Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,

They pay so much more attention to design in Europe, particularly when it comes to everyday things. For example, The Torqeedo electric outboard motor from Germany looks like fine industrial design. It has an integrated lithium-manganese battery that just

An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.

So much of the economy changes if cars last five times as long and hardly need service.

Canoo redesigns the electric car from the ground up. It redesigns the ownership model too.

Concrete containers are placed in a metallic structure, forming a green wall to the eye and a walk in space to interact with the plants.

The “Los Lagos Region” is home to many breathtaking vistas.

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00PM. Only 6

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.

You may think it sounds like an oxymoron, but travelling to faraway places with little ones in tow can actually be quite fun. Here are some ways to make it a lot easier.

A new government initiative called "Childbirth is Normal!" addresses the epidemic of caesarean births plaguing the country.

Image credit: Bernd Sieker, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the "heat island" effect in

Learn how to master the mashed potato with a few simple tweaks.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

The device made from household objects could replace AA batteries for powering small electronics.

The technology could save countless lives.

When the heck did electric commercial flight become a realistic prospect?!

On the heels of their success pushing sales of electric cars, Norway want to spur the move to electric airplanes

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”

These delicate works of art are made out of current and vintage newspaper broadsheets, and prompt us to look beyond the daily news cycle.

Greener aviation is about to get a boost.

Sure, it'll only have nine seats. But the low cost carrier expects larger electric planes in service by 2027.

"Give the future, not presents."

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.

In our dystopian future we might all be buying power by the watt-hour from a cart in the market.

All 400 vehicles will be emission-free by 2030.

Just yesterday I joked seated at my neighborhood's dive-y, not-concerned-about-clean-food diner that the likely hormone-injected milk I stirred into my coffee might spur the growth of a third boob. It was a risk I was

Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food.

This very easy trick gives shoppers a quick way to grasp the good, the bad, and the ugly in packaged food.

Consumer demand for meat, soy, palm oil, and more has resulted in 60% of primate species facing extinction.

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

The smart thermostat will help people save even more money and help utilities curb peak demand loads.

This could keep people from overheating in their wearable electronic outfits or simply in the heat of the ever-warming days

This ancient method is simple and cheap.

The company explains why all-electric homes are healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.

This could take a lot of smelly gas mopeds off the road.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

Bill Murray looks like he is enjoying the ride. Others might go a bit faster.

Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A

Is this really the future we want?

Made with numerous layers of paper, these laser-cut pieces are inspired by patterns from nature.

Situated in a nature reserve along the Dutch coast, this unique structure not only serves as an observation post, it also provides extra bird habitats.

A look at this year's Casa FOA, an exhibition which combines charity and patrimony conservation showcasing the best architecture and design from the Argentine capital.

Images courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk That's '9' followed by 20 zeroes The probability of a lobster being born with a blue shell is about 1 in a million. For a calico or pumpkin-orange colored lobster, the odds are in the excess of 1 in 30

This electrically powered prototype will be great for getting you to the market, and carting stuff back home.

A before and after photo of Lexington Avenue tells the story.

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.