These high-end kits make converting a van into a home-on-wheels an easier proposition.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

In two words: It's not.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

A ban will take place in the new year, followed by crackdowns on straws and grocery bags.

Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do.

Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy

Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.

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

Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.

It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering.

Competition, oversupply, and unpredictable weather has caused the price of wild berries in Maine to hit a 30-year low.

In the US, Arbor Day is April 27, 2007. When this writer was a child, our grade school class planted trees on Arbor Day, told that when we grew up that "our" trees might well still be there, beholden to our childhood actions. We even had an

Is it possible to keep Kosher and still keep a vegan diet?

Acorns are piling up around the U.S., threatening to cover some cities in nuts. Not really, but there have been an "exceptionally large number of acorns" dropped by oak trees around the country this year, Chicago-area experts say. This

New research finds that normal sleep may be protective against early death for people with certain health risks.

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.

Environment minister called waste importers 'traitors' who don't care about the country's long-term sustainability.

No longer will hunters be able to buy the right to kill this majestic apex predator.

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.

For the first time ever, a nursery for endangered ray pups and adolescents has been discovered – giving researchers hope to learn more about these rare gentle giants.

An object lesson in how not to do city-building.

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

A study shows that many want to make better decisions, but don't know how.

It's not as 'free' as you think. Someone always pays.

Perfect for tiny spaces, this multifunctional unit can be used as a kitchen, storage and workspace.

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.

It would make my life as a parent so much easier.

Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine

We will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic.

Solar control, security, privacy and ventilation, all in one clever device – why don't more buildings still have shutters?

You really don't need all those big appliances.

When you think Mexico, think biofuels (not just tequila). That's the message of OriginOil, a Los Angeles, California, company that's been contracted by the Mexican government to produce 1 percent of the

We really do need more of this kind of thinking.

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.

Is this company getting closer to the dream of making truly sustainable carbon-negative fuel?

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.

It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely.

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

The Transition Town concept, a community focused response to climate change and peak oil, which was pioneered by Rob Hopkins, and which we reported on here and here, is spreading even further. For the first time, it is being tried on a city-wide scale,

Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels

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

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and

Image credit: pawpaw67, used under Creative Commons license. Malaysian palm oil producers may be committing to green(er) practices, but that's unlikely to appease George Monbiot. He has long been a critic of biofuels for vehicles, but he is absolutely

Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in