This looks like a long-needed solution to one of the key barriers to electric vehicle adoption, and I can hardly contain my excitement.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Finally, fire departments are buying equipment designed for the city instead of designing the city to fit the equipment.

Another tool that makes life easier to live without a car.

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

By next year at this time, all straws in SF will be made from paper, bamboo, wood, metal or fiber.

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.

Scientists find that scary fish robots can quickly stress invasive fish species into reduced reproduction.

Traveling exhibit in Turkey prompts audiences to put on their 'climate glasses' and see how floods, fires, and drought in the country are all connected.

The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.

An exhibit about the pioneering mid-century designers illustrates the innovative ideas that inspired their work.

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.

Don't let artist Agustina Woodgate -- who says stuffing is "like looking into the soul" -- near your favourite stuffed teddy bear.

Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.

Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.

Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.

From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.

"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.

Unsuspecting visitors to the small fishing village of Cheng Long might feel the need to blink and rub their eyes. Is there really a giant bowl and chopsticks sinking into the wetlands? What are those brightly colored things growing all over that house?

Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.

Shinji Turner-Yamamoto's beautiful 'Global Tree Project' reveals the natural world with hanging trees, gilded boulders, and more.

The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show.

The dumpster full of glowing garbage out front of Switzerland's Gewerbemuseum sets the stage for what's inside -- an art exhibition of works both poignant and comical, all made from discarded plastic bags.

Motoi Yamamoto's salt labyrinths and intricate installations are as stunning as they are sustainable.

A remarkable exhibition of the future of transportation is mounted in the middle of industrial archaeology.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.

Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.

The sound of gunshots has been transformed into the sound of music in Mexico's Ciudad Juárez, where artist Pedro Reyes turned 6,700 confiscated weapons into a complete orchestra of fully playable musical instruments.

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.

A design for a rolling, folding, flatpack everything-in-one-place portable kitchen.

Green and sustainable used to be buzzwords here. They don't appear to even exist anymore.

Because bridges are for people.

A new exhibition in Toronto looks at sustainable development.

Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier

Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador.

Our photo of the day is in praise of the pollinators!

Why do we always think other animals are so simple?

Meet one of the insect world's most protective moms.

A giant resin bee is drawn to purple loosestrife, can you guess the connection?

Our photo of the day comes from a pretty spot in Florida.

Or, a lesson in learning to love opossums.

Our photo of the day comes from the rainforest of Ecuador.

The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters.