Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.

Michael Pollan said in the Omnivore's Dilemma that if you eat industrially, you are made of corn. In Corporate Knights, "the magazine for clean capitalism", Toby A.A. Heaps picks up on this theme and looks at the causes

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

While global warming naysayers seem content to continue flouting the overwhelming scientific consensus in favor of this anthropogenic phenomenon, they seem to have gotten one point largely right: hurricanes didn't suddenly begin massing over the past

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.

"This is our last chance to avert a climate disaster. We must act now."

If you'd like a close-up view of the BMW i8 electric sports car manufacturing process, here are the goods.

Pollinator power, y'all.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.

'When Nestlé Comes To Town' tells the moving story of residents in Cascade Locks, Oregon, who have united to fight Nestlé and keep it from bottling their precious and sacred water.

A lesson in what happens when the humans disappear.

This is beyond climate denial, it's science denial

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and

Photographer Joan Sullivan documents the drama of their construction.

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

Charred wood never looked so good.

They're non-toxic, waterproof, and cute.

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

Which holiday pie is greenest? Pumpkin, apple, or pecan? Find out in this week's Ask Pablo!

Ask Pablo answers: What's the greenest kind of booze we can drink this holiday season?

Using special laser surveying equipment, the drones will discover how ancient tribes lived.

Though accompanied by several friends at the beginning of this trip, he traveled the last thirty-three days alone.

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.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

Hardly a secret anymore, but still off the beaten track a bit, Playa Guiones in Nosara, Costa Rica doesn't disappoint.

A new report ranks countries by their green investments, and also compares performance to our perceptions.

Here's a lovely renovation using the healthiest materials, and as few of them as possible.

Dead zones threaten wildlife and fisheries, taint drinking water, and impact communities. Keeping agricultural runoff out of waterways can help tackle this global problem.

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

Ethics and environmental consciousness drove this project by DIALOG at the University of Calgary.

Corn mills, water pumps, blenders and more: the bicycle as a tool for self-empowerment.

In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness.