Who said politicians never did anything good?

Our absolutely adorable photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

This contemporary small dwelling has both a main-floor bedroom and a secondary sleeping loft.

The last thing the world needs is a high tech electrochemical reactor toilet. This is a social problem, not a technical one.

A look at what has changed, and how much has actually stayed the same.

A toilet is just the working end of a much larger system that can have a huge impact on society.

Put your poop to work; it's fuel for a biological furnace.

This is a very clever and clean alternative toilet. Unfortunately, it shrink-wraps your poop in foil and sends it to landfill.

Another look at what's out there in the world of composting and other alternative toilets

Was it design, or was it our resistance to change? What made the NoMix a NoGo?

Nutrient cycling is important. But it's not something you want to get arrested for.

The big Glastonbury music festival is getting new composting loos

Got some clean electricity? Then you can cremate your crap.

A lesson in loving flying nocturnal mammals.

Insect hotels are architectural, recycled and perfectly formed. But you can't stay there: they are for the bugs.

Dig out those old da Vinci drawings of winged flying machines, as he was really on to something!

Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.

The ENGO charging station uses kinetic tiles and solar panels to charge up to 14 smartphones at a time, and provides free WiFi access and an emergency phone.

Using digital fabrication, moss and clay, this designer's "moss voltaics" would use these hardy plants to transform sunlight into electricity.

iGEM team encourages 'materials activists' to build their own biodegradable drones with downloadable do-it-yourself plans.

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

Researchers at Stanford found a way to speed up the process of breaking down Styrofoam and other types of polystyrene, with help from mealworms.

The cover of a new book by a leading Agender says it all: Sustainability is just the tip of the Marxist iceberg.

It was hot last year, too.

We learn that Agenda 21 is part of a much larger Mainstream Media plot to hide the UN takeover of the American government.

Putting money into non-motorized transportation is just the thin edge of the Agenda 21 wedge.

Nope. It is just another example of the anti-environmental, anti-sustainability, climate-change denying, anti-Agenda 21 crowd hard at work.

For all the kooky and outlandish conspiracies, there is a serious battle going on about how we define our future. Demonizing the cyclist is a part of that war.

After predicting that an Organic Coke would be the pinnacle of greenwashing five years ago, Next Nature Network reports that Coca-Cola has actually done it, launching a "natural" Coke called Coca-Cola Life in Argentina.

What if advertisements on billboards were replaced with old masters--it almost happened in Paris.

What to do about all that CO2 emitted when you make cement? Inject it back into the stuff and turn it back into limestone.

A damning report says children face two main threats globally, and most nations are failing to address these.

It's actually rather elegant and understated for the Danish superstar.

Got a froggy "city throat"? It might be from metal particles emitted from braking cars and trucks.

These lockable aluminum panniers might be the answer to my prayers.

It's the ultimate zero-waste crop, useful from root to shoot.

The trick is to get comfortable asking one question.

Because not all vacations are created equal.

It would weed out the people who just want a picture from those who actually want to see a famous site.

Once a rail artery feeding Manhattan's core, the High Line was eventually abandoned only to be reborn as an immaginative and inspiring public space.

With this clever new trend, you can take your herb garden for a spin, create a grass mohawk in the spokes, and more.

Norwegian engineering students debut an electric motorcycle made from carbon fiber. They say it will be fast, cheap, and get 100 kilometers to a charge.

Agenda 21 crazies, poison plastic people and hey, some green buildings and furniture!

This Brazilian designer who worked with the Campana Brothers wants you to see tough objects in a different light.

The Toyota RAV4 EV is finally coming!

A small subterranean living space becomes a surprisingly luxurious urban dwelling.

Instead of designing it himself, Curro Claret gets people in risk of social exclusion to create and build Camper's shoe store in Barcelona, using reclaimed materials. The result is a fun store with a lot of personality.

In Barcelona, buying bulk is part of the city's history -- and visiting one of these historic shops is a unique olfactory experience.

The city's iconic chamfered blocks will become superblocks the size of small towns.