Building with blocks and construction toys is a great unstructured activity for kids, and Ollies Wooden Blocks are a superb new addition to the category.

Sister site MNN has some good suggestions including going back to your roots, and canning what you can.

A long-suspected secret behavior of water molecules in ice is seen for the first time using a new technique that could help develop energy alternatives.

This company is working to build a network of urban prefabs under a 'pay-as-you-go' model of home ownership.

Local designers from The NewNew, a group of independent handmade Etsy artists, designers, and crafters in the New York area, have come together for this years spring Handmade Calvacade. The shopping event will feature fine,

But not all locals are happy, saying the mayor is treating the city like a theme park.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -

The blocks could be part of the architecture of a building, generating more power than just rooftop panels.

The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.

Remember the Yellow Pages Association? They represent the folks who print phone books. They've fought some efforts by cities to ban phone book distribution, and

Founded by two sons of farmers, this company wants to grow farm-fresh food -- out of shipping containers.

It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.

I mean, shipping containers are hot. But does this kind of shipping container architecture make sense?

A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile.

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Even with falling subsidies, solar still makes sense.

They’re a recently established group of about a hundred teens, but students in Claremont, California are busy making a difference by creating a model environmental structure out of earth and biodegradable materials using Super Adobe, a form of earth

Over 3 weeks, researchers trained night owls to reset their sleep patterns; the results are pretty remarkable.

With the social networking site Facebook recently opening up their platform to external applications, many organizations and companies are taking advantage of the social connection that Facebook thrives on. We previously covered attempts to use

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

This coming Sunday would've been Silent Spring author and environmental hero Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. In recognition of Carson's contributions to the creation of the modern environmental movement, Sen. Benjanmin L. Cardin (D-MD) has announced his

Also called "carbon lock-in," it's about time.

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients

When the incumbents do everything in their power to keep you out of the market, rather than try to compete with you directly on the merit of their products, you know you're on to something.

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone. While Pollan talked about how eating local, organic food can cost

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

The local food movement, eating local, being on the "100 mile diet" or being a locavore are all synonymous with local food, whose consumption has risen to prominence as an

Boston is getting a "CLT Cellular Passive House Demonstration Project" that pushes every TreeHugger button.

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.

In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.

Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money.

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

The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

School closures mean kids will be spending a lot more time at home. Here's some advice on how to cope.

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

This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors look at the realities of local food.

It is now 100 seconds to midnight, closer to midnight than at any point since the clock's creation in 1947.

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

A venue which showcases and sells 100% locally produced design and artisan items while educating about sustainability and fair trade in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means one thing: the spirit of

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.