Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.

Take one Estream and add moving water for clean, quiet, offgrid energy.

Just keeping your phone in your car's console during a drive could charge the battery with this novel tiny generator.

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.

"Siri, turn down the temperature in my bedroom please"

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off-peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.

But you might get a bit gassy.

If you follow the seasons with your diet you will love this.

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

The remote atoll which is home to endangered species and historic landmarks can now be explored from your computer.

Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

Some legislators in Maine want the state's food to be labeled sooner.

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.

The Norwegian oil company announced that’s its ended its plans to drill in Alaska.

This rustic, modern tiny home features lots of smart space-saving ideas, plus a self-built bed that can lift up and down automatically.

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

Amid the over-upholstered and garishly gilded furniture at the Istanbul Decoration and Design Fair hid some ingenious gems -- designers working with recycled and alternative materials and creating multi-purpose furniture for small spaces.

Researchers find that even just sleeping with a shirt that one's romantic partner has worn leads to improved slumber.

Preston Kott of U.S. Environmental Services moves oil absorbent boom into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf coast as the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to

It's actually pretty clever as it pumps out fresh water and electricity.

There are a lot of ways to bake a potato, but this method results in the perfect mix of fluffy middle and crispy skin.

Whatever you do, do not let these gems go to waste.

Learn how to master the mashed potato with a few simple tweaks.

Confused by all the yam and sweet potato options? Learn what to expect in terms of flavor, textures, and best uses here.

This may be the perfect way to serve sweet potatoes; it's easy, delicious, and beautiful to behold.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

Alex Steffen comes up with a term that really defines so much of what is happening (or not happening)

Appliances have labels for energy efficiency, so why not food?

Situated in a nature reserve along the Dutch coast, this unique structure not only serves as an observation post, it also provides extra bird habitats.

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

The Brooklyn based artist participated in a local show covering a concrete playground in a mixture of knitted yarn and Brazilian ribbons.

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room

The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.

Every little flower helps. Especially when there's a lot of us planting them.

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.

We covered this subject before but I got it wrong. Peter Flax of Bicycling Magazine got it right.

This well-crafted tiny dwelling has its own space-saving elevator bed that can go up and down with the push of a button.

The SolarMill, a 1.2 kW combination wind and solar energy system, will be sold in the U.S. for about $3000.

Even in the wild world of offbeat wind energy machines, Tyer Wind's design stands out.

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

It's National Pollinator Week! Start a garden, encourage pollinators, or join an event in your area.

This 5W thermoelectric generator converts heat from a chimney or camp stove into electricity for charging USB devices.

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

Why stop there? Helmets for everybody!

This curious concoction has been engineered to have all of coffee's fabulous flavor, minus the bitterness.