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

A new exhibition in Toronto looks at sustainable development.

Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.

Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on.

Mere days after the murder of celebrity activist Berta Cáceres, a fellow member of her group was shot and killed for his participation in the same environmental group.

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

Or, what happens when you go without Facebook and Instagram for an entire month.

One smartphone user makes a case for using old-fashioned items like alarm clocks and newspapers.

Tata kills the world’s cheapest car that nobody wanted.

Jackson McLean is the face of a new vegan food movement on this remote Canadian island that's long been defined by fishing.

Dr. David Jenkins is the man who came up with the glycemic index. His own diet may surprise you.

I picked a lot of squash.

Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.

What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?

But maybe he should.

Plus two ways to go green as we upgrade our popular series.

Just because garment workers are desperate doesn't mean we should exploit them.

An amusing new study delves into the social consequences of one person witnessing another person doing the 'ethical thing' -- and why it makes them uncomfortable.

If you cannot be live in Munich for eCarTec, check out the photo updates on their facebook page

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.

The buildup is over; Greenbuild has opened in Toronto. I will be heading out to tweet and report from the Convention Centre for the next three days, and round up my buildup posts herein.

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

This glass makes your window treatments obsolete.

This pediatric care unit showcases how sustainable and kid-friendly design can come together.

What do we really want from a building certification system?

The Muslim American Society of Charlotte isn't just putting solar on its mosque. 40 of its congregants are going solar too.

Scientists have named a new marine ecological community, the Plastisphere, comprised of, you guessed it, plastic -- and all the organisms that now call ocean plastic home.

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.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

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

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

I predicted trouble in winter, but they appear to still open even when buried in snow.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors

This coming Sunday would've been Silent Spring author and environmental hero Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. In recognition of Carson's contributions to the creation of the modern environmental movement, Sen. Benjanmin L. Cardin (D-MD) has announced his

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug triggers dentine regrowth, eliminating need for fillings.

Family doctors are acknowledging that there's only so much medicine can do, and sometimes a walk in the park is just what a person needs.

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the US, many don't recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

People are being killed every day and the problem is the design of our streets as much as the cars and drivers.

Something like this could be on the roads by 2022.

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.

We are wasting too much time, energy and money on autonomous vehicles. We know what to do and it's not AVs.