This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.

St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate.

One might think that promoting walking as an alternative to driving might be good for cities clogged with cars full of overweight people.

It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill.

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

During World War II ordinary citizens across the country did their part for the war effort by planting victory gardens to lessen the demand on the food system caused by the war. Some have suggested that sustainability is about returning to the more

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.

You would think that attending a conference on sustainable tourism in Costa Rica would be a bit bland: yes, they're very green, we know. But just because this Central

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

This is, whether we like it or not, the future of furniture design.

David Masters lives in a yurt. But it isn't just a home, he preaches what he practices in an "alternative learning center that provides opportunities for people to develop and reflect on their values and to consider how they might take an active role

A triumphant win for Toledo residents means that the Great Lake's wellbeing is now an official top priority.

But others consider it a good opportunity to reevaluate agricultural practices.

Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00PM. Only 6

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

If a vertical farm fantasy is the best unbuilt project in the UK, then sustainable design is in worse trouble than I thought.

They say these are about celebrating the best contemporary architecture. But what does that mean today?

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

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

Gulf Coast states and the federal government agree to the highest fine for an environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

There is more to the tiny house movement than just living with less. It can also be a story about resilience, sustainability and adaptablility.

More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.

Shorter post: They are " essentially, disposable. "

It’s not perfect, but it is pretty impressive.

iFixit took them apart, but they can't put them together.

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?

"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."

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

The sharing economy is built on reputation. So is online social gaming. Now the two are coming together.

Getting people out of cars and rebuilding our main streets is not going to be easy, and cannot be oversimplified.

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

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

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.

And people keep saying it's too expensive to deal with climate change.

The last thing the world needs is a high tech electrochemical reactor toilet. This is a social problem, not a technical one.

If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie Jeremijenko, is a

Dig out those old da Vinci drawings of winged flying machines, as he was really on to something!

The ENGO charging station uses kinetic tiles and solar panels to charge up to 14 smartphones at a time, and provides free WiFi access and an emergency phone.

It's a surprisingly well-rounded and thorough view of sustainability that shouldn't be limited to boy scouts.

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says “It is time to call out Agenda 21conspiracy theories and the people spreading them.”

Jacob Scherr of NRDC (a group that helped write the Agenda 21 document) looks at the success that the conspiracy theorists are having.