This Monopoly alternative is designed to act as a walkthrough of the concepts of a new economically and ecologically viable "Industrial Evolution" based on a renewable bioeconomy.

Finally, there is now an ethical and practical alternative work wear option to Carhartt and Dickies.

Our favorite green building material is now made in Oregon

'Slow' games make a comeback, as stylish jewelry with a twist.

The shopping world is rife with corruption and exploitation, and while it would be lovely for companies to mend their evil ways, that's highly unlikely. In the meantime, Etsy provides a decent alternative for conscientious shoppers.

The discovery of one of the oldest penguin fossils in the world reveals higher diversity of early penguins than previously assumed.

This is an urban design issue, a car design issue, and a demographics issue. Distracted walking is a rounding error.

In great news for manatees, researchers predict that the gentle 'sea cows' will endure for at least another 100 years as long as threats continue to be managed.

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.

This undersea memorial will honor all the US subs and their crews lost since 1900, while creating new habitat for marine life.

The tiny Italian car is now available in Europe.

This modern prefab from Italy is conceived with energy efficiency and ease of assembly in mind.

It's not lazy, it's restorative.

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture has designed a revolutionary building for an industry that needs a revolution.

A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC

Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins sets out what Resilience 2.0 might look like.

New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.

Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.

So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

It learns your usage patterns but can do a lot more.

A new study claims that energy efficiency is driving the Smart Home market, but in fact every bit of smart tech is a little vampire.

This stunning temporary pavilion utilizes Hong Kong's time-honored bamboo construction methods in conjunction with cutting-edge computational design.

An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme.

This small apartment doubles as a gallery for a collector of ceramic sculptures.

It's a house made out of a billion euro notes, but you can't spend any of them.

Designer Orla Reynolds Designs a Bookcase Like a Stage Set for Small Spaces

In honor of World Environment Day, organizers of the World’s fair highlighted the greenest exhibit designs.

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.

That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.

It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.

It turns out beauty is more than skin deep, but make sure you're taking good care of that beauty because chemicals are all over the skin care industry

Raw unfiltered honey is a very different product from the filtered honey sold in supermarkets. Educate yourself to know the differences and to know what you're really getting.

On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the

Photo credit: Wikipedia/Creative Commons 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with the Toyota International Teacher Program. The program is designed to engage a variety of conservation and education issues

When it comes to the Galapagos, most people think: Islands; tropical; Equator; volcanoes; some variation on those general ideas probably pops to mind, unless you've been here. If you have been here, you probably know that a

They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.

On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.

News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral.

Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global

What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?

Who says the New York Times is ignoring climate and the environment? David Leonhardt writes about the importance of doing something about climate, in a political climate that makes it tough.

Jeff Bezos' purchase is just another step in the long march away from newsprint.

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.