These reefs live in murky water with low levels of light and are likely to survive rising sea levels, researchers say.

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

Whether urban, suburban, or rural, transportation systems dictate and define human interaction and community. Join BookHugger for a panel discussion of this phenomena.

Exceptions will be made for subsistence hunting and fishing.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.

A train that reportedly left a workshop yesterday failed to brake when entering a major station and crashed against the end-of-the-line barrier

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

A number of companies are flying SST Trial balloons, but we should all pop them now.

The impact of flying on climate change cannot be ignored, as I book my next flight.

In an effort to appease critics, the airport is focusing on four key environmental strategies.

While Unesco has asked Peru to limit visitors to the famous site, the government is making it easier for people to access.

Part of a series where I try to calculate the carbon footprint of my life.

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

The online-only financial institution will provide low cost loans for solar, electric cars and even electric-assist bicycles.

Sony, McKinsey & Company, Royal Bank of Scotland and WeWork are all committing to going all-out for clean energy.

The project in Denmark is a good object lesson.

The wide use of antibiotics in factory farms to prevent infections and promote growth is a breeding ground for superbugs.

Using an age-old method to cool the air, this terracotta "cold pot" could be an energy-efficient and low-maintenance alternative to conventional air conditioners.

The anti-straw movement is definitely having a moment. Let's hope the momentum continues.

You have heard of "fast fashion." Get ready for fast architecture in container-sized modules.

Meet Dopper, a Cradle to Cradle water bottle company that’s bringing clean water to Nepal.

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

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.

Aiming to spark conversations about marine conservation, these beautiful works reimagine the oceans in their pristine state.

Every year, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative community comes together to exchange ideas, share innovations, and inspire those who have a vision of a world that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is working with partners like American Forests on important global issues, including climate change.

Your focus should be on local growers, rather than those overseas.

But Amazon has some work to do.

It’s not perfect, but it is pretty impressive.

Our never-ending search for convenience comes at a cost.

Even as global demand for all-things-coconut increases, coconut production in Asia is stagnating because farmers aren't paid enough to make it worthwhile.

Another door has closed for Western nations hoping to dump their trash overseas. Maybe it's time for another model?

Turn your anger into action by supporting lion-loving charities that are doing great things for big cats.

This small apartment's 'library wall' functions as a way to keep the bed out of view, while also storing books and things.

Intended for short-term stays in nature, these prefab units can be transported and 'dropped into' almost any location.

Whether for exercise, electricity, or simply out of curiousity, the bicycle powered charging stations in Amsterdam airport appear popular

In light of rising temperatures and worsening natural disasters, temporary shelters seem increasingly relevant. A Spanish firm came up with an idea to convert water tanks into minimal habitable units.

The project is one of the winners of a Performance Architecture contest to celebrate Guimarães as European Capital of Culture.

Designer Maria Antonia Godigna spent two years studying the spinning techniques of the Warao and created a line of furniture with Moriche, the palm fiber produced by them.

The latest urban intervention to celebrate the city's status as European Capital of Culture is an unusual film venue for pedestrians.

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.

Chairs are us and there are lots of them on display at the Clerkenwell Design Week.

Two of our favorite materials, cork and porcelain, are together at last in this clever travel mug.