See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.

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.

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.

We used to be able to justify burning a bit of fossil gas, but we cannot anymore.

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

A commercial fish farm in El Borboton, Honduras is using fish guts--heads, skins, and internal organs--to produce biodiesel. Instead of dumping what's left after filleting for commercial sale, Saint Peter's cooks the parts down to produce 300,000

Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets.

Just keeping your phone in your car's console during a drive could charge the battery with this novel tiny generator.

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.

There's been much talk of Africa "leapfrogging" the paradigm of fossil fuel dependence. Kenya's latest announcement on solar power provides a vision of what that might look like.

It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean.

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

As if to say 'sorry,' Kilauea softens its fury by tossing shimmery green olivine to the humble humans below.

More than two years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the situation is worse than ever.

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?

Also a look at smart phones for boomers and for refugees, and making the Raspberry Pi higher.

And a really nice solar decathlon winner.

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

The Be The Change conference last week was chock-a-block full of fascinating speakers, enlightening information and inspiring actions. So far we've shared George Monbiot and Richard Reed's presentations and Drew Dellinger's poetry. We're just sorry we

George Monbiot on how electric vehicles are not the answer.

This soil-free smart garden promises fresh greens and veggies that are grown as local as it gets.

The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it.

Between 2002 and 2015, these 'streamer lines' helped reduce seabird by-catch in Alaskan fisheries by 78%.

The recovery of these beleaguered species proves that conservation action works.

On a cold and windy November weekday there aren't any cars lined up at the new Kretsloppsparken (Waste Park) Alelyckan outside Gothenburg, even though there are four lanes available - a veritable expressway! - for vehicular drop-off of practically every

The HANS Solar Briefcase and PowerPack systems do double duty by supporting the Billions in Change movement.

A new way to deliver natural light to rooms without windows.

The UK grocery chain has long been a Fairtrade champion, but recently announced it would invent its own 'fairly traded' certification scheme.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes.

Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin.

"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

Sixty-five porters and 75 yaks labored over two years to bring more than eight tons of trash down from the slopes of Mount Everest -- and into the hands of local artists.

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.

Tim had planned on working at a Salt Lake City Unitarian church doing social outreach. That is, until the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided that wasn't a "safe" occupation for the climate activist.

Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future.

Changes closer to home would be nice too.

Or, what happens when you go without Facebook and Instagram for an entire month.

As with many biodiversity hotspots, new discoveries are being made all the time.

What can you do with 1.285 bright green used uniforms? This was the brief the design students at Elisava school in Barcelona received by Urbaser, a local waste collection and urban

Mini-spots, reflectors and candelabra bulbs were supposed to become more efficient next year, saving 80 billion kWh.

Our always-on devices turn out to consume a lot of power. Do I really need to connect my garage door to the Internet?

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.

With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.

Plus two ways to go green as we upgrade our popular series.

Not to mention getting buried in dirt or building with it.

Plus lots of green things.