A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers.

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

A debate between a child and teacher reveals all that's wrong with our education system today.

The Glowing, Glowing, Gone is a brightly somber campaign calling for urgent action against climate change.

The film director believes that ocean exploration could help us to prepare better for climate catastrophes.

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

There was a time when family heirlooms were cherished, but now minimalism is valued more.

These old, thick cable ropes have done their job: now it's time to reuse them in a beautiful way.

They are sized between the tiny Manhattan "design studio" and their standard big boxes.

A writer argues that glitzy new plant-based technology distracts from the bigger issue of animal welfare.

We’ve reported on Transition City Bristol before, one of the first city-wide Transition Town initiatives [Disclaimer: This author has good friends involved in the project, but we’d be writing about it even if we didn’t]. It looks like things are

Deep from the innards of the TreeHugger test kitchen (ok, there's no TH test kitchen, just the hordes of us hungry bloggers trying to keep both budget and taste buds happy) emerges a new, quick, and decidedly healthy everyday

Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.

Cornell study finds that when people have easy access to food shops, they discard less at home.

This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.

This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.

This rustic, modern tiny home features lots of smart space-saving ideas, plus a self-built bed that can lift up and down automatically.

You'll be shocked to learn what goes on behind the scenes at grocery stores – and relieved to know there's a much better alternative.

A gentle reminder to never, ever, Free Willy your goldfish.

Researchers have identified many of the gestures that dogs use to get humans to do their bidding.

Scott Z. Burns explains why the villain of his blockbuster film is an anti-science blogger, while the heroes are government officials.

Two ships of shark fin poachers have been stopped in the past two weeks, influenced by renewed government focus on the issue due to Paul Watson's case in Germany.

I went to Costa Rica for surf camp at the world's most sustainable surf school – it was amazing.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

Lace is back! A while ago Lloyd wrote about the California-based Eurolaces, believed to be the first company to offer 100% certified machine-made macramé style organic cotton lace trim for apparel or curtains. Now lace has become a theme amongst the

A Brooklyn-based design studio turns to digital animation to generate the patterns for these striking rugs made out of recycled carpet pieces.

The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.

New York City water doesn't need to be filtered and citizens have already paid for it, that's what.

The agency tried to suppress a major toxicology report on perfluoroalkyl chemicals, but now it's been quietly released online -- with alarming conclusions.

Despite their endless commuting, ants don't have traffic jams, regardless of the width of their path.

In this beautiful renovation of a 1927 apartment, the architects created a moving structure that holds the owners large book collection while temporary dividing the living space.

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.

Showing other cities around the world how it's done.

"'If you give people more places to hide, more naughty things will be done"

An article in the latest issue of the journal Current Science raises serious questions about the long-term viability of genetically-modified Bt cotton to actually do what it's intended to do, increase pest resistance.

Though cotton yields initially doubled when GM cotton began being planted a decade ago, in the past six years yields have failed to increase even though planting has markedly increased.

Once again Milan Design Week is here, and like most years, it is the small independent events that grab our attention. Like the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, that

Scientists find signs that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics.

From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes.

Half of antibiotics prescribed by primary-care doctors are done so inappropriately and are fueling the emergence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

Why a water crisis in Atlanta now? The cause is not climate alone, as Lloyd's post of today points out. Runaway growth - Georgia is the fastest growing US state east of the Rocky Mountains - and a seeming refusal to plan for the future seem to have

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

With TeeVee news cameras focused exclusively on the California and Mexico wildfires, the thirsty and parched on the other coast are not going to be forgotten by us. The East Coast and Southeast US drought problems and their potential solutions are

US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

In honor of World Wetlands Day, we’re turning our gaze towards the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands—and one that’s seriously threatened.

It's having a negative effect on the fishing industry, he claims.