Even if you don't carrot all about fermented veggies, Formidable Vegetable Sound System will rock your kitchen with their 'glitch-permaculture-ukulele-wonk-swing.'

Open terrace in Kimmel Center was too hot or too noisy; now it's fixed.

On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia, eating Philly Greens.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes.

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.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), by 2018 renewable should overtake natural gas to become the world's second-largest source of energy (oil is #1).

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.

With the cost of cement electric power poles and

A new wearable sensor technology that measures things like stance and force for sports also has the potential to harvest energy from waves, machinery or human movement.

A new technology developed by Korean researchers uses ultra-thin, flexible materials to generate electricity from body heat.

We often write about technologies that harness energy from your steps. Here's how you can make your own piezoelectric sneakers at home.

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 not quite as dramatic as it sounds. It's simply a good demonstration of the power of regenerative braking!

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

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

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.

The material can also heal itself to keep medical devices running indefinitely.

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

This is something North American governments should copy.

On some days, wind generated as much as 234% of demand.

The GoSun Fusion probably won’t save the world, but the design thinking behind it might.

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off-peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.

Previously titled "4 reasons why heat pumps are not going to save the planet" which was mean to heat pumps.

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.

Besides looking lovely, all proceeds from this lamp will go to a project that is developing electricity-free lighting that is inspired by nature.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

A number of states are edging out insurance companies. This could be huge for the environment.

If this plan even halfway succeeds, oil companies will be in serious trouble.

Several monumental measures were passed in last week's U.S. election.

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

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

Aiming to raise awareness about e-waste recycling, this photographer used 4,100 pounds of e-waste in these futuristic scenes.

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

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

photo: Rebecca Wilson/CC BY Editors note: The following guest post is by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati an American-born renunciate at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India (full bio below). While this post may be a bit broader than other items in the

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

And why not?

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.