The 2007 TED prize announcement was made the evening of Oct 30, 2006 in San Francisco, CA. In Ft Mason's Golden Gate Room, a small but quickening crowd assembled to honor next year's TED recipients. The space had been transformed from an otherwise

This shed packs it all in -- workspace, guesthouse, storage, seating, rooftop terrace and even a concealed kitchen.

Made from sugarcane, the new sustainable play pieces will be included in Lego kits in 2018.

This delicious dish embodies everything comforting about home cooking. Easy, filling, and something everyone at the table will enjoy, whether vegetarian or not.

It's not a veggie burger. But there's a lot less beef in it than normal.

For almost 30 years the Council has been fighting against regulation that would limit balloons for environmental reasons.

I love this little vehicle. If it ever becomes commercially available outside of carsharing schemes, I may have to get one. Or maybe I should just start a carsharing scheme in my city....

Vinyl man (pictured) may be disappointed. "The hundreds of thousands of lunch boxes given away by California state health officials over the last several years were designed to promote healthful habits, bearing slogans such as "Eat Fruits & Vegetables

Inspired by the human-based Modulor system of proportion, this small Madrid apartment is defined by a series of wooden alcoves that hold different daily functions.

Optional add-ons like desks, drawers, cabinets, trundle beds and even bike racks make this single bed a place to work, play, rest and relax.

Finally, there is now an ethical and practical alternative work wear option to Carhartt and Dickies.

It is by far the most energy efficient way of packaging beer. It tastes better and there is no BPA.

Zady is working to build a better clothing company from the ground up.

The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard.

An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme.

This small apartment doubles as a gallery for a collector of ceramic sculptures.

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.

News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral.

The goal is to uncover what businesses are doing, or what they need to be doing, to thrive as global competition intensifies for strategic resources.

This small 118-square-foot apartment holds a few pleasant, space-saving surprises.

This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.

Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease

Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

The timeline needs some work. But this is a start...

Portable solar chargers keep getting lighter, smaller, and more rugged, and PocketPower promises to deliver on all three of those features at a low price.

It's less flashy. In fact, it kind of blends in. But it's still designed to save energy.

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.

Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.

Ready to share kilowatts? Facebook launched its social energy app today that will enable users to share and compare their home energy consumption.

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

You can now view the energy and water efficiency performance of the company's North Carolina and Oregon data centers in real-time.

With limited hours in the day, many U.S. schools are prioritizing lesson time over lunch time, leaving kids hungry and miserable.

No more pepperoni, salami, bacon, or ham will be offered on school menus.

A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it's possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals.

This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.

As you walk across the stately lawns of many college campuses, you might not put much thought into what it takes to keep those lawns so neatly trimmed and manicured. Well, that is unless you're being woken up after a long night of "studying" to the

An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.

Photo via dailyinvention via Flickr CC Energy Star has announced that the new 4.0 and 5.0 specifications for televisions have been set. They'll go into effect May 2010 and 2012 respectively, and the impact will save users anywhere from 40% to 65% in

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for

Another summer site that is now open is the Duncan House, a Usonian design by Frank Lloyd Wright that was moved from Chicago to Polymath Park, a resort near Pittsburgh. Usonian houses were "ypically small, single story dwellings without a garage or

With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived