Combining touch, sound and a psychedelic array of programmed LEDs, this installation brings the people to the plants.

There will be indignation, but this is the result of one of the most successful transformations of a market in our lifetime.

And why LEDs are different than other ways of improving energy efficiency- we keep finding new ways to waste energy.

Many cities have transitioned to LED street lighting, but researchers think algae may be the illumination of the future.

Design firm Castor once again gives new life to old dead things.

There is a lot of buzz about it, but what you really want is a window.

Circadian rhythm lighting products won't fix body clock problems.

The only downside, of course, is that your self-lit holiday centerpiece actually would be a Frankenstein tree.

An old basement is transformed into a beautiful new shared multipurpose space for working, learning and leisure.

According to CNN, a 66 year-old man was beaten to death on his front lawn by his 36 year-old neighbor for watering it yesterday in Sydney, Australia. Apparently, the pair started arguing over his water usage, and the victim sprayed his neighbor with

The world’s largest permanent interactive light installation has been installed in Sydney's recently revitalized Darling Quarter.

A trio of awesome fish bikes made a rousing debut at this arts festival in Australia.

You can't blame them for trying: With the White House set to change hands in less than a year's time - likely bringing on board a more eco-friendly administration - industry groups have been pressing the EPA to squelch stricter air-quality standards

Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of

There's been lots of back and forth in the past year on biochar, ranging from research showing it has huge potential for absorbing carbon emissions on one side, to uncertainty about its potential, to outright

One of the more invasive geoengineering methods that's been proposed to avert global warming is spraying clouds with seawater to whiten them, reflecting solar radiation. New research presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting urges caution

We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic

Clarence Eckerson Jr's latest video has lessons that can be applied everywhere.

High rents in the city prompted this young woman to look for an alternative -- in a van conversion.

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called upon heads of state to make “bold” announcements at today’s Climate Summit.

1) In a popular topic we've visited several times, Forums user moseph is "wondering, big or small, what is

Fashion designer and Planet Green contributor Cree McCree has found a source for pelts to use in her fashions that is arguably one of the most sustainable - nutria, a large invasive rodent. The animals are killed by hunters and

For most people, there's something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road--but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion show,

A new report from the UK government calls on retailers to do a better job at identifying what they're selling.

A student at Wake Forest University is testing wave energy technology for capturing the power in pool laps.

The city is getting bike lanes and light rail transit, and their new apparatuses are chosen to better fit the streetscape.

Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth

Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.

Woops.

It may be old, dirty and coal powered now, but it was once a vision of a brighter future, was a giant stimulus project and helped win WWII.

Normally you can't have it both ways, unless you have a member of congress in your pocket.

Affordable housing doesn't have to look cheap, and LEED Platinum doesn't mean it has to cost a fortune.

It was actually introduced to save fuel, but there have been unintended consequences.

A fisherman who had criticized illegal fishing practices loses an eye in an armed attack as diminishing fish stocks and increased debts create a volatile atmosphere.

Solar-powered buoy design seeks to reduce costs for fishermen and the risk of kerosene spills on Lake Victoria.

"This is not concrete, this is nature!"

You never know what climate you may end up in...

You can see these magnificent photo portraits of Londoners on a wall or on the web.

We've brought MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter's most-excellent speech at TED 2006 to your attention before, but she's so amazing and inspiring we had to stick the video in front of you (again). Watch this formidable force of nature in action.

They are already doing this in Sweden.

Our dreamy photo of the day comes from Bohuslän, Sweden.

Just because summer vacation is over doesn't mean you have to stop having fun.

Another very good reason to get fossil fuel powered cars out of our cities.

Scientists find that tumors hold information like a 'black box' pointing to the specific cause of disease.

The chemical is used in rockets and munitions. Priorities!

A new report finds reducing meat consumption is as important as tackling transportation emissions, but the politics are daunting.

Oh, the wonderful things that poo can do.

Cars kill thousands every day, wreck our cities, and spout CO2. What should we do about it?

We go through this ridiculous change for no good reason at all, yet it is unhealthy and dangerous.

The fight to "follow the money" heats up in as Washington prepares to vote on GMO labeling.