From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights

With water shortages and air pollution posing increasingly grave threats to the Middle East, artists in the region are working to make environmental issues more visible, both at home and in international

The Middle East environmental site Green Prophet names 11 eco-heroes for 2011 who are working -- sometimes at great personal risk -- to make the region a cleaner, healthier place.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

Intrepid Travel's latest offering is an uncharted journey that starts in Tehran and ends in Istanbul.

They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

There is a whole new line of furniture that you can build, just like the toy.

It's all over the news: IKEA does recall of MALM dressers for toppling over and killing children.

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

IKEA had a choice to make it shallow and cheap or heavy and deep.

Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet.

While these chemicals continue to be the norm in the camping and mountaineering industries, there are some good alternatives.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.

Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy

Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.

Nature has a treatment, and it doesn't come in a bottle.

Health care providers are alarmed by the rise in sleep disorders, but is it the kids or the parents who are in need of education?

U.S. doctors believes it's a serious public health concern that requires drastic action.

Celebrated English painter David Hockney has turned to the iPad as his canvas -- embracing the latest technology despite his age.

From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.

Because bridges are for people.

A new Human Rights Watch report shows the horrific conditions, both environmental and social, that 90% of Bangladesh's leather is produced in—and exported from, to the US, China, Italy and elsewhere.

Mohamed Nasheed says his conviction is a foregone conclusion.

Stein may have gotten only 0.3% of the national vote, but that's actually a huge increase over what Greens have gotten in the past two elections.

The most under-reported  and neglected aspect of the good food movement is the 20 million workers who toil every day harvesting fields, killing and cutting up animals, packing boxes, driving trucks, cooking meals, serving tables, and cleaning up the mess.

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

Latino students are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. But the EPA and parents clash over what should be done.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead.

Or, a lesson in learning to love opossums.

The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters.

From ants and pantry moths to black flies and fruit flies, these non-toxic DIY solutions are safer and more eco-friendly than traditional pesticides.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says there's an ideal time.

E-bikers use their bikes more, go longer distances, and often substitute it for driving or transit.

The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting.

These vertical towers, made of artificially diverted glacial meltwater, are a brilliant idea and possible solution to alleviate water shortages brought on by the fast-melting Himalayan glaciers.

A few intrepid film makers went to check it out. Their responses were not exactly uniform.

The fast food chain has taken last year's promise to eliminate antibiotics from pizza a step further.

From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: "Trick," the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan, this is a great

You want your kid to have a desk that fits her, to do homework, play and draw. You also want your kid to grow up, eventually. But you don't want to buy a new desk every few years as she outgrows the old one. So

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.