They got this one right.

This coastal region, which specializes in sun, surf, and seafood, is well worth visiting if you're ever near Rio de Janeiro.

The Zika virus, borne by mosquitoes, has been linked to a surge in microcephaly in newborn babies.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Need some last-minute inspiration? We've gather together our favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes from which to choose.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

A lotta lentils.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

It's time for a rethink about what's really important in a home.

This pandemic may be an extinction event for the traditional university lecture.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.

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.

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

The discussion of implementing proactive environmental consciousness starts with our youth, who have the most influence on the trajectory of our eco-infrastructure.

By making simple, versatile swaps, you can stay hydrated this summer and all year long without ever touching a disposable water bottle again.

Average consumers of all incomes have the ability to meaningfully invest in organizations doing good work

No more shopping blindly. It's time to question your whole approach to holiday gifts.

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

Using a series of rotating LED lights, this work highlights the visually transformative powers of the Moon.

Atmospheric glazes of color and hand-shaped clay leaves and tree trunks adorn these beautiful ceramic pieces.

Influenced by realism and mythology, these impressive works impart a sense of wonder about the natural world.

Gorgeous, soft and looking like a living UFO, this enormous work of textile art is brightening up one Paris institution.

Austria's Wörthersee football stadium is now thriving with life in an installation that is as beautiful as it is chilling.

Flying went from being expensive and elite to being mass-market. Enjoy it while you can.

The rock band won't be touring its newest album until it can figure out a greener way of doing it.

They say it reduces CO2 emissions by 80 percent. Does it really?

But I have it easy compared to most North Americans, and perhaps am fooling myself.

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, almost everybody is living a low carbon lifestyle.

No matter how hard we may try to tame her, Mother Nature always comes back to claim her turf.

The Canadian city is the latest to rethink disposal culture and insist on something better.

New York judge throws the whole thing out, accusing lawyer of bribery and money laundering.

Don't read this if you are in a bad mood. Or a good mood, really.

The largest hotel chain in the world joins the move against straws.

This is the first-known attempt of a commercial company to undertake a physical clean-up of trash from open waters.

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.

Flow Loop introduces a new closed loop shower that will bring back one of life’s little pleasures: a long hot wet shower.

Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago.

Fireplaces! Candles! Clutter! What are these people thinking?

Billions of gallons of water may be wasted because of this.

When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery

The divide between environmentalists and stockmen can sometimes be pretty wide, but they may find common ground in a new wireless fence technology for cattle.

The U.S.’s top nutritional panel has recommended that Americans eat less meat, both for their health and to help protect the planet.

After a month under rubble, a nearly lifeless callery pear tree was found by 9/11 workers who were determined to save it.

The mysterious organism looks like a mushroom but acts like an animal, and it's one of my favorite beings ever.

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.