Who wins this year's crown of contentment? The results are in for the UN's World Happiness Report 2016.

We still have to reduce our carbon emissions.

A test, on a trip from Toronto to Quebec City.

We're hoping that you've been following the newly launched Planet Green, the first ever 24-7 TV channel dedicated to green living. With more than 200 hours of original green lifestyle programming, Planet Green is a fresh conversation about what it

Home is where and what you make of it -- this Oregon man made his in an old aircraft.

While the NYT article offers an exaggerated cautionary tale, its alarm-ism can lead many to throw the beautiful practice of yoga asanas (postures) out with the bathwater.

Everyone says we should do something, but nobody ever wants to pay the price.

Nicknamed 'Farout' by the team that discovered it, the celestial object is some 11,160,000,000 miles away.

When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

and the last job on earth.

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has

The numbers are in for the World Happiness Report 2017; who wins this year's crown of contentment? Think of it as a love letter to Scandinavia.

Sleek and easy to assemble, this portable cabin offers a comfortable place to stay even in remote places.

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.

The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.

It's so much more than books.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

One little trip can blow you right out of the water.

Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.

This new map uses satellite technology to display the world's vegetation, and can be used for everything from weather predictions to deciding best land use practices.

George Monbiot wades into the meat-and-climate debate by explaining how 'ethically' raised meat is actually worse for the planet than those raised in confined spaces. It leaves omnivores in an awkward position.

Forget light bulbs and cloth bags. The actions that will mitigate climate change most effectively are the ones nobody's talking about.

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.

The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, a trend with terrible consequences for environment, scientists warn.

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...

In a new video, Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot explain that we must use nature to fix our broken climate.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors explain why we're standing at a climate crossroads&dmash;and how serious the next decision really is.

A modern life without plastic may seem an impossibility, but this Canadian duo shows it's achievable.

This handbook to sustainable living will help you practice what you preach.

Jonathan Safran Foer argues convincingly that changing our diets is the most effective way to fight the climate crisis.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

Tiny scales along the animals' bodies improve the efficiency of their movements through water. These structures could do the same for aircraft.

On the heels of their success pushing sales of electric cars, Norway want to spur the move to electric airplanes

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?

Because “the pursuit of speed is a moral imperative.”

What do you do when there's no more carry-on room?

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

Sure, it'll only have nine seats. But the low cost carrier expects larger electric planes in service by 2027.

We blame ourselves for not recycling more plastics, and yet our efforts are like "hammering a nail to halt a falling skyscraper." It's time we got to the root of the problem.

Sometime within the last century, soil erosion began to exceed new soil formation. Now, nearly a third of the world’s cropland is losing topsoil faster than new soil is forming, reducing the land’s inherent fertility.

Britain's Conservative government is expected to announce wide-ranging measures to tackle ocean plastic pollution.

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

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.