Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit

They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

There is a whole new line of furniture that you can build, just like the toy.

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.

In stark contrast to other flat-pack furniture designs, Groovebox is meant to be as simple to put together as possible, with no fasteners, tools, or mammoth assembly instructions needed.

Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations.

Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet.

The annual Canned Tuna Ranking assesses fishing practices and social responsibility to determine which brands are sustainable and which should be avoided.

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.

Working with nature instead of against it, forest gardens promise abundance, as well as the kind of resilience a changing climate demands.

You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.

This looks like a long-needed solution to one of the key barriers to electric vehicle adoption, and I can hardly contain my excitement.

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.

Scientists examine two strategies to reduce anxiety.

The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment.

Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.

I'm tired of every green initiative being hijacked by the negativism in this country. It's time to stand up and turn off.

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.

Latino students are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. But the EPA and parents clash over what should be done.

Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on.

For the first time ever, insects took the place of cheese at an upscale gastronomical event.

One smartphone user makes a case for using old-fashioned items like alarm clocks and newspapers.

Those crazy radicals at 475 demand High Performance Building across the Dominion.

They are always fun to look at but do they make sense?

These impressive feats of architecture and engineering are one of India's traditional methods of water conservation. Now threatened by disuse and a growing water crisis, one photojournalist is documenting them before they are forgotten.

Vegans will love this cookbook that has grown out of a popular Indian food blog. Now it's possible to enjoy classics like tofu-paneer in spinach and chicken-free balti.

After 25 years of buying land in India that farmers no longer wanted, the husband and wife now play host to elephants, monkeys and more; see a new video about their work here.

The state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, collected nearly $6,000 in fines this past Sunday from businesses that haven't gotten rid of banned plastics yet.

Is this carrot-based animal feed additive something worth crowing about?

What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban

From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: "Trick," the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan, this is a great

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste -- on less money -- but with more design. He calls it LifeEdited. To find each ideal piece of furniture for his small Ne

You want your kid to have a desk that fits her, to do homework, play and draw. You also want your kid to grow up, eventually. But you don't want to buy a new desk every few years as she outgrows the old one. So

All images via Ryan Frank. Ryan Frank may have moved his design studio to the sunnier climes of Barcelona, but he is still getting great commissions back in London, where he's made a name for his funky ways with reclaimed materials. The latest project

Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.

It's one answer to the complaint that tiny houses are too small: build it with an electrically operated, expandable slide-out.

Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

If we're going to push lifestyle change as a strategy, how we manage our money is one of the most important topics of all.

A new platform aims to remove the barriers between would-be investors and solar developers, increasing the adoption of renewables in the process.

Ethical fashion brands tend to be very expensive, but there are ways to make the transition without spending a pile of money.

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.

This is fashion with compassion -- beautiful footwear that causes no harm to animals and minimal damage to the planet.

Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012

Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram and what can the environmental movement learn from this? It's all about emotion.

From political manipulation to dangerous addiction, Roger NcNamee insists that Facebook needs to change its business model to be less harmful.

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I