Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.

Quickly get connected via video chat to a home & garden expert to get help with your projects through Fountain. We've got beta invites for you to check it out yourself.

From broken zippers to damaged USB cables, embrace your inner handyman with these quick DIY repairs.

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems.

It's a sign of quality when companies are willing to stand by the goods they sell.

Before buying new this holiday season, think repair - even if you are buying new!

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.

Use these recommendations to create a wardrobe that feels as great as it looks.

Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax

Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.

Not sure if you really want to live in a tiny house? This tiny home builder is making these cabins from salvaged materials, which visitors can test out at an eco-retreat in Maryland.

Veterinarians built this sweet mini-wheelchair for a turtle with a shattered shell.

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.

This delightful apartment renovation in Spain hides a huge bathtub and other mysteries.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.

lamar5292 has an idea for getting Haitians green housing: So how do you provide quick permanent safe housing that is also green in a situation like that? My suggestion is to take all the countries excess shipping containers to Haiti to be converted

In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti last month.

Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has

A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.

Jeff has already reported how solar panels are supporting relief efforts in Haiti, and April has covered the use of biochar stoves to help Haitians too. (Though some commenters remained unconvinced.) Now another piece

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.

Haiti's best-known export, the century-and-a-half-old rum company Rhum Barbancourt, is back in business after grinding to a halt following the devastating earthquake that hit the island

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really,

The shocking photo above is of gigantic piles of human feces left in the open air at a dump in Haiti. While some in the "developed world" (I always hated that term), may turn their noses up when we recommend composting toilets

Some time ago I posted on the efforts of Joe Jenkins and GiveLove.org to promote humanure composting toilets in Haiti. But this was nothing new. In fact, one of the non-profit partners behind that

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

Haitian schools connect to the internet for the first time, powered by the sun.

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

Now you can get your morning coffee fix celebrity-style, thanks to an alliance between Leonardo DiCaprio and LaColumbe coffee -- plus, all proceeds support sustainable initiatives.

Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.

The big question is how well will it be enforced and what alternatives are currently readily available.

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.

Three years after a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, health care workers are still finding it difficult to get medical supplies, but an aid group is putting 3D printing to work to make some of the needed items.

Cornell students and Toronto company figure out how to upcycle old clothes on an industrial scale.

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.

You can see the opposition to the big pipe from the tar sands on every house and every stop sign.

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The queen led her minions to the engine of a Delta airplane, delaying the flight until the protected bees could be professionally removed

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.

Climate action is about to get radical.

If one geoengineering plan doesn't work, maybe two or three combined will

Karaoke video explaining not to drink water from wells painted red as they contain high levels of arsenic (YouTube via RDI-Cambodia) For this writer, karaoke has long been thought as an activity to be endured rather than enjoyed (and I am sure I am not

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