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.

The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.

The incomparable Swedish medical doctor and statistician Hans Rosling tackles a very perverse and tenacious myth about overpopulation.

Concerned about the overpopulation of our planet and the effect it has on wildlife? Perhaps it's time to talk about the most effective form of male contraception.

When the rare leucistic moose appeared before his camera, photographer Anders Tedeholm captured the magic.

The source of Antarctica's eerie blood red falls has baffled scientists for more than a century; now new secrets have been revealed.

It's a surprisingly simple DIY project.

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

On land, a fierce dust storm blots out any sign of life. But offshore, these banes of desert-dwellers' existence can be providers of life in what might otherwise be empty waters,

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.

The reward for information leading to an arrest has climbed to $12,000.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.

Now confirmed, the legendary boiling river deep in the Amazon was long considered an impossibility due to its distance from active volcanoes.

Nine of these giant endangered animals have died recently; all at roughly the same time and place. What’s going on?

Two very different views of public transit, from two authors that will be on Bookhugger this afternoon

Sometimes the conventional wisdom is right, but sometimes it’s dead wrong.

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

Those struck by Cupid's arrow are expected to spend $27.4 billion this year, up 32 percent from last year’s record $20.7 billion.

"Can we afford to take action?" just became "Can we afford not to?"

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

How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.

Deaths of the endangered whales, mostly young calves, leapt 10-fold from 2005 to 2014. No one knew why until possibly now.

There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?

Neil Young may be looking for a heart of gold, but he hopes she is wearing a blouse of organic cotton.

In a world of rapidly disseminated information, and misinformation, the WHO has published a list of mythbusters.

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

Is shopping so important that people have to die or get pepper sprayed?

Deforestation has revealed the large geometrical geoglyphs built over 2000 years ago – their discovery holds valuable lessons for today.

Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight.

Artist Thomas Dambo and his team of elves built this wonderful recycled village in Copenhagen where DIYers can make all of their gifts for free.

These foods can be used in many different recipes.

The pace of cooking has slowed down because we suddenly have extra time.

My search for the perfect water bottle is over thanks to the beautiful, drinker-friendly, ocean-loving, coral-planting NAECO Bottle.

These days when your coffe machine breaks, it is usually cheaper and less hassle to just buy a new one. I was therefore pleasantly surprised about the repairability of my Presso coffee maker, which still keeps serving me off the grid!

The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.

New research reveals that the plant's shimmering blue leaves allow it to survive in the dim rainforest floors of southeast Asia.

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

Armani has some explaining to do. But she is, of course, an anteater, and they're notoriously tight-lipped.

Coppiced wood and fungi become one in this collection of conceptual furniture.

Patagonia's Worn Wear events, held in collaboration with sharing start up Yerdle, offer a different, more sustainable vision of Black Friday.

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

These are the items that keep my bag light and my life easy.

Taking the category and best in show prizes will help Efficient City Farming get the funding to grow!

This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.