Oxybenzone may be effective at filtering UV light, but it comes at a dangerously high cost to human health.

Reducing meat consumption is one of the best ways to help the environment. A new book offers many ideas for how to make it happen.

It's not a veggie burger. But there's a lot less beef in it than normal.

Veggie-burger skeptic? Why not meat us halfway?

Some of them taste better than the originals they were made from.

It seems that most transit decisions in North America are made with the goal of making life easier for people in cars.

This company is working to build a network of urban prefabs under a 'pay-as-you-go' model of home ownership.

After a week of recounts, the proposed law to label genetically modified foods loses by 4 percent of votes.

But more than that, the film is a love story about cooking and gardening -- and the importance of regaining control over where our food comes from.

This is one of those comparison posts that that could draw many angry comments: like Could Hype Sell An Inferior Hybrid? - Ford Fusion versus Toyota Camry did. Please carefully read the caveats.

Sushi is everywhere these days, and robots will soon be everywhere making it.

Chamomile is one of the oldest and most popular medicinal herbs, but it has also become one of the best studied.

A mug of herbal tea a day may keep the doctor away!

She wouldn't sell to the developer around her, and now it is a prime example of "demolition by neglect."

I could write this post in my sleep, it is such a tired playbook that happens so often in real estate development.

Photo via StringBike The Bike, Unchained A group of designers in Hungary have done away with what has long been a staple of bicycle design, those oily old chains, with their creation, the StringBike. Instead of being propelled forward the traditional

The unanimous answer from garment makers to dermatologists to fashion-lovers is, "Yes!"

People want big SUVs and pickups, not little fuelsippers. What's a car maker to do?

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation

Inspired by the human-based Modulor system of proportion, this small Madrid apartment is defined by a series of wooden alcoves that hold different daily functions.

This compact, wood-clad cabin is made as a comfortable eco-hotel suite in natural settings.

Using modular components pre-made in a factory, this modern home is airy, light and adaptable.

The name may give you visions of dogs mellowed out, but the Grateful Dog wants to make sure your dog is both happy and healthy throughout their entire stay. You can leave your dog for the day or the week, knowing that

Hemp is healthy!

It is by far the most energy efficient way of packaging beer. It tastes better and there is no BPA.

Combining low-maintenance air plants with reused sea urchin shells, these unique creations look very much like mysterious jellyfish.

I did it so you don't have to.

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.

This undersea memorial will honor all the US subs and their crews lost since 1900, while creating new habitat for marine life.

This modern prefab from Italy is conceived with energy efficiency and ease of assembly in mind.

Eco-conscious clothier Reformation has gained popularity with a number of celebrities.

Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the

Different zones are delineated with simple, sculptural structures in this minimalist apartment.

Raw unfiltered honey is a very different product from the filtered honey sold in supermarkets. Educate yourself to know the differences and to know what you're really getting.

Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal.

Steven M. Johnson really should have had an agent.

It actually seems to say that you can give someone an adjustable desk but you can't make them stand. That's a very different thing.

It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.

Nic Darling is part of Postgreen Homes, builder of the 100K house and others that I have raved about; Postgreen is a different kind of developer, working in gritty urban parts of Philadelphia, doing smaller, more affordable

Made with a tight budget and schedule, this structure was up and running within a matter of weeks.

One side effect of gold prices continuing to rise (now at a new record of $1500/ounce): Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon have increased up to 600% since 2003.

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.

On the first of this month, Hawaii became the first state in the U.S. to put a plastic bag ban into effect.

The new species endemic to the marine protected area expanded by Obama was named in honor of his efforts to protect and preserve the natural environment.

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

Many sunscreens contain chemicals that are devastating to sensitive coral and other marine life.

Masao Yoshida, one of the Fukushima 50 who stayed behind at the earthquake and tsunami-struck power plant after the other employees evacuated, has just died from esophageal cancer.

From mislabelling to plastic contamination, eating fish isn't as safe or healthy as most diners would like to believe.

The American public is deathly afraid of the kind of changes we actually face -- such as, the end of consumer culture, the gross loss of value in suburban real estate (which