There is an alumina crisis right now. Making it is dirty and polluting, and it's back in the USA.

Built using aluminum, stainless steel and wood, this modular prefab is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled.

This vegetarian tidepool dweller could be an answer to dietary protein in times of climate crisis, but who could ever eat a charmer like this?

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

Designer Ludwig Rensch thinks it is, and so do a lot of other people.

Now you can handwrite letters on your computer.

Using satellite and Google maps images, the program can count and identify the city's trees.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in efficiency.

Our photo of the day comes from Jackson County, Oregon.

This tiny house has a distinctive peaked roof and a warm, modern interior.

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...

Woodland caribou are an iconic but threatened species throughout Canada. They’re natural prey to bears and wolves, who can gain easier access to Caribou habitat through forest roads, pipelines, and other human disturbances.

Does your family PLT? Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program for children and teens in all grades.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.

Woodland caribou are considered threatened throughout much of Canada’s vast boreal forest.

Through forestry, SFI provides the essential security of long-term habitat conservation for at-risk species.

The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is dedicated to the conservation of the wild turkey in the United States and the preservation of our hunting heritage.

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.

And when prepared by professional chefs, it's more delicious than any imported produce could ever be.

Despite recent criticisms, a new report shows that Fairtrade International is doing better work than any of its competitors.

I have complained about this building forever, but will admit that Norman Foster has designed a masterpiece.

Up until now, Apple has offered no guidelines for using its devices responsibly. Investors want this to change.

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.

Even as global demand for all-things-coconut increases, coconut production in Asia is stagnating because farmers aren't paid enough to make it worthwhile.

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

An animal welfare researcher says the prospect of robopets is not as far-fetched as we may think, and may have potential impact on how we view actual animals.

Visitors to this regional park can rent this minimalist cabin in the woods.

Intended for short-term stays in nature, these prefab units can be transported and 'dropped into' almost any location.

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

In an effort to improve kids' opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.

This tiny house project is developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and tutorial series for schools and for individuals, as well as giving away a "Dream Tiny House."

Hold on to your wallets, because this little dwelling isn't for sale yet, but it is a promising development in the tiny house movement.

Thanks to careful scrounging and salvaging, a Danish design student was able to cheaply build a "self-sufficient" dome for use as a greenhouse.

Designer Salva Nadal learned how to turn canes into blinds from his uncle and is now designing a collection of products to save this Spanish craftsmanship from dying out. The results are beautiful eco-friendly lamps and a table for now.

Why buy new gift bows when the best ones can be made easily with things you have on hand?

The commitments made by countries and the intention to set Sustainable Development Goals are good achievements, just not enough to justify a summit like this. Is it time to re-design the UN environmental meetings to work for us?

A local regulation forces all food to go through a terminal controlled by big business, but a group of small producers found a way to bypass the rule.

How to provide housing for the masses getting out of poverty and out of slums in the developing world, without creating sprawl? Argentine architects propose attaching new homes to existing structures.

Even with the growing number of tiny apartments and multi-functional homes coming up in the media these days this project shows the English architect had it right in the 1940s.

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

If you thought that by quitting meat or at least going weekday vegetarian you were doing your part to avoid factory farming,

Kitting out your home with a solar power system just got a bit easier in the state of Connecticut. Under the Connecticut Solar Lease Program, qualifying low and moderate-income homeowners—those people whose household incomes is

One to keep in you pocket whenever you're faced with someone trying to tell you than putting a price on carbon and promoting energy efficiency will hurt more than they help: Huffington Post reports on the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas

A new study suggests a significant link between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in rates of neuropsychiatric disorders.

It's boxy, aluminum exterior hides a cushy bed, and a convenient galley kitchen -- all powered by the sun.

Handmade from discarded items, this collection of young designers' chic jewelry shows that 'waste' is merely a mentality, not a fact.

Using a customized printer, these designers combined new technology with low sounds to create this modern collection of ceramics.

Built to last using sustainably sourced materials, Awake offers luxury-brand quality at a reasonable price point.

45 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

Tandem satellite choreography has mapped the planet to 1-meter accuracy. In addition to amazing images, the data provides a treasure trove to earth scientists