A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.

From broken zippers to damaged USB cables, embrace your inner handyman with these quick DIY repairs.

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems.

It's a sign of quality when companies are willing to stand by the goods they sell.

Before buying new this holiday season, think repair - even if you are buying new!

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.

Not sure if you really want to live in a tiny house? This tiny home builder is making these cabins from salvaged materials, which visitors can test out at an eco-retreat in Maryland.

A fading fairytale village will become Switzerland's first 'scattered hotel' thanks to a foundation committed to saving it.

The company had been promising "near profitable" results. It turns out they were lowballing.

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

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 number is probably far higher than you think.

Much of the world eats the same thing every day. Why are we so preoccupied with variety?

A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.

The electric quadracycle is clad in a composite made from hemp and cashews.

It's to time to jump off the consumption train and embrace the art of repair.

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

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now.

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.

Charred wood never looked so good.

The architects call it a "Conceptual Object" but it is pretty and real.

These apex predators play a much bigger role in ecosystems than most people suspect, and their absence causes all kinds of problems that we aren't always able to solve.

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.

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

Image credit: Karen, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Say an average fancy t-shirt holds carbon footprint of 6kg but is never sold and sits in the warehouse of a textile/clothing production company. I take that same t-shirt and use it to

I wrote last year about the Boulder-based Unreasonable Institute's search for people who have great ideas, who think big, who want to change the world, and who seem like they can. Last year's fellowship was a great

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.

Scientists find signs that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics.

From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes.

In York, Alabama they now have public space where before they had a collapsing house.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

A number of companies are flying SST Trial balloons, but we should all pop them now.

The wide use of antibiotics in factory farms to prevent infections and promote growth is a breeding ground for superbugs.

All over the world, inspired, creative, (and often obsessed) entrepreneurs are tightening bolts and swirling beakers, inventing the next generation of green technology. Andrew Heintzman is a venture capitalist with the aim of finding and funding these

These days when your coffe machine breaks, it is usually cheaper and less hassle to just buy a new one. I was therefore pleasantly surprised about the repairability of my Presso coffee maker, which still keeps serving me off the grid!

WIth cooler weather and shorter days, your indoor plants could use a little help getting ready for the new season.

Now you can handwrite letters on your computer.

Shorter post: They are " essentially, disposable. "

But Amazon has some work to do.

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

We should be able to fix the things we own, not be limited by manufacturers' unwillingness to provide access.

But it still only gets a 3 out of 10 from iFixit.