Tesla's new boutique shop on Berlin's famous KuDamm beckons, but where is Germany's national strategy for electric cars?

It can take hours before test results clue authorities about hazards in water supplies. The AquaBioTox uses biological sensors for immediate feedback.

Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show

It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.

An advertising gimmick that gives a whole new meaning to the words "training shoes."

Mayor says "Such tank-like SUVs do not belong in the city"

Researchers concluded that the spill probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, but the ash contained heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury.

High Fashion from roadkill? We also have an art installation that sent Estonians into the trees, egg nog pancakes, the year in gingerbread design, and more.

State regulators have found boron, arsenic, selenium and other toxic metals near 14 power plants, all in excess of state health standards.

The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.

If you are sick and tired of being optimistic, I have the perfect thing for you, a No Globe snow globe. The tchotchke is a one of a kind--kinda. Only two were made and only one is left to purchase, so act quickly.

Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.

Accidents happen. But when they involve toxic chemicals and combustible substances, those accidents can cost a fortune.

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.

A new report details some of the world's major on-going grassroots fights against coal.

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.

A giant wave of pollution glop in 2008 convinced the EPA to regulate coal dumps more closely. But the Trump administration is changing that.

A 24-year-old food scientist at the University of Copenhagen has developed a prototype that could potentially save millions of lives.

The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.

Done with that pencil? Sink it in the soil for a second life.

These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.

Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota.

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota. Though general wisdom says trees are good, this city proves that with poor planning, wrong species in the wrong places, and bad

Despite some efforts by Chiquita to clean up its act in recent years, its long history of human rights abuses is coming back to haunt the company. Chiquita is being sued by the families of more than 4,000 Colombians murdered

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

Moving 1.7 People Every Single Day!This is how bus rapid transit (BRT) should be! TransMilenio's 104 stations allow the citizens of Bogota (in Colombia) to get to work, move around the city, run errands... All of that very conveniently and quickly -

World-renowned for their work in Medellin, especially for the Orchid House at the Botanical Garden, Colombian firm Plan B Architects is busy and keeps coming up with great projects.

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

Chiquita Bananas becomes the latest major brand to avoid tar sands fuel. But will it really help?

In a pretty self-explanatory piece, Bogota-based Unodot studio executes a simple useful idea for small spaces.

The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.

Medellín has a great sustainable transportation vision for the future, and so far they seem to be executing it extremely well.

This vertical garden on a residential high-rise in Bogotá reuses greywater from its residents and helps to clean the air.

A 297-acre property in rural northern Colombia will become the first and only reserve for the conservation of the Dahl’s toad-headed turtle.

How did honey go from being the world's most important food to an undervalued afterthought?

Welcome to your dystopian nightmare installment #4692.

Make your garden attractive to bees by planting specific plants, but be sure they're organic and indigenous to your region.

Did you know honey has its own sound? Using honey and other tools, this bee enthusiast wants to raise awareness about bee colony collapse disorder through music.

While not banning the killer pesticides altogether, the new measure will at least hopefully help the beleaguered pollinators.

A new campaign is seeking to turn the city into a pollinator's playground by planting a wildflower for every resident.

Our photo of the day is a study in happy yellow.

Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used insecticides, will be banned for use in fields within six months.

A new scientific study could save a whole lot of elephants.

It's time to rethink how we dress for work.

"Make no small plans." It's time to stop building bits and start building big.

But not so fast, says the Mayor.

The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?

From coastal getaways to desert hotspots, these retreats sooth the body and soul.