A brush with death helped this family focus on the most important things in life, prompting them to convert a bus into a DIY motorhome.

It's not lazy, it's restorative.

New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.

The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost.

It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.

It appears that this act of God had a little help from man, and was an accident waiting to happen.

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.

Studies show that standing has anti-ageing effects.

Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.

They actually might in certain cases, using off-peak power at peak times.

With news that Southwest is allowing mini horses on flights, here's what to know about these petite equine wonders.

Nicknamed 'Farout' by the team that discovered it, the celestial object is some 11,160,000,000 miles away.

The so-called 'transient lunar phenomena' has been stumping scientists for years – but an explanation may be in the works.

Morocco is making good on it's stated goals of increasing renewable energy development, leading towards 40% of electricity from renewables over the next decade.

The Grand Inga dam will be double the size of China's Three Gorges, but big questions remain about whether ordinary Africans will actually get its electricity.

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.

Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.

World hydroelectric power generation has risen steadily by an average 3 percent annually over the past four decades.

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.

Just float the device in a river or stream and soon enough you'll have enough juice to charge a smartphone, GPS or other device.

A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile.

A travel writer captures the beauty of Iceland's wilderness, but will these natural wonders exists for much longer?

For backpackers wanting something other than solar power.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.

Take one Estream and add moving water for clean, quiet, offgrid energy.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

When the harvest has been poor, rates of adulteration rise.

When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human

We matured our cities around the needs to cars. Now it's time to mature our streets around human, not machine, needs. We are all pedestrians.

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

From mislabelling to plastic contamination, eating fish isn't as safe or healthy as most diners would like to believe.

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.

The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification.

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.

Grow some of your own greens, veggies, and herbs indoors with one of these automated hydroponic growing systems.

In the war between antibiotics and bacteria, bacteria often seems to be winning … but not in places like Sweden and Denmark.

For those of us who actually live in rustic homes in cold climates, the household items that define the 'hygge' decorating trend are a matter of survival.

With its embrace of wild swimming, foraging, and stargazing, this cultural trend is spot-on for the modern world.

SOURCE is a solar-powered and self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air.

They really didn't have a choice, and they insulated their bodies, not their houses.

Turn down the thermostat, crack a window, and ditch the blankets for some science-backed health benefits.

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.

In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters.