Planning your holiday party schedule in New York City can be calendar jujitsu, what with work parties, friends parties, family parties, but there are also a few green themed parties that the sustainably minded New Yorker

A trio of awesome fish bikes made a rousing debut at this arts festival in Australia.

It does take up a lot less space, but there are issues.

It would save fuel and be safer for pedestrians and cyclists. But is it too complicated?

Photo courtesy of Next Nature American Climate Values Survey Views on global warming may be more strongly politically and economically influenced than many may have hoped. The recently released results of the American Climate Values Survey, conducted

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Another report on another geoengineering method that is likely too risky to try and utterly not cost-effective: Injecting aerosols into the atmosphere to slow warming (which would do absolutely nothing about ocean acidification, by the way).

Because the iron dumped in the ocean off British Columbia wasn't dumped as waste, it didn't violate international law.

Inspired by geoengineering techniques, an artist creates a personal cloud-forming machine to make a point.

Rules really matter, and the city uses them to encourage the right kind of building.

And that's just the way the architect and developer like it.

An old warehouse is transformed into a three-level open office with lots of shared spaces for a tech company in Vancouver.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its fifth assessment report (AR5), which surely must be one of the most important science documents of all time.

A massive public-private partnership pledges over $1 billion to cut deforestation and mitigate climate change.

The UN Environment Programme kicks off its official celebration of World Environment Day in Milan.

TreeHuggers, being a discerning lot, when recently polled came down in a clear majority against the concept of "eco-fur" when we wrote first about a chinchilla/polyester jacket from designer Chie Imai, and then about an expensive line of pillows and

The Heath Ledger-directed Modest Mouse video for "King Rat," released Tuesday, follows the animated adventures of a ship helmed by whales on the hunt for humans--harpoons and all.Ledger developed the video to draw attention to

It is now 2011 which means Fashion Week in New York is just around the corner. Making news abroad, Norway has banned fur from the biannual Oslo Fashion Week, Ecouterre reports (via Huffington Post) making them the first country to

Max Fordham's house is "simple and practical" and mostly all natural.

An inventor has been awarded for his novel technology for generating energy with waves.

By 2050 wave and tidal power could supply 11% of current UK electricity demand.

Wave power is a promising source of clean energy, but it is usually overlooked because wind and solar power are farther along.

A student at Wake Forest University is testing wave energy technology for capturing the power in pool laps.

The agency is offering up open source modeling software to scientists, engineers and garage inventors too.

Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth

Mattresses have plenty of reusable materials, but most recyclers don't want them. Landfills don't like them either. But a Tennessee nonprofit does.

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.

A new report by Barclays Capital suggests a dark side to the building boom in places like China, India, and Turkey.

Why are we eating cardboard-like cereal and bland yogurt when we could be having a sensational meal?

This year's nominees include amazing concept gadgets, biomimicry in robotics, crowd-sourced projects and more. Vote for your favorites here.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the

It was pretty much inevitable; the company just couldn't capitalize on the digital revolution.

The billion-dollar app specializes in sharing digital photos, but tugging along behind it is a growing pile of material stuff.

The sharing economy is all about access instead of ownership. Can this mindset be expanded to help hunters rethink what they value when it comes to trophy hunting?

The 2007 TED prize announcement was made the evening of Oct 30, 2006 in San Francisco, CA. In Ft Mason's Golden Gate Room, a small but quickening crowd assembled to honor next year's TED recipients. The space had been transformed from an otherwise

" It is an idea upon which our planet’s future depends."

Simran Sethi's recent TEDx talk offers some powerful advice on how to and how not to create environmental and social change.

The theme of this year's conference is "the next chapter," and each attendee will receive a sample of what could be next in anti-counterfeit technology.

They are already doing this in Sweden.

Naturally, official Nordic eating guidelines include things like: "Eat more food from wild landscapes."

Why Mattel's diabolical darling could be a threat to children’s privacy, wellbeing, and creativity.

Made from sugarcane, the new sustainable play pieces will be included in Lego kits in 2018.

It's not urgent in the big picture, but it's something we should be doing more.

Children's lives during summer vacation have been likened to that of battery hens, confined unnaturally and cruelly for long periods of time.

We love natural skincare products, but when it comes to sun safety, choose a sunscreen that's approved by the EWG.

Gosh, there are a lot of ways to eat less meat. And a lot of ways to talk about it, too.

Veggie-burger skeptic? Why not meat us halfway?

The Redox Power System will use technology to produce energy more efficiently for far less money.

After years of promises, hydrogen-powered vehicles are finally arriving on the scene.

Hydrogen is abundant in water and full of energy. We just need a cheap way to get the hydrogen where we need it.