Why spend a fortune buying it when you don't use it that often?

You've heard about risky play. Camping brings together many of those elements.

With 100 percent recycled content, it's an impressive standard for technical gear.

Toronto illustrator Sarah Lazarovic's Buyerarchy of Needs urges people to consider other options before hitting the mall.

Whether it's for emotional or financial reasons, more people are rejecting consumerism by refusing to shop unnecessarily.

Taking a stance against our consumer culture is a challenge, which is why you'll need rules to live by.

Our brains can't handle it.

Established food shopping routines have been turned upside down. Here's how to navigate the strange new world.

This shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.

Tanja Hester, who retired at 38, can help you create a financial roadmap that makes your life your own.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

This little unit has sleeping for four in not much space at all.

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

British retailers brace for "unbelievably bad" profits this year. Can climate change be blamed?

NASA's monthly Puzzler is meant to puzzle readers; this one has the experts puzzled as well.

Dead zones threaten wildlife and fisheries, taint drinking water, and impact communities. Keeping agricultural runoff out of waterways can help tackle this global problem.

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.

A new decree has opened the door to global waste exports – and rampant pollution.

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?

British journalist Stacey Dooley reveals what our fast fashion addiction is doing to the planet.

Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that

Interest in rocket stoves is growing, and with good reason, as they're fast, efficient, and cleaner-burning than most other options. Here's a small affordable model for camping or emergency preparedness.

After weekly ping pong sessions, participants in a pilot study had significant improvements in speech, handwriting, getting dressed, getting out of bed, and walking.

Here's advice from people who know a lot about living in solitary, confined spaces.

She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

The happiness you feel in a shopping spree may feel as good as the happiness from helping someone, but gene expression reveals a dangerous difference: could shopping cause disease?

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.

Many areas of the world have scarce access to electricity. This new solar lantern will provide light and charging power for cell phones.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.

The technology could save countless lives.

The carbon footprint of air freight is ten times that of truck freight; perhaps it's time for "slow shopping."

A few tweaks by stores could make the process more efficient.

Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.

The project in Denmark is a good object lesson.

They don't know how they are going to do it, but it is a bold promise.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper.

The UAE's clean tech giant plans to have a commerical-scale plant by 2020.

It lets them be creative with their cooking and the kind of spaces they set up in.

One-third of emissions reductions needed for 2 degree target could be achieved with better land management.

Sometimes shipping container architecture makes perfect sense.

Strategically clustering indoor plants in a group is a great idea, here's why and how to do it.

Our photo of the day comes from a cloudforest in the Andes of Ecuador.

Your focus should be on local growers, rather than those overseas.

Oh, and the donut building on top is coming along nicely too.