Inspired by arthropods, this minimalist all-wood home features a spacious-feeling interior and energy-efficient, passive heating and cooling strategies.

Although somewhat symbolic, the new legislation coincides with the 2040 end of gas and diesel vehicle sales.

They'll also be investing in alternative powertrains and other ways to directly reduce emissions.

People are finally beginning to take this issue seriously.

Enough with the negativity. Let's talk about why this spooky celebration rocks.

Whether it's for emotional or financial reasons, more people are rejecting consumerism by refusing to shop unnecessarily.

Here is a clever new design that unfurls with a flourish and retracts with a simple pull of a string.

Remember pallets? Remember infographics? We have both in one post!

Designed with the ultra-minimalist office in mind, this all-wood desk has a lot of concealed places to stash your clutter.

Here's what happens when kind humans and open-armed owls encounter an orphaned owlet.

Fruits and vegetables last all winter with jams, fruit butter, marmalades, and pickled vegetables from new cookbook Home Canning by Janet Cooper.

No one loves an apple more than a schoolteacher, but even they could learn a thing or two about the best way to eat it.

It is a modern plug-in city that is organic in more ways than one.

There are 17 atriums that need to be filled with creative uses.

Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects win design competition.

This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.

Now confirmed, the legendary boiling river deep in the Amazon was long considered an impossibility due to its distance from active volcanoes.

Mangroves are a special ecosystem. Found all over the world, they thrive in the in-between zones of land and sea, and act as nurseries for a vast variety of animals, grocery stores for humans, a buffer between homes

The planet is facing some major problems. Just how much impact can a single person's actions have?

A new study says it is, and we speak to one of the authors.

Don’t let that aloof insouciance fool you, scientists have found that cats prefer human social interaction over everything else, even food!

Has the Costa Rica Foreign Minister really just suggested that the Sea Shepherd founder might voluntarily go to Costa Rica to face trial?

When you create a law to regulate something, there's always the danger that people will drive a truck through the loopholes, adhering to the letter of the law but not its spirit.

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

He makes the case that it is better to have magnificent public parks than big private backyards.

Actors Emma Thompson and Michelle Thrush are traveling with their daughters to the North Pole, as part of an Greenpeace campaign to create an international sanctuary in the Arctic.

More good news for the Arctic as the Obama administration pushes off further offshore drilling in Alaska.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

In 40 days over the summer, the coast had retreated by 14.5 meters, sometimes more than a meter a day.

Besides the usual hidden storage and mirrors to enlarge the space, this redesigned layout includes a slight rotation to improve circulation.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.

Blank city walls are huge canvases for this artist transforming our perception of ordinary buildings.

The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.

This week The Man with A Spear in His Chest, founder of Interface Ray Anderson, held a press conference to mark a milestone in his company's journey up "Mount Sustainability". They are making excellent progress towards their target of zero

Martín Azúa's latest rug design is made from esparto soles from the traditional spanish espadrilles. It will be used in Camper's shoe stores.

The building is handsome and sexy, just like Bjarke. But this is Calgary, and you need a warm jacket in winter.

This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some big changes in the oil sands and pipeline debates.

The easiest way to mix up an outfit is with accessories. Fortunately, Daily Candy recently highlighted 8 green fashion handbags for spring 2010. From vintage handbags with a hand-painted twist to multifunctional back-packs with

If your cold-weather wardrobe needs replenishing, we’ve got a few sustainable suggestions.

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Interest in rocket stoves is growing, and with good reason, as they're fast, efficient, and cleaner-burning than most other options. Here's a small affordable model for camping or emergency preparedness.

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.