With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.

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Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.

Millions of animals are accidentally killed on US roads every year. Here's how one company is turning these sad statistics into something useful, beautiful and respectful.

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

Your favorite clothing item just got even better. These new leggings from Girlfriend Collective tick all the boxes when it comes to eco-friendly and ethical production.

This is beginning to get real.

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.

The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to

From its tiny source to the Houses of Parliament, here are glorious photos of the River Thames.

Recycled Mississippi is traveling the length of one of America's iconic rivers, which also happens to be one of the most polluted, and filming a documentary along the way.

Something like this could be on the roads by 2022.

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they

French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,

If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of

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

No more pepperoni, salami, bacon, or ham will be offered on school menus.

A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it's possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals.

The rare earth metals mining industry is one rife with issues. But is there a way to green up the business?

The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.

Alice + Whittles makes use of high-quality materials that would otherwise go to waste.

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

Tokyo 2020's organizing committee will transform old smartphones, laptops, and digital cameras into a true treasure.

Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."

It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves.

For many

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.

A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats.

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.

The innovation could mean less e-waste at the end of our electronics' lives.

By reclaiming precious metals from its 'urban mine' of obsolete electronics, Japan may be able to produce the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from recycled materials.

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.

This doesn't seem right.

Recommended reading from two of America's biggest food writers.

Images: Black & Decker Here in the southeast, my front lawn is already starting to perk up in response to intimations of spring. Those handsome green blades of fescue are yawning, stretching, and preparing to greet the season with exuberant,

The Earth Advantage Institute promotes a green building standard from the Northwest that combines the energy requirements of Energy Star with healthy home attributes like air quality, environmental responsibility and and resource efficiency. I thought

Fixing and making feels good, and everyone's doing it, so don't be shy. Experience the Joy of Fix.

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

To many people, Jim Hart and Khalil Abusakran are heroes. When the two men from Maryland saw a deer stranded in the icy waters of the Patapsco River, they did what few others would dare. With an

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

Blouin Tardif Architectes do a beautiful adaptive reuse and addition in Montreal.