Blu Homes celebrates the East Coast debut of the iconic Breezehouse with an open house weekend in New York's Hudson Valley region.

Snow and near sub-zero temps didn't prevent a horde of prefab admirers — including this blogger — from welcoming Breezehouse to the East Coast.

Design studio Minarc partners with Habitat for Humanity to (very quickly) bring affordable, net-zero energy prefab homes to low-income areas of South L.A.

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.

By keeping things compact, Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee were able to splurge and have some fun when designing their boxy, prefab abode.

A tent alternative for dedicated glampers and design-conscious holiday-makers, this prefab micro-cabin treads lightly wherever it happens to 'drop.'

In the bucolic exburbs of New York City, a mass-produced home designed by the legendary architect hits the market.

This teeny-tiny wooden cabin from Spain can be built in several hours (provided you can wrangle several friends to help you).

In Japan, militantly unfussy retailer Muji sells much more than stationery, travel pillows and slippers.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

An age-by-age breakdown for teaching kids how to express their gratitude.

Pinterest is a great resource for recipee, and there’s an abundance of ideas to use up Thanksgiving leftovers on the addictive site.

Make sure your knives are sharpened and spice rack is stocked so time in the kitchen this holiday season goes more smoothly.

These creative recipes will help you make something out of your leftover turkey besides soup or sandwiches.

Take some of the stress out of the big day by preparing some of your menu days, even weeks, ahead.

Pumpkin is just as healthy for your dog as it is for you. Here are some simple ways to feed your pooch this popular fruit, and some bonus biscuit recipes.

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, online retailer Zappo's will cover cat and dog adoption fees at more than 100 participating shelters.

Take Thanksgiving on the road this year and appreciate the different experiences these places have to offer.

A Chicago restaurant is serving crystal-clear pumpkin pie. Do you think it's fun or freaky?

There are no rules for Friendsgiving, but it still helps to plan ahead.

The 50,000-year-old, perfectly preserved forest is showcased like never before in a newly released documentary.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

Researchers say the collision of a planetary body with Earth, some 4.4 billion years ago, seeded the elements of life and also led to the creation of our moon.

New research suggests it will take millions of years for extinct species to return to Earth.

The space agency's $650 million Neo Surveillance Mission is designed to spot killer asteroids.

Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.

Absorbing more carbon dioxide than they release, these vast forests can be credited with helping to lower levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

This surprising discovery won't be enough to stop climate change, but it will help, researchers say.

The new white Coca-Cola cans are part of a fundraising campaign to protect the Arctic.

The Barnes Ice Cap, a last surviving piece of the once-vast Laurentide Ice Sheet, will be gone in as little as 300 years.

In order to make its employees more comfortable when they want to take a break from work, a sports marketing company from Sao Paulo, Latin Sports, asked Brazili

Duct tape is the absolute darling of the do-it-yourself set; here are some novel ways to put it to use.

The idea behind Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam's lovely, loopy play structures was born when children started playing on the designer's crochet sculpture in an art ga

There's less paper in need of binding these day, so put this simple contraption to work with these clever applications.

If you are looking for ways to make your holiday meal a lot more interesting, look no further. These vegetarian and vegan recipes are not only gourmet but most

Jadav Payeng single-handedly turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem.

Business as usual is destroying our lives and the environment.

While the Camp Fire rages over 100 miles away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco experiences an air pollution emergency.

The industry funded National Coalition on Mountaintop Mining is no joke.

Federal law requires mining companies to restore strip mines to their original condition, but many don't bother.

While activists against mountaintop removal grow, miners of the region defend their practices as a way of life.

New service offers refurbished cell phones complete with green tips for teens.

Cheap solar panels, micro-inverters, and plug-in technology make DIY solar a reality for the first time.

The O'Neill Passive House, America's first passive house retrofit project, requires as much energy to operate as a standard hair dryer.

Michael Pollan lays out his ideas about what it would take to reform the food system.

Food Tank has created a list of Twitter feeds that inspire and inform those who care about our food system.

Celebrate the summer kick-off with a picnic that's easy on the planet.

Upcycled seatbelts make for a fashionable clubbing accessory. But will your snazzy smart phone fit into the thing?

Dig into MNN's recipe archives for eco-friendly and healthy food and drinks to enjoy while critiquing gowns and arguing about who should win this year's Academy

If you’re buying ice for your summer parties, we’ve got some tips to make sure there’s nothing but water in that ice.