Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

The British city of Bristol hopes to promote local business with their own high-security scrip featuring local designs

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

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.

Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features.

This loft-less tiny home makes quite a statement, both inside and out.

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.

Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.

A new report shines the light on a dirty little 'secret' of canned goods, which has little to do with the food itself, and everything to do with the coating in the can.

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

What is CO2 fertilization effect and how is it changing our planet?

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

As the only canids that can climb trees, gray foxes frequently drag fawn and rabbit skeletons onto the branches with them.

It took me hours, but I finally found this guy.

What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever.

Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy.

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

The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda.

Discovered in a cave, the surprising find reveals a fast and giant bird that weighed almost as much as a polar bear.

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

Some moth species have evolved noise-cancelling abilities that are more efficient than today's sound engineering technology.

It's the usual fight between the contractor who wants to be paid for cost overruns and the developer who claims it's all a fixed price contract.

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.

We take a tour of a sustainable factory that turns discarded glass into durable building materials.

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

A sustainably-minded designer makes cards and paper coins that you can plant.

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!

Great coworking spaces aren't just about "sharing desks" -- just like other intentional communities where people share resources, they need a common vision and more.

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

A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers.

This woodland cabin in the Bohemia region of the Czech Repbulic keeps it simple but clever, with one end perched on a large rock.

Inspired by arthropods, this minimalist all-wood home features a spacious-feeling interior and energy-efficient, passive heating and cooling strategies.

It comes with a tiny bar, housed in the distillery's old elevator.

This bright pink wonder is small, but packs in quite a bit of the basics.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst

Last month, my partner gave me a Fjällräven Kanken rucksack for my 30th birthday, and I have to tell you about it, as this is a classic amongst the eco-designs nowadays. I first spotted these slightly odd-looking bags in London many years ago, and

School is a testing ground for the way we perform later in life. It can mold us into fine upstanding members of society, or not. While environmental responsibility isn't something we have to learn early in life, it certainly makes

The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.

In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?

Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.

Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.

French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.

Using alternative fuels, carbon offsets, and strict on-board rules, the Atlantic Cup aims to be the first carbon-neutral race in the U.S.