Two misfortunate advertising campaigns from Argentina use polar bears and tackiness to promote air conditioning.

Showing other cities around the world how it's done.

British journalist Stacey Dooley reveals what our fast fashion addiction is doing to the planet.

One of the biggest floor-care brands in Britain has unveiled a cardboard vacuum cleaner made from its own packaging, the Vax ev. And it was created by a student.Open and Assemble—Without the Packaging Waste The vacuum is sold in a

It's sad, but it is happening everywhere.

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

It's not all stress and extra work. In some ways, kids can make a trip more interesting and interactive.

From cherries and cauliflower to grapes and pumpkins, wonderful things happen when you cook these foods whole.

Researchers are looking to fungi to help provide a fix for crumbling infrastructure, with promising results.

Greener aviation is about to get a boost.

I was disappointed to see that Subaru, beloved of TreeHugger types, is on the wrong side of this issue.

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

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

All 400 vehicles will be emission-free by 2030.

This won't solve the climate crisis, but it could help direct air capture of CO2 to scale up.

Upcycling workshops, electric deliveries and limited parking spaces. What's not to like?

There is a lot of money to be made in the travel section. Should other media follow their example?

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

The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road.

An ambitious scheme to build a number of solar power stations along the Mediterranean shores of the Middle East and northern Africa could generate enough electricity to supply one sixth of the European Union's needs. The generators, individually fitted

The iPod of thermostats gets updated with new energy saving features and increased functionality in its mobile apps.

What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.

The promise of prefab was healthy, cost-effective, energy efficient homes designed by talented architects. Is it finally here?

With aging baby boomers and young people who can't afford housing, there's going to be a huge market for these.

Strategically clustering indoor plants in a group is a great idea, here's why and how to do it.

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in efficiency.

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

A cautionary tale for picky eaters.

This ferociously cute snow leopard cub is poised to paw playfully at your heartstrings.

Bobcats are amazing wild cats, and excellent hunters. Able to live even in suburban ecosystems, they play an important role in controling the population of rabbits, hares and other rodents.

I wish there was a Nudge in every city. It's a whole new way of shopping, or actually, it's not just about shopping, but rather about living, and style. Nudge is the new eco lifestyle experience, which consists of a shop, a

Having grown up in Connecticut’s ‘burbs, I know just how difficult it can be trying to live green there when the nearest grocery market can be a 25 minute drive away. My observations of one of the state’s wealthiest parts (Fairfield County) have felt

A quick one to keep an eye on and get your best booing voice reader for: New York Times is highlighting a bill passing through Connecticut's legislature that would slash in half the state's current renewable energy goal of

Unconventional sushi made out of Japanese knotweed, Asian carp and lionfish are the draw here.

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

As Seattle welcomes yet another tool library, there are bigger picture lessons to be learned about the value of sharing.

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.

From adorable baby sea turtles to lamps made of cow dung and 600-mile bike trips, it's been a wild ride.

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

"Make no small plans." It's time to stop building bits and start building big.

Known as "lean finely textured beef," the highly processed meat has been dropped from by many fast food chains, but are still one the menu at public schools.

The company has launched a few efforts to reclaim marketshare, from promoting regional specialties to answering questions about food production. Too bad the promotional videos aren't convincing and fail to address the whole issue.

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

It's the most versatile household cleaning product you can buy.

How to waste a whole lot of technology and energy to do a very simple thing

Who says you can't take it with you? This micro wind turbine folds into a foot-long cylinder for a portable solution to charging gadgets with clean renewable energy.

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

Starting in September, I embark on a nationwide book tour for my new book entitled Urban Green: Architecture for the Future. The tour will take me to more than 20 universities and colleges across