Each month presents a new culinary challenge. Submit an entry and you could win a trip to Spain.

SAOLA is a new French brand making slick sneakers from recycled material and algae foam.

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's

It changed my life but I can also recommend some changes

This small space spread over two levels in Paris gets a minimalist and functional makeover.

Mayon is the largest of the Philippines' 22 active volcanoes, at 8,070 feet. The plumes of smoke and flows of lava make it seem like it is already erupting, yet scientists say the big fireworks could be still to come, and more than 40,000 people have

UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff.

Several years ago, this established cooperative in Honduras decided to pursue Rainforest Alliance certification for its palm oil. Find out what it looks like today.

Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.

With its embrace of wild swimming, foraging, and stargazing, this cultural trend is spot-on for the modern world.

The latest product from One Earth Designs weighs just 10 pounds and packs down into a small carrying bag, but still delivers high performance fuel-free cooking.

The GoSun Fusion probably won’t save the world, but the design thinking behind it might.

It's counterintuitive, but this prefab panel system from Messana makes a lot of sense.

Turn down the thermostat, crack a window, and ditch the blankets for some science-backed health benefits.

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.

Do the green thing and resist reaching for the thermostat.

This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony?

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

Vegans will love this cookbook that has grown out of a popular Indian food blog. Now it's possible to enjoy classics like tofu-paneer in spinach and chicken-free balti.

Using traditional techniques and materials, this design adapts the age-old idea of evaporative cooling to create a low-energy, alternative air conditioner.

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

Packed with smart advice, this downloadable PDF is full of delicious recipes that can save you money and hassle.

It's the fastest (and most fun) way to fill your house with a variety of delicious baked goods.

UC Berkeley’s new robot is the most vertically agile robot ever built – why is it so unnerving?

They are still banned in Manhattan where they would be most useful. Why not ban parked cars instead?

Micromobility can solve the last mile problem and reduce carbon emissions.

It's basic math. Sure, e-scooter injuries are way up. But let's keep it in perspective and look at what the real problem is.

Michael Pollan's first food rule is simple: Eat Food, which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or "highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients derived from

In an interview with Democracy Now!, Michael Pollan says taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step to help make our food system more sustainable.

Michael Pollan's latest book is a wonderful exploration of how cooking connects us all, socially and ecologically.

The dog days of summer are right around the corner and homeowners are looking for ways to

When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary

Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last few years, steadily gaining acceptance as a practical and sustainable form of transportation. This is especially true in cities, where most trips are short and space is at a premium.

Much of the world eats the same thing every day. Why are we so preoccupied with variety?

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.

Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine

We will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic.

Solar control, security, privacy and ventilation, all in one clever device – why don't more buildings still have shutters?

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and

School is a testing ground for the way we perform later in life. It can mold us into fine upstanding members of society, or not. While environmental responsibility isn't something we have to learn early in life, it certainly makes

Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.

Simmer like a crock pot and bake like an oven, using the clean energy of sunlight.

The Lonna Sauna, designed by OOPEAA, warms my heart.

Love chocolate? Help protect endangered cacao trees and the livelihoods of the Asháninka people.

It's the practical sequel to 'The Reducetarian Solution,' striving to get more people eating fewer animal products.

These books get down to the bare-bones of home cooking.