This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.

EnerGaia, a Thai startup, is using the rooftop of a Bangkok hotel to harvest spirulina. Is this the new edible rockstar of urban farming?

Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend

The British city of Bristol hopes to promote local business with their own high-security scrip featuring local designs

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you

It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and

It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.

Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

"If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started.

Pigeons sure, but urban eagles and city vultures? A beautifully illustrated new book, Urban Aviary, spills their secrets.

Tomorrow's home urban farm may not need soil, just an Urban Farm Pod that doubles as an extra living space (emphasis on the "living").

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.

Why are so many people renting lockers when the stuff can be put to good use by people who really need it?

They are sized between the tiny Manhattan "design studio" and their standard big boxes.

Victory gardens have come back ever bigger - garden magazines and home gardening tools sales are good even in this recessionary economy. The harvest season is almost upon us, and an extension of that urban victory garden idea is to glean the fruit (and

This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.

This month, BookHugger presents Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability edited by Andrew L. Dannenberg, Howard Frumkin, and Richard J.

This month, BookHugger presents Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs edited by Max Allen with an introduction by Mary Rowe. Readers can order a discounted copy today and join in a discussion with distinguished urban

The title is deceptive; it is a real page-turner that will open your eyes to what really affects urban design.

A pull between city life and the slower pace of nature inspired author and illustrator Julia Rothmans to create “Nature Anatomy.”

Exceptions will be made for subsistence hunting and fishing.

Though shark finning itself had already been banned, transportation and import of shark fins had not been.

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

Are we about to have a "Minsky Moment"?

Actors Emma Thompson and Michelle Thrush are traveling with their daughters to the North Pole, as part of an Greenpeace campaign to create an international sanctuary in the Arctic.

As melting ice opens up new potential for exploitation in the Arctic, a new ban aims to protect much of the fragile ecosystem.

Blank city walls are huge canvases for this artist transforming our perception of ordinary buildings.

It's not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap.

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

This just pushes every TreeHugger button.

Parks in North American cities could really take a lesson from this one in Recife, Brazil.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Trust the rock stars, or your doctor.

If you're going to go for it, you may as well REALLY go for it.

Now, for the rest of the U.S. and Canada to get on board...

Whether for parental sanity or oceanic health, this is a powerful step toward a much better world.

The anti-straw movement is definitely having a moment. Let's hope the momentum continues.

With the price of scrap metal in the dumper, ScrapArtsMusic has turned piles from dumpsters into green music. The discarded metal, accordion parts, artillery shells, and other junked items salvaged

It will soon be illegal to sell, trade, or donate furs of any kind.

Researchers combine social media and artificial intelligence to better predict damage from global sea level changes

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

One thousand restaurants will have to take it off their menus by 2022.

Another door has closed for Western nations hoping to dump their trash overseas. Maybe it's time for another model?

Cats at several prisons world wide have been used to smuggle drugs and other banned items.

Access to affordable capital is one of the biggest challenges for expanding a young industry. For solar in Africa, crowdfunding is helping to change that

The largest city in America, home to the worst traffic jam in history and the highest number of helicopters in the world, is trying to start a bike revolution in elementary schools.

Of all of Niemeyer's impressive works, the 1960s Copan building in Sao Paulo is the one speaking directly to contemporary urban trends.