It's not a competition but... here are some of the loveliest things at the London Design Festival

It's one of the few areas where people buying a home have a lot of choices. Here's a Pecha Kucha look at how to make the right one.

When 16-year-old Sam Allen realized his devotion to fashion and the fight against global warming could potentially work wonders together he enlisted the help of a few friends and set out to create a line of clothing that would make a difference… Enter

Having grown up in Connecticut’s ‘burbs, I know just how difficult it can be trying to live green there when the nearest grocery market can be a 25 minute drive away. My observations of one of the state’s wealthiest parts (Fairfield County) have felt

Images courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk That's '9' followed by 20 zeroes The probability of a lobster being born with a blue shell is about 1 in a million. For a calico or pumpkin-orange colored lobster, the odds are in the excess of 1 in 30

This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.

We spend 90 percent of our time indoors. We should worry more about what we are breathing there.

A new study finds that ultra-fine particles increase the risk of brain cancer.

Using a non-chemical process based on traditional techniques, these furniture pieces are created with fish skins that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Have the leaves started to change yet where you are? Autumn is just around the corner, and the annual burst of color is about to begin!

Zipcar has made car sharing cool, but it doesn't always need a fancy business model. Sometimes you can just share with your neighbor.

It talks a lot about cycling, but notes that we don't do nearly enough about walking.

A new 'eco tax' will raise money for less polluting modes of transportation.

A British campaign is asking people to pledge not to fly for a year. Good luck trying that in North America.

It makes sense in Europe. Too bad North Americans have so few alternatives.

The number of people flying between German cities has dropped 12 percent.

Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.

All this talk of "bad hombres" got you down? Here's an antidote.

Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.

A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.

In the fight against one of the honey bee’s nemesis, the varroa mite, scientists have found an ally in a widely-distributed mushroom.

It brings together all of my favorite things – food, friends, travel, and biking, of course.

And the air outside in urban London is pretty awful.

What's the best approach for dealing with this?

There's an "epidemic" of unused vacation days in the United States. This startup wants participating companies' employees to trade them in for plan contributions, or booking flights and hotel accommodations.

A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money.

For everything from stained sinks and burnt pots to baked-on grime, this simple 3-ingredient formula is eco-friendly, zero-waste, and actually works.

Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning.

This elegantly designed small space presents yet another solution for the bed: lifting it up to the ceiling and out of the way.

The WindPax wind generator fits neatly into a backpack for hiking or can be used in the backyard too.

Lightweight, collapsible, and quick to deploy, this little wind generator might be a viable off-grid portable power source in places where solar isn't appropriate.

These 6 initiatives can build community, combat loneliness, and stretch resources.

We may be killing them at an abysmal rate, but these smart and social creatures seem to have a plan.

Purr, snuggle, awww, repeat.

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

If you gotta go, you should have a clean private environmentally friendly place to go.

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy "Bat Tower" being built to draw the pest-fighting pollinators to the area.

Brazil's economy is growing fast, and it is expected to need an increase of 50% in power generation capacity over the next decade.

Once again, one has to parse the data to get the real story.

We also have to start retiring what we already have and replacing it with cleaner power plants, furnaces and vehicles. Now.

It's Crazytown in Des Moines as Republicans fight Soviet style collectivism, AKA sustainable development

We learn that Agenda 21 is part of a much larger Mainstream Media plot to hide the UN takeover of the American government.

The War on Cars pitch wins conservative votes across North America.

Is this the thin edge of a much bigger wedge?

Why can't we all just get along? New campaign humanizes cyclists.

The new digital billboards taking over our cities bring a whole new set of problems. That's why we need these orgs.

Celebrate Earth Hour Saturday night at 8:30 and start a movement to end this visual assault.