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

Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

Greenpeace wants you to vote on your favorite of its submissions, all inspired by local endangered species.

Taking pieces of "dead" nature, this artist transmutes them into delightful, living works of glass and gold leaf.

A couple, their parrot, plus one mother-in-law and her cat have their own private and communal spaces in this renovated apartment in Hong Kong.

The LightCycle follows our circadian rhythms via your phone and GPS.

Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first

Can new colors refresh an old rug? These Dutch designers think so -- and they prefer red, to emphasize the problem of waste.

Average temperatures in the city have rose 1.8˚C, minimal temperatures went up 2.7˚C, and rainfall has increased 20% in the past 50 years.

Shoe lovers have more and more choice when it comes to buying eco-friendly shoes: Simple Shoes, Worn Again or TOMS are just a few of my favourites and I just found a new brand from France. FYE (for your earth) is a relatively young company that started

If your cold-weather wardrobe needs replenishing, we’ve got a few sustainable suggestions.

It's only happening in half the world. The rest of us can keep using plastic sticks. (Don't they know about ocean currents?)

This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

Interest in rocket stoves is growing, and with good reason, as they're fast, efficient, and cleaner-burning than most other options. Here's a small affordable model for camping or emergency preparedness.

With TeeVee news cameras focused exclusively on the California and Mexico wildfires, the thirsty and parched on the other coast are not going to be forgotten by us. The East Coast and Southeast US drought problems and their potential solutions are

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

First there was foamcrete, then there was papercrete and hempcrete, and now we've got AirCrete, a foamy mixture of air bubbles and cement.

"Exuberant low cost studios for creatives and artists" are plugged into a giant structure in this revolutionary project.

There are huge upfront carbon emissions from building new housing; a better approach is to be smarter about what we have.

Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.

A new solar-power kit from BRIGHT Products is like the Swiss Army Knife of solar gadgets.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

A fail-safe filter that delivers water easily with a sip or a squeeze could save lives in places where water-borne illnesses thrive, but look for it first as a trendy gym accessory.

These fascinating works explore how folding might push the frontiers of flexible photovoltaics, self-assembling materials and nano-forms.

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

"It's just an amazing, amazing thing that people have done."

A piece of baby furniture that's designed to last longer by changing into other useful things as one's child grows.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.

There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility

With the first heatwave of the summer behind us, let's start thinking about how we can adapt ourselves to the heat, rather than just complaining about it or pushing it away via air conditioning.

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

This Thanksgiving, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) express gratitude for another productive year working together toward common goals, including ...

Wanting to make a massive life change, this man makes his exit from the corporate world -- with his feline friend and a self-renovated van.

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

An old apartment is refreshed with a new scheme that stacks things up to gain more space.

Built by campers, this structure uses pedal power to produce flour for bread, enough to feed a camp full of kids.

Thanks to careful scrounging and salvaging, a Danish design student was able to cheaply build a "self-sufficient" dome for use as a greenhouse.

It turns out, there are a lot of chemicals that have to be dealt with before fabrics can be reused.

Combining the latest in digital design tools with time-honored rush-weaving techniques, this sculptural chair marries modernity with tradition.

DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's

As mom and I swam in the saline pool, enjoyed a meal of local, sweet scallops, and blissed out with deep tissue massages, the inn's sustainable touches made everything taste and feel a little more like home.

This versatile accessory keeps your infant close to your body, or it can become a cradle or rocker to be placed on a flat surface.

Mountains of discarded materials sourced from refugees' boats and lifejackets will be transformed into bags -- by asylum seekers themselves, for a decent wage.

This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.

Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.