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Small city apartment maximized with clever cabinets & folding furniture (Video)

A small apartment is made to feel larger with custom cabinetry and more.




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Industrial warehouse converted into open workplace with no private offices

An old warehouse is transformed into a three-level open office with lots of shared spaces for a tech company in Vancouver.




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British engineer builds a house with (almost) no heating

Max Fordham's house is "simple and practical" and mostly all natural.




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Wave Power to Prove Its Mettle with 30 Megawatts to be Built Off Mexico's Coast

Wave power is the oft-forgotten cousin of solar and wind power. It has huge potential, but it is not quite as far along as the better known sources of clean power, so it tends to be overlooked.




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NASA wants YOU to come up with the best wave energy technology

The agency is offering up open source modeling software to scientists, engineers and garage inventors too.




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Prefab off-grid cabin opens up with pulley-operated windows

This compact shelter is a place for a family to spend their summers in the middle of nature.




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6 Animals With More Social Media Fans, Friends, and Followers Than You

Who says you have to be human to be a popular user on Facebook and Twitter? These six animals have more friends, fans, and followers than most people.




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Sweden opens road with slot-car style rail for electric vehicles (Video)

Now that's an infrastructure project!




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Undulating Root Bench is designed with computer algorithms

Emerging out of a park in Seoul, South Korea, this dynamic piece of urban furniture offers a place to sit, walk and play.




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Lego plans to make their iconic plastic blocks … without plastic

The company will spend $1 billion and employ a team of 100 to find a sustainable alternative.




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Kids can 'drive' their parent with a helmet that honks, vibrates and flashes

Because the world needs yet more redundant, hard-to-recycle, battery-powered plastic toys whose novelty will wear off quickly.




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5 ways to make fruit cobbler without an oven

It's win-win: you don't heat up the kitchen and you still get the best dessert ever.




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How to get started with car camping

It's a great way to spend time outside and travel for cheap.




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Swedish study finds that living in a house with vinyl floors increases levels of phthalates in pregnant women

We previously reported that phthalates were linked to miscarriages. Now we know they are linked to flooring.




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Key West to ban sunscreen with coral-harming chemicals

The Florida legislation will go into effect in 2021 in an effort to protect the world’s third-largest barrier reef ecosystem.




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Popular e-cigarettes tainted with toxic bacteria and fungus

If the harmful chemicals weren't bad enough, new research finds that many e-cigarettes also include unhealthy biological contaminants.




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Easy pumpkin pie squares with candied ginger [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

These delicious dessert squares skip the crust and the refined sugar. They're quick and easy to make for lightly sweet snacks during fall and winter.




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Is LEED Breaking Up with FSC-Certified Wood?

After a long-lasting and loving monogamous relationship between the US Green Building Council and the Forest Stewardship Council, it seems the USGBC is considering, not a break up, but definitely thinking




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What's wrong with my tomato plant? We have the answer

Here are 4 common problems with tomatoes during the summer – and tips for how to fix them.




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Lexus to go hi-viz, encrusting car with 41,999 programmable LEDs

It makes perfect sense to make cars easier to see, night and day




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Toyota will advertise its hydrogen fuel cell sedan with smog-reducing billboards

In a bid to highlight the clean air advantage of the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, the company is putting up pollution-scrubbing billboards.




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The problem with eco-labels on food

And why 'ethical' grocery shopping isn't going to save the world.




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Handmade Toys And Clothing: Threatened With Extinction Under US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), as passed by the US Congress in August, 2008, inadvertently threatens to take many handmade toys and children's clothing items off the market. According to the




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Eco Reminders; Wall Stickers with a Poetic Message Help You Get Rid of Bad Habits (Photos)

Stickers can be fun, but how eco-friendly is this new craze for decorating walls? We have found two brands that claim their vinyls to be eco-chic, and some even come with decorative eco-reminders; very clever! Hu2 in the UK has just




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On Parentables: Christine the Chemist Explains The Problems With PVC And Vinyl

Should the stuff be kept away from kids? The American Public Health Association thinks so.




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Carry your house on your back with Steven M. Johnson's Parka Place

In which Steven shows once again how far ahead of the pack he was.




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Carry your cutlery on your face with the Goggle Cups

Steven M. Johnson's great idea for ultralight camping combines your dinnerware with your goggles.




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Take your laundry to the spin class with the Bike Washing Machine

This gives the "spin cycle" a whole new meaning.




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From Designboom: a house built with a living wall of planters

This long, deep house has a wonderful low tech vertical garden that anyone could maintain.




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Terraced 'agritecture' house combines architecture with urban agriculture

Referencing traditional terraced agriculture, this modern house with terraces has an integrated rainwater collection and irrigation system that would allow it to grow greenery.




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Second Forest House is an elevated treehouse with a lighter impact

Built with a lighter impact in mind, this small mountain retreat is nestled among the trees in Vietnam.




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Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession

Cities and towns with good public-transit options offer more convenience for residents and are, of course, more environmentally friendly places to live. Now it




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Geysers Explode With Energy and Life

When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice. Yet everyday, around the planet, smaller displays of geothermal force take place. Sometimes, it's f




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Geysers Explode With Energy and Life (Slideshow)

When huge volcanoes erupt, sending ash miles into the atmosphere and shutting down air travel for entire continents, the world can't help but take notice.




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7 Cities with Great Green Projects Others Should Imitate

Cities can be hot-spots of pollution, with thousands or millions of people, cars, pets, industries, and more contributing to global warming. But they can also be centers of innovation, as bright ideas, available funding, and




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Will you take plastic with your tea?

People are often surprised to learn that tea bags contain up to 25% plastic, which raises concerns about health and environmental implications. Good news is, there's a better way to make the perfect cuppa.




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Tea Fertilized with Panda Poop Will Cost $36,000 Per Pound and (Maybe) Prevent Cancer

A new tea set to become the world's most expensive is being fertilized with panda feces, and is touted as having cancer-preventing properties.




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The Pretty Good House 2.0 is a pretty good building standard (now with embodied carbon!)

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.




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How to clean white sneakers without bleach

This all-natural DIY solution to dirty kicks went viral on Twitter ... for good reason!




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How to get soft, fluffy towels without fabric softener

Because sometimes it's the little things...




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Supreme Court disagrees with EPA's process in mercury regulations

A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate for any major regulation -- but at what point in the process?




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Court sides with the bees, overturns EPA approval of a pesticide

Appeals court calls EPA approval of bee-threatening sulfoxaflor “based on flawed and limited data.”




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Philippe Starck reinvents the wood burning stove with the SPEETBOX

And they even claim it's green.




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This year, America should turn out the lights in solidarity with Earth Hour, the climate and reality.

This year of all years, we should stand up and fight the climate change trolls.




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EPA proceeding with implementation of safer chemicals act

The bipartisan legislation signed into law by Obama in June 2016 is surviving under the new administration, but it needs your help to thrive




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EPA proposes change to cost benefit analysis with major potential to reduce regulation

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation




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You can prevent forest fires with the Birdhouse Alarm

It has a solar powered smoke alarm, GPS and is standing on guard, ready to phone it in.




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Interview with Leila Conners Petersen: co-director of The 11th Hour

I had the chance to meet Leila Conners Petersen, the co-founder and president of Tree Media Group. Leila, along with Nadia Conners, co-directed the soon-to-be-released documentary The 11th Hour which is narrated Leonardo DiCaprio. The 11th Hour




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Start a Sea Change This Weekend with the Ocean Conservancy

No plans this weekend? Why not Start a Sea Change? Planet Green’s non-profit partner, the Ocean Conservancy, hosts their 23rd annual International Coastal Cleanup




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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes

When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing