Using mouth-blown glass and energy-efficient LEDs, this stunning chandelier looks like a creature from the ocean's depths.

Sporting an attractive unibody frame, this meticulously handcrafted wooden bicycle is made to be strong yet flexible.

French scientist has invented a light powered by algae that absorbs CO2 from the air--1 ton per year! The microalgae streetlamp has the potential to provide significantly cleaner air in urban areas and revolutionize the cityscape.

Designed to capture and maximize the flows of sunlight, water and air, this prefabricated home feels modern, light and spacious.

It's about so much more than getting daily exercise.

Voting with your wallet has its time and place, but sometimes it's best just to leave the wallet at home.

Here is a clever new design that unfurls with a flourish and retracts with a simple pull of a string.

The static, traditional lecture classroom is slowly on its way out. Here's how the flexible classroom of the future might be furnished.

Here's what happens when kind humans and open-armed owls encounter an orphaned owlet.

Rosh Hashana, also known as the Jewish New Year, was celebrated this past week. One of the iconic symbols of the holiday, is honey, which is eaten with challah and apples. Honey has important meaning for the celebrants of Rosh

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

Supporters think the Arctic Apple will be a game changer - the first GMO to be marketed directly to consumers as convenience food.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.

What do greenhouse gases bubbling up look like? In these starkly elegant images, we get to seem them up close.

There has been a profound change in the green movement over the last five years, the realization that solar panels on the roof and bamboo sheets on the bed are not enough; that where you live matters far more.

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.

Mangroves are a special ecosystem. Found all over the world, they thrive in the in-between zones of land and sea, and act as nurseries for a vast variety of animals, grocery stores for humans, a buffer between homes

When everything seems to be falling apart in the world, the most useful thing you can do is focus on your own community and making it a better place.

A follow-up to the book by the same name, this intriguing film shows how one American family has weaned itself off fossil fuels.

With a topic this complicated, parents need all the help they can get.

Contrary to popular opinion, young people aren't practicing what they preach.

Schools are closing classrooms and going online all over the world. This may be as much of an opportunity as it is a crisis.

The way students learn about economics teaches them to ignore the environment.

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

The laser-outfitted satellite will be able to pick up shifts in the ice on a very small scale.

Does this look like 'alarmism' to you?

Svalbard's wild reindeer are surviving warmer winters by foraging on, yes, seaweed.

"Come touch the Greenland ice sheet and be touched by it."

Our mothers taught us (well, some of us) to send thank-you notes and to bring a gift when staying at someone's house or cottage as a guest. But what to bring? You don't know their taste, or you don't like their taste or you know that they don't need

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words

Despite their endless commuting, ants don't have traffic jams, regardless of the width of their path.

Meanwhile, cars and trucks keep getting bigger and higher. It's time to do something.

Break out the gold lamé, Grandma, and trip the light fantastic!

Made from wood and recycled movie film, it's perfect for small homes or urban renters always on the move.

Parking lots will never be green, period. But design can make them less of an eye sore. And who knew a fence could look cool?

Paleontologists in Argentina have uncovered a supermassive dinosaur

Designed for safety and comfort, this sharing bike looks similar to a standard bike, allowing friends to easily hop on and off.

Nobody can say for certain. But that doesn't mean that the Conservative politicians have to deny it.

The easiest way to mix up an outfit is with accessories. Fortunately, Daily Candy recently highlighted 8 green fashion handbags for spring 2010. From vintage handbags with a hand-painted twist to multifunctional back-packs with

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means one thing: the spirit of

British journalist Stacey Dooley reveals what our fast fashion addiction is doing to the planet.

It might cost $125 a bottle, but it tells a cool story about sustainability.

Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers.

Let's have a clap of clean hands for Ignaz Semmelweis.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

In 2009, architects Franck Deboute and Karine Montagnon decided to build their dream home and office. The site: the Pointe du Raz, hanging out over the Atlantic Ocean, in Brittany, France. The