Gross or practical? Soon you may be able to charge your phone by plugging it into the urinal.

Michael Pollan explains in a nutshell how the system went from working well to its current state.

The president is getting a report card for his first 100 days in office from Michael Pollan and others. How's he doing on the food front?

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

A report issued earlier this week caused quite a stir in the organic food world. See what some respected organic food advocates are saying about it.

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Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

In a down economy, weddings for 2 instead of 200 are on the upswing (and they're more eco-friendly and personal, too).

Fire lookout towers found in numerous national forests have been converted into campsites-in-the-sky.

I hiked to see flowing lava in Hawai‘i. Now I can't shut up about it.

The success of two elementary school volunteer projects earned a shelter a donation from the Petco Foundation.

We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

The Deepwater Horizon is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Securit

Video: Future360 travels to Austin, TX, to unearth a radical new energy storage technology. Xtreme Power's patented power cell promises to be a game changer in

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t

The telecommunications company will be Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.

Through a pioneering waste-to-energy scheme, the spoiled stock at a Sainsbury's superstore will be used to keep the lights on.

A new world record is making the future of solar energy look pretty bright.

You can watch Leo DiCaprio's "Before the Flood" free online.

Werner Herzog's investigates our fascination with volcanoes in his latest movie, Netflix's "Into the Inferno."

In the documentary "One Big Home," carpenter Thomas Bena goes behind the scenes to explores the trophy homes and "starter castles" of Martha's Vineyard.

There can be both positive and negative effects of drinking coffee on a regular basis.

Scotland is hoping to leverage its extensive experience in North Sea oil and gas drilling to become the leader in the offshore wind industry.

New study says it's not about the best light, but where solar and wind can do the most good.

With new data published by the WWF, Scotland once again proves itself as the renewable energy-generating powerhouse of the United Kingdom.

The turbines will help to keep the lights on and the cash registers ringing on the Paris landmark's newly revamped first floor.

In a nation where transportation claims 20 percent of CO2 emissions, train travel will soon be a zero-emission affair.

Probably more often than you think — which is way too often, in this writer's opinion.

Here’s a look at the psychology behind hoarding, how it differs from collecting and ordinary clutter, and how to keep untidiness to a minimum.

Hoarding is a vicious cycle of anxiety, indecision and, finally, comfort that sends hoarders' brains into overdrive, a study finds.

Using a kitchen towel for many uses can spread E. coli and get your family sick.

This colony of bees is rebuilding in a hollow log in Germany after the hive collapsed earlier this year.

Chris Burley and Ei Ei Khin have an ambitious goal: Grow 1 million wildflowers to help threatened honeybee populations.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

VBS.TV took a trip to West Virginia to investigate the evils of mountaintop removal mining. Take some time today and watch this.

Fracking fluid, the liquid waste left over from the controversial mining technique, wreaks havoc on a plot of land in a test by the U.S. Forest Service.

American chemists are searching for new and resourceful ways to extract uranium from deposit-rich oceans in order to reduce the expensive mining process's cost.

Gone but not forgotten, these once-bustling mining outposts offer visitors a look at Old West ghost towns, from kitschy to untouched.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

New research finds that exposure to mildly cooler temps may be the key to shedding pounds.

We can't just build better; we have to change the way we live.

The era of 900-watt-and-higher vacuum cleaners comes to an end in the European Union due to new efficiency standards.

There is lead in water systems all over North America, but don't hit the bottle yet.

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

Made of plastic and metal, it harms our oceans just like microbeads.

Hundreds of eager spectators lined Manhattan's West Side Pier 84 on June 6, as the space shuttle Enterprise completed the final leg of its journey to the Intrep