Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

Another good reason to pile density onto subway lines: Almost free heat and cooling.

Because store-bought guacamole has too much packaging and potentially strange ingredients; and bad homemade guacamole is sad.

If you want to cut down on food going in the trash, you'll have to rethink your approach to shopping, cooking, and eating.

What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.

The company explains why all-electric homes are healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

They're designed as temporary living for Malibu fire victims, but nice enough that they might never leave.

You can't call an aluminum guest house dropped by helicopter green, but you sure can call it cute.

Built using aluminum, stainless steel and wood, this modular prefab is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled.

Telecommuting just isn't fashionable anymore; the "water cooler effect" is.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

This lovely little home was built for a woman who wants to be closer to her loved ones, without losing her autonomy.

All food is donated and payment is optional.

A diverse team of women from the forest product sector got together for a green cause.

From knocking out fleas and ticks to fighting the havoc of hairballs, these simple, all-natural remedies are both planet and pet approved.

A new study finds that most recipes for homemade cat food lack essential nutrients and even contain potentially toxic ingredients.

A derelict garage is transformed into a compact, minimalist living space.

This 598-square-foot model home is one of the almost two dozen homes that are slated to go up as part of a tiny house community.

Elora Hardy and her team of designers, artisans, and builders at Ibuku are reimagining sustainable building, using one of nature's strongest and most versatile materials.

Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further.

The Big World Homes project aims to be a new model of affordable housing, and its modular mobile design could make it a good fit for 'pop-up' communities on unused land.

In light of rising temperatures and worsening natural disasters, temporary shelters seem increasingly relevant. A Spanish firm came up with an idea to convert water tanks into minimal habitable units.

The space is the first to pop up at the recently opened Casa FOA interior design exhibition, the largest in the city.

How to provide housing for the masses getting out of poverty and out of slums in the developing world, without creating sprawl? Argentine architects propose attaching new homes to existing structures.

For his renovation of a 200 year old farmhouse, Alex Wilson tries out the greenest insulations on the market

Philadelphia builder uses our favorite material as both insulation and cladding

A rustic tiny house built with plenty of love and on a small budget.

Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.

The Africanized bees slipped in through a small opening, set up home, and were busy making honey.

Forget decluttering. KonMari is now all about re-cluttering.

Now's the time to tackle jobs you've been thinking about for months.

Created by minimalism expert Joshua Becker, it relies on the user's description of their own home, not a general house.

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country.

Another good reason to move to Colorado.

200 tiny homes, a community building, an exercise facility, a restaurant, and other amenities will be built along the Arkansas River in Salida.

A tour inside a solar-powered bus conversion that makes you feel at ease.

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

It's about time that we stopped wasting drinking water to flush away our waste; Allison Bailes did it and isn't complaining.

It's becoming easier to do so as the rules change and the toilets get better.

Tiny houses aren't just for people; bats can be comfy and warm in them too.

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

Sometimes it is hard to know what these companies are really telling us.

Seniors residence so green and attractive that the government and nonprofits should jump up and say "We built it!"

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.

This small-but-dynamic, renovated apartment in Barcelona takes its design cues from boat design and hides some delightful surprises.

Not surprisingly, it starts with getting organized.

Use what you already own to create a space that feels fresh and new.

Books and dirt feature prominently in this family's life right now.

"Be like a squirrel" and other advice for unexpectedly difficult times.