The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants?

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.

Welcome to my personal dairy dilemma and the weird, convoluted thoughts that keep me up at night.

I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

But maybe he should.

Leggings are a wardrobe staple for many, whether we’re keeping our legs warm in the winter or staying comfy at yoga all year long.

Last year before Greenbuild in Chicago, one of America's best architecture critics, Blair Kamin, wrote the introduction to Chicago for GreenSource Magazine. So I was pretty nervous when I was asked to write this year's introduction to Toronto; That is

The buildup is over; Greenbuild has opened in Toronto. I will be heading out to tweet and report from the Convention Centre for the next three days, and round up my buildup posts herein.

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

The CEO of the USGBC brings it on and fights back against the Plastic People their poodles in Congress

It's going for every label from LEED to Living Building Challenge

It's the Oscars of green building products chosen by the experts, in the runup to Greenbuild.

LEED v4 is here.

It's the right thing to do in so many ways, as LivingHome, Make it Right, Cradle to Cradle and Hanley Wood build a comfy new home for the Lower Ninth

All kinds of interesting people were at Greenbuild.

It's a ritual; they pick the ten top products and I complain that they are not sexy. This year is different.

MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.

There were inspiring people and some neat new things at Greenbuild, and my biggest ever Best of Show.

It's like watching paint dry.

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Images courtesy of Quiet Hero. Quiet Hero, a San Diego based clothing company sprang onto the scene in 2007 and has not stopped running. Their tshirts are quickly gaining interest in boutiques across the US. With themes like "Art you can ride a tiger

So you hit a gnarly wave and end up on shore with your board in two pieces. Bummer dude. But your green side can't bear to just trash that board that's gotten you through some pretty wild rides. You could repair it yourself,

When life gives you abundant peaches, berries, and more, use them in every meal!

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

Though it was announced over two weeks ago, perhaps because of Exxon's backing of Synthetic Genomics, Dow Chemical's backing of Algenol Biofuels is getting a bit more play. Together they will develop a pilot-scale algae

ZH architects faced a lot of serious challenges here, and came up with innovative solutions.

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

"If you don't visit quiet, the quiet will disappear."

Our well-coiffed photo of the day comes from the rain forest of Ecuador.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

Hinduism is the oldest

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant

Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to

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

It's up to you to decide if you want to take the shortest route, the cleanest one, or the quietest one.

And a big part of the pitch is sustainability and comfort.

Big Auto is increasingly coming up against Big Tech.

What's next after the coal purge?

Lloyd Alter would be so proud.

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.