Lack of diversity makes grapes vulnerable to climate change.

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with

... the Emperor Penguin! It vows to call for marine reserves in Antarctica to protect its imperilled species.

American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.

With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.

EnerGaia, a Thai startup, is using the rooftop of a Bangkok hotel to harvest spirulina. Is this the new edible rockstar of urban farming?

Once you start buying fennel, you won't be able to stop.

We mentioned Ecotricity’s new 'Merchant Wind Power' project at Avonmouth Docks near Bristol, UK earlier this year, but we couldn’t help posting a picture of the now completed initiative. Located in the ultra-industrialized port, surrounded by storage

The UK-based renewable energy company Ecotricity recently won an award from the renewable energy agency for South West England for its development of three giant wind turbines at the industrial Avonmouth Docks site on the outskirts of Bristol (which we

A community garden in Atlanta proviudes refugees from around the Globe a space to grow food, share their culture and to build community as a result.

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

"If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started.

Photographer Joan Sullivan documents the drama of their construction.

It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.

Our photo of the day features one of the smallest of North American owls.

The reward for information leading to an arrest has climbed to $12,000.

Welcome to some of the most bizarre social behavior on Earth.

Turkish cities have been the stage for culture clashes in recent years, as residents of rural areas moved to urban areas in large numbers, bringing what many urbanites see as

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

Hundreds of people weathered the blizzard last Sunday to support New Amsterdam's Wintermarket in lower Manhattan. The New Amsterdam Market is not your

It's only the second time that the treehugger types get the big prize

As always, they warm your hearts as well as your toes.

The OCADU project won a Wood Works! award and will probably win a lot more to come.

Dutch designers build a border wall that you can skate through.

They really do live up to their billing this year.

It always amazes, how much work people do for this.

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

A gentle reminder to never, ever, Free Willy your goldfish.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

A rise in Arctic storms has more than doubled the number of winter warming events, which could greatly impede ice growth.

Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first

For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow.

This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some big changes in the oil sands and pipeline debates.

Concerned citizens want Parks Canada to consider visitor quotas.

The American Institute of Architects just announced its 2007 Housing Awards; among the winners were our beloved Loblolly House and in the Special Housing Category, the Designhabitat2 house, from The DESIGNhabitat 2 Studio School of Architecture,

Some of them are surprising and all of them will make a real difference.

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.

They got this one right.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

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

This just pushes every TreeHugger button.

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

The Templar Block in Hamilton Ontario pushes a lot of buttons.

But is it "the last flourish of a high-resource approach to design and construction"?

A super minimalist mobile ice fishing hut consists of a wooden frame, some chicken wire and walls of ice, made on the spot.

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

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

It's expected that by 2037 the number of people flying will double.

If you must shop, do it from a company that's spreading the wealth.

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