The number of people using alternative mobility devices is exploding, and they will be demanding safe routes.

South African women have had to change the way they approach showering, hair care, and menstruation, due to the lack of water.

Kevin Kelly explains why the complex interconnectedness of modern technology and society makes disaster relief and system change so challenging.

If the harmful chemicals weren't bad enough, new research finds that many e-cigarettes also include unhealthy biological contaminants.

Our favorite Vietnamese architect builds a giant wall of white planters... again.

From chia to hemp, seeds were a prominent force among the 500-plus new products at the annual tradeshow in Los Angeles.

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

The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award.

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.

The fashion event's EcoChic Design Awards inspire Asia’s emerging fashion talent to create with minimal textile waste.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them

It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.

10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected.

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.

Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.

When one tiny home isn't quite enough, how about adding another?

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

I am sorry, they are a dumb idea, and the data prove it.

Think bike lanes cost too much? Let's put it into a little perspective.

It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.

Our always-on devices turn out to consume a lot of power. Do I really need to connect my garage door to the Internet?

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

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.

This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.

Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax

I can't stop thinking about Natasha Pettigrew. She was 30 years old, a Green Party candidate for Senator in Maryland, and killed this month in the early morning hours by being struck from behind by a woman in an SUV. The driver did not stop, dragged

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

Without a more comprehensive vision of economic health and better ways to measure it, we are flying blind on a path to economic decline and collapse.

If the latest projections prove to be accurate, we need to plan for about a 10% increase in the needed supply of food, drinking water, and energy, and in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Move over, regular solar panels.

The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

More than 90 percent of weather stations studied showed the climate was warming, a percentage too high to purely be from natural climate variability, say researchers

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

This experiment may kickstart a new age of microorganism technology.

Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

Outdoor access may be limited these days, but there are still some things you can do.

An alarming case study in the North Atlantic bolsters Greenpeace's call for a Global Ocean Treaty.

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

From the craft room to the bathroom to the kitchen, the humble apple has many more application than just sauce and pie.

This book explains how "one of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare."

Scott Z. Burns explains why the villain of his blockbuster film is an anti-science blogger, while the heroes are government officials.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.

Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands.

This cascading staircase not only moves people, it can display books and other trinkets too.

Plastic Bottle Village demonstrates another approach to repurposing single-use bottles.