Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.

How would you reduce one pound of waste per week from your lifestyle?

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.

Consumers are connected to the things they care about, providing access to ventures that have the potential to make real impacts.

Tiny scales along the animals' bodies improve the efficiency of their movements through water. These structures could do the same for aircraft.

A list of 10 resolutions shows that big changes are coming to the professional food world.

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.

Sony, McKinsey & Company, Royal Bank of Scotland and WeWork are all committing to going all-out for clean energy.

It's the Danish word for happiness, which these days seems in short supply.

Search on the terms "hay pollutant epa" and you'll see hundreds of recent links with statements inferring that USEPA has 'declared hay to be a pollutant.' The source most often cited

Establishing certain habits can make cooking easier.

Stand at the edge of a reservoir, river, or ocean and it's hard to imagine that the planet could ever run out of water; even just a day at the beach makes your one small shower a day seem like less of a threat. But with

The iPod of thermostats gets updated with new energy saving features and increased functionality in its mobile apps.

The smart thermostat is now compatible with most home heating and cooling systems in the U.S. and Canada.

A compact chicken coop for city dwellers that wheels around the yard and fertilizes soil is on display at "Dwell on Design" this weekend. The show's awards recognize

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.

Oh, the farmer and the oilman should be friends. But they are fighting over ethanol.

Up until now, Apple has offered no guidelines for using its devices responsibly. Investors want this to change.

The first ever global study of the iconic cats found that things are worse than expected.

Full of vibrant colors, patterns and eclectic decor, this tiny house is not as minimalist as its exterior might suggest.

A new process for seeing how electricity flows at the surface of electrodes will give a boost to efforts to improve rechargeable batteries

Thyssenkrupp's TWIN elevators have a very unique feature that could save buildings energy and space.

A look at this year's Casa FOA, an exhibition which combines charity and patrimony conservation showcasing the best architecture and design from the Argentine capital.

Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show

High Fashion from roadkill? We also have an art installation that sent Estonians into the trees, egg nog pancakes, the year in gingerbread design, and more.

A giant wave of pollution glop in 2008 convinced the EPA to regulate coal dumps more closely. But the Trump administration is changing that.

Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

No more excuses! Book that time off and feel guiltless while doing so, since you'll be a better partner, parent, and employee as a result.

Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?

A new study shows that if we want to stop climate change, meat and dairy are off the table -- at least in the quantities we currently consume.

Every tiny apartment does not have to have an expensive Murphy bed.

The resin reduces the energy needed to manufacture turbine blades and allows them to be recycled.

What do you do when you turn 100? If you're Keith Richards, who go on tour. The same goes for the enviros at Reverb, a Portland, Maine, outfit that greens concert tours and venues. The nonprofit is taking votes on who to support for its 100th tour,

Food insecurity is a very real problem for many Americans, but who knew that it affected so many college students, too?

A new study has found that sleep disturbances have a greater effect on academic performance than anxiety, depression, binge-drinking, and marijuana use.

A look at what has changed, and how much has actually stayed the same.

A toilet is just the working end of a much larger system that can have a huge impact on society.

Ah love. Woody Allen has some nice thoughts on this tricky thing that perhaps gets more thought around Valentine's Day. The recent swan divorce shocked us to the core, so we decided to ponder the happy

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieve a major breakthrough on the path to the dream of fusion as a clean energy source

It costs a lot more to run a suburb than it does to run a city.

The mayor has cracked down on images portraying unhealthy food, in hopes that it will reduce child obesity rates.

And that's not a bad thing.

British born artist Nick Gentry transforms obsolete technology, such as VHS tapes, cassettes and floppy disks into amazing and haunting pieces.

It usually doesn't pay to bet against Elon Musk. He's not only brilliant and he never gives up, but he's also shown great insight into technological trends.

Agenda 21 crazies, poison plastic people and hey, some green buildings and furniture!