How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.

Photo by squarehippies If you've ever tried to figure out how to support important projects like green schools while combating climate change AND meet a movie star all while shopping online, wonder no more. eBay and Global Green USA is holding an

A Brooklyn-based design studio turns to digital animation to generate the patterns for these striking rugs made out of recycled carpet pieces.

These textile works of art are bursting with soft corals, algae and more.

Even if the label says 'biodegradable,' please don't do it.

Made from wood and recycled movie film, it's perfect for small homes or urban renters always on the move.

In this beautiful renovation of a 1927 apartment, the architects created a moving structure that holds the owners large book collection while temporary dividing the living space.

Two misfortunate advertising campaigns from Argentina use polar bears and tackiness to promote air conditioning.

It's controversial and probably cost the party leader his job, but there is much to like in it.

When you buy a Boerum top, you'll know everything about where and how that item was produced.

It's only happening in half the world. The rest of us can keep using plastic sticks. (Don't they know about ocean currents?)

Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that

I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great

A story from the turn of the millennium about tomorrow still remains relevant today in 2012

This biomimicry success promises advanced hearing aids as the headphone generation ages

Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers.

There is a lot of research that shows that it does more harm than good.

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative

The happiness you feel in a shopping spree may feel as good as the happiness from helping someone, but gene expression reveals a dangerous difference: could shopping cause disease?

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

If a building doesn't meet these basic and necessary criteria, it doesn't deserve an award.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

How small is too small?

A lack of space becomes something more roomy with some simple design strategies.

This new loft adds extra space and an extra bedroom in an urban apartment in Brazil.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

It's having a negative effect on the fishing industry, he claims.

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

Waste material from paper mills can be used to make a more environmentally-friendly brick.

After decades of eating mostly a plant-based diet, these are the basic staples I've learned to keep on hand for a variety of meals.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

The device made from household objects could replace AA batteries for powering small electronics.

These delicate works of art are made out of current and vintage newspaper broadsheets, and prompt us to look beyond the daily news cycle.

These fascinating works explore how folding might push the frontiers of flexible photovoltaics, self-assembling materials and nano-forms.

Influenced by realism and mythology, these impressive works impart a sense of wonder about the natural world.

Simply by telling pilots their fuel consumption is being monitored, Virgin Atlantic saved millions.

Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism."

Flying went from being expensive and elite to being mass-market. Enjoy it while you can.

A list of 10 resolutions shows that big changes are coming to the professional food world.

Each year, the US uses over 3 million trees and 9 billion gallons of water to make toxin-tainted paper receipts.

They're using the Flashfood app to give customers steep discounts and divert food from landfill.

If a hurricane is headed your way, you surely have a lot on your mind. Knowing the energy infrastructure risks in your area may be one more thing to throw in there.