but .cat isn't what you'd expect.

The other fruity computer company introduces a touch display for $60.

Yes, you can get the digital chaos under control. Here's how.

You want to feel safe? Be a nobody with nothing anyone is interested in.

Just Not Sorry app helps women (and men) stop undermining their email messages with qualifiers and apologies.

Solving secret codes hidden within video games could soon spill over into real life mysteries.

Reality can never be perfectly simulated if you take into consideration quantum complexity.

Using tiny eyewear, researchers tricked the insects into revealing secrets that could lead to simpler visual processing in robots.

The World1 computer program at MIT considered a range of factors and predicted the world might collapse in 2040. So far, it has been right.

The business closed in 2013, but ‘zombie stores’ kept the concept alive.

A quiet deal between two of the world’s leading energy technology clusters, puts Copenhagen at the center of the expanding cleantech universe. Highlights from

As the president leapfrogs from India to Indonesia to Seoul, he's making deals on green energy in the hopes of curbing climate change.

How the Slow Money Alliance uses green investing to turn a profit and grow a community.

Four state-sponsored 529 plans earn a Morningstar gold rating.

Test your knowledge of where products come from and find out if you're a savvy consumer by taking this Made in the USA quiz.

This German concept of cooperative living could be a great alternative to the retirement community.

Ben & Jerry's has invited me to create my own custom flavor using fair trade ingredients next month- help me out with some tasty ideas.

Jimmy Fallon is joined by Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they sing an ode to Fair Trade and Ben & Jerry's.

The Vermont-based premium ice cream company is making the commitment to get 100% of all possible ingredients from Fair Trade sources by the end of 2013.

Help support fair trade products and get a shot at winning a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Find out who won a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and how contest promoted the benefits of fair trade.

Traditional, sustainable Valentine’s gifts your sweetheart will love.

The Fair Trade Federation Conference in May will tackle tough questions in the activist and business communities about what 'fair' really means.

The ice cream company names its newest flavor after Alec Baldwin's classic 'Saturday Night Live' character Pete Schweddy. Yes, they're really going there.

Here's a list of reasons this blogger thinks fair fashion is anything but frivolous.

Sweatshops filled with robots could bring manufacturing of smartphones, computers and TVs to the United States, as well.

Homemade chai tea graham crackers turn everyone’s favorite campfire dessert into an amazing ending to a dinner party.

H&M is the most ethically minded of the cheap clothing stores, but it still promotes virtually throwaway retail. What's a conscious shopper to do?