Preston Kott of U.S. Environmental Services moves oil absorbent boom into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf coast as the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to

There is a new use for your smashed iPhone: a clock.

This building alternately fries the public, blows them off their feet and cheats them out of promised public amenities. And did I mention it's bloated, top-heavy and just plain ugly.

The Autonomous Hotel Room from Aprilli Design Studio raises some interesting questions.

RIBA has announced that all its prizes will now be sustainable. We are going to need a counterpoint.

Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

A process that recycles cigarette butts into bricks for construction could kick a nasty littering habit.

Forget everything you've heard about how to clean mushrooms.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

How many of these common items have you placed in your blue bin?

An item as ubiquitous as coffee has varying degrees of sustainability. Being aware of these can help us make better choices.

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

'Coral Garden' is a handcrafted installation that's inspired by the world's threatened coral reefs, and made with upcycled materials.

Using various vintage fabrics, many with a story behind them, this artist portrays ordinary people and historical figures with an artful eye.

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

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes"

The online-only financial institution will provide low cost loans for solar, electric cars and even electric-assist bicycles.

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

All 400 vehicles will be emission-free by 2030.

The hotel company plans to recycle old soap into 1 million new bars for Global Handwashing Day.

It is reflective and glows in the dark, perfect for "enhanced safety in traffic" -- and the dance floor.

We talk a lot about the devastation of a warming planet, but what if things went the other way? A new study confirms the worst.

That is, if you ever have any...

Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,

With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our

This novel wave energy technology can deliver large volumes of high pressure water ashore for desalination or power production (or both).

This system could produce 3,500 gallons of clean water per day, at half the cost of current desalination methods, using just the motion of the waves to power the Reverse Osmosis process.

A proposed office uses "climatic architecture" to cool the building by making it into a natural wind tunnel.

You are not alone. Even when you are...

Using reclaimed wood and steel from old pig fences, this Dutch company makes exquisite tables, while recycling all byproducts into other useful goods -- cat litter, compost and alcohol..

Meet Dopper, a Cradle to Cradle water bottle company that’s bringing clean water to Nepal.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

With the price of scrap metal in the dumper, ScrapArtsMusic has turned piles from dumpsters into green music. The discarded metal, accordion parts, artillery shells, and other junked items salvaged

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

Is this really the future we want?

Remember how aluminum cans are "100 percent recyclable into pure aluminum"? They lied.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

It has its ups and downs, but Harald Buschbacher's idea might be the best of both transit worlds.

But Amazon has some work to do.

Sort of, but there is less to it than meets the eye.

Pets, they’re not just for cuddling anymore!

In a nod to Buckminster Fuller's design philosophy of "maximum gain with minimal input," the wooden supports for this lightweight canopy are recycled from a village renovation project.

Figuring out energy can be tricky, especially since there are a lot of alternative energy options. Here are some tips for making smart decisions about energy.

Plastic Bottle Village demonstrates another approach to repurposing single-use bottles.

It turns out, there are a lot of chemicals that have to be dealt with before fabrics can be reused.

From cocktail shakers to terrariums, is there anything the mighty mason jar can't do? Rethink this humble vessel with new uses for an old standby.