In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike

In stark contrast to other flat-pack furniture designs, Groovebox is meant to be as simple to put together as possible, with no fasteners, tools, or mammoth assembly instructions needed.

Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.

Scientists are concerned about how airports are conducive to the spread of disease.

A remarkable exhibition of the future of transportation is mounted in the middle of industrial archaeology.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

It's an unlikely match between a 47-year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and a giant American mining corporation, and yet the former is winning the battle.

Report also provides a blueprint for how to overhaul the food system to improve wellbeing all around.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

One man. One veggie-oil powered car. Four months. 20,000 miles. Today Joe Connor, freelance sports-writer, leaves San Diego for his 3rd Annual Green Power Sports Tour, kicking off at a pre-season Raiders game in Bakersfield. Loaded

Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.

Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.

Lloyd Alter would be so proud.

If you don't subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow

Our focus should be on making things last and serve their purpose, not throwing them away.

Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

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

Turns out, environmental issues are not about awareness. People get it.

The company had been promising "near profitable" results. It turns out they were lowballing.

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

The queen led her minions to the engine of a Delta airplane, delaying the flight until the protected bees could be professionally removed

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.

Excessive population growth presents an immediate environmental danger greater than climate change.

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.

It is recommended in the UK to reduce obesity. I recommend it to reduce obnoxious smells and garbage.

Too much DIY, not enough realism. Let's just do our best.

Templar Marine introduces a Torqeedo powered dayboat that is a thing of beauty.

With fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild, the 'panda of the sea' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Now a crazy plan might just save them.

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.

St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate.

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now.

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

Simmer like a crock pot and bake like an oven, using the clean energy of sunlight.

This intriguing film asks a question we should all be asking ourselves: "How might your life be better with less?"

Hundreds of people weathered the blizzard last Sunday to support New Amsterdam's Wintermarket in lower Manhattan. The New Amsterdam Market is not your