When the evening is carefully planned, the morning goes smoothly.

Everyone is jumping up and down for joy at the fact that McDonald's is now serving antibiotic-free chicken. Please, let's not ignore everything else that's so wrong with the company.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

New research identifies the emotions that motivate some people to make ethical choices day after day.

The longer we wait, the more expensive (and dangerous) it gets.

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

My problem with the word "humane" and the humanism movement

Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

As an alternative to expensive antibiotics, people have taken to taking amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, penicillin and other drugs meant for fish. Here’s why it’s a bad idea.

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.

It's the fastest (and most fun) way to fill your house with a variety of delicious baked goods.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken to releasing massive amounts of the Colorado River from dams, here's why.

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?

Germans rate respect for having a national identity as eco-conscious people. Should it therefore come as a surprise that Germans are not embracing the advent of E10, a 10% ethanol-gasoline mixture, which has

There's no mystery why gas mileage is not as good in the winter, but there are some things you can do to make it better.

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.

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

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

It's so much more than books.

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.

Also called "carbon lock-in," it's about time.

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

"If you don't visit quiet, the quiet will disappear."

Douglas Rushkoff explains that the real costs of a new phone are not measured in just money.

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.

Why doesn't form follow function?

Price is no longer the main obstacle. Lack of understanding might be.

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.

The Guardian's Kara Moses asks, "Do we need conclusive scientific proof to become concerned about an issue?" I think not, because sometimes even conclusive proof isn't enough for government and society to act.

E-bikes will eat cars, and H2 bikes will eat Toyotas.

We're well aware of the importance of health when it comes to preparing foods in the kitchen—between Salmonella, E. Coli, and a variety of other

The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

Yes, slavery is still legal.

The shocking photo above is of gigantic piles of human feces left in the open air at a dump in Haiti. While some in the "developed world" (I always hated that term), may turn their noses up when we recommend composting toilets

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.

A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper

It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.