This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.

Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.

This cozy and compact dwelling out of Oregon packs one bed, one bathroom, a kitchen and porch.

Another look at a controversial housing project.

That's what a lot of people are saying as new pollution rules for 2020 get closer.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

The 2019 Cruise Ship Report Card reveals what a dirty, harmful industry cruising is.

Beef jerky, coffee creamer, and baby formula have all shown up well past their expiry date, threatening consumer healthy and angering brands.

Edward Burtynsky's collection called Water documents the role water plays in ecosystems, energy, cultural practices and disasters.

Over the past three months, over a million people from all around the globe have contacted LEGO to ask them to drop their oil partnership.

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.

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

They are always fun to look at but do they make sense?

We love little boxes!

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

Researchers have discovered that the problem of ocean noise pollution extends all the way up to the shoreline. And shore crabs face a double-edged sword from too much noise from ships.

It's déjà vu all over again as the industry pushes "chemical recycling".

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

Duke Energy Corp. is reportedly discussing with BMW Manufacturing Co. the potential for building a solar energy plant at the car company's Spartanburg South Carolina USA facility. Well, isn't that a German sort of response to US government pressure?

Brad Plumer looks at the issue of "outsourced pollution."

If you can't beat 'em, ship 'em. The state of Illinois is spending $2 million to ship invasive Asian carp back to China, where they're considered a delicacy. In Illinois, and the Great Lakes region, they're

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.

It's not as 'free' as you think. Someone always pays.

This shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.

We've all heard it — "this city" or "that city" has more bicyclists because it has warmer weather. Looks like it's time to retire that statement.

This little unit has sleeping for four in not much space at all.

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.

They call it a "one-off" but it is the shape of things to come.

An Arctic explorer calls for 'party ships' to be kept out of this sensitive and remote part of the world.

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?

Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots

The carbon footprint of air freight is ten times that of truck freight; perhaps it's time for "slow shopping."

Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.

The project in Denmark is a good object lesson.

They don't know how they are going to do it, but it is a bold promise.

Sometimes shipping container architecture makes perfect sense.

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

This Thanksgiving, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) express gratitude for another productive year working together toward common goals, including ...

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.

Pets bring so much joy and extend our lives. A new study looks at some of our pet maintenance choices.

The Earthship movement is more than just a bunch of dirty hippies living in a Mad Max-esque compound in the high desert of the American Southwest, as this short film illustrates.

A new study suggests Zipcar users are less inclined to look after vehicles, and don't trust their fellow users. What does that mean for collaborative consumption?

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.