Here are 10 places with a reputation for bountiful breezes ... and, sometimes, winds that are a lot stronger than that.

Sand is becoming a rare commodity. That's because it's the most commonly extracted resource worldwide; more than oil, more than gold. 

More than 7,000 cities in 172 countries are expected to take part in the one-hour event on Saturday.

An international design competition hopes to bring energy-efficient housing and more to Tristan da Cunha.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.

At a reservoir outside of Tokyo, water and electricity do indeed mix.

You might be familiar with floating wind turbines, but what about floating solar panels?

China has now given a face to its aggressive renewable energy goals — and man, is that face adorable. (It's a panda.)

Following a protracted court battle, Six Flags Great Adventure is set to become the world's first theme park that's fully powered by the sun.

British tech startup Seawater Greenhouse makes the impossible feat of growing crops in arid regions possible with the help of plenty of sunshine and saltwater.

A regular marathon will sound like an easy warm-up compared to these crazy yet compelling endurance races.

Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year.

Outdoor air pollution has now been classified as 'carcinogenic to humans' by the United Nations.

Air pollution exposure contributes to one in eight deaths around the globe, according to WHO estimates.

A new study by WHO finds that air pollution has worsened since 2011, signaling increased health risks for city dwellers.

Chilean soccer fans are urged do the unthinkable and kindly step away from their grills due to worsening air quality levels in Santiago.

Re-wilding nature is always controversial, as evidenced by the conflicting views in North Carolina over the reintroduction of the red wolf.

Some of these massive beasts are familiar in form but enormous in size, while others are strange hybrids of modern-day animals.

This is the first photograph ever taken of the bizarre and mysterious species, Thismia neptunis.

Different countries have different dining customs. Do you know how to avoid being offensive at the dinner table, no matter where that table is?

Answer 20 questions to get your resiliency score -- and find out how self and community-sufficient you are.

Music for Relief, a charitable network of music greats, wants to help light up the darkest homes in Africa though the Power the World campaign. The goal: Lift m

Organic supermarket chain EkoPlaza teams with an anti-plastic waste group to launch a supermarket aisle liberated from plastic packaging.

This weekend will feature several overlapping events meant to combat a growing plague of garbage around the world.

Soil is drying up all over the world, Google is dropping big bucks building a wind power transmission line, and a spider and centipede battle it out.

A scientific team from South Korea has just created the first bendable lithium ion battery.

Today's technology allows us to look deep into what was previously invisible, revolutionizing our understanding of microorganisms.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added 19 new locations to its list of World Heritage Sites and expanded the boundaries of another one.

Few natural wonders encapsulate the sublimity, power and impermanence of the wild better than roaring waterfalls.

Pando, the world's largest-known organism, is dying. But there might still be time to save this wonder of nature.

The United Nation's World Water Day is a perfect time to remember how precious little fresh water we have, and how to keep it safe.

Thailand's wet and wild Songkran festival comes during the country's worst drought in decades.

Freshwater supplies are dwindling as populations grow, but these companies are helping us use water more wisely.

Our landlocked water is drying up, and the oceans are rising.

I know I’m not the only one who finds comfort in writing things down.

The World1 computer program at MIT considered a range of factors and predicted the world might collapse in 2040. So far, it has been right.

Enjoy a fair trade breakfast, join a fair trade event near you, and take advantage of fair trade discounts for World Fair Trade Day.

To'ak Chocolate is fair trade, USDA organic-certified and exclusively sourced from rare cacao beans found in Ecuador.

Give a boost to your local economy while supporting clean water access around the world. All you have to do is eat out — and drink tap water — at a restaura

A Minneapolis restaurant delivers Planet Saving Pizza in electric cars.

FarmedHere, a new 90,000-square-foot indoor farm, just opened in the suburbs of Chicago and is now the largest facility of its kind in the world.

The super-fast "Hyperloop" travel concept is just the latest in a series of big, bold dreams by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.

From fly fishing to deep sea fishing to surf fishing and more, here are different styles of fishing from around the world.

Soft-spoken and unassuming, this speaker, teacher, and author might not seem like a rabble-rouser or revolutionary.

Each socially-conscious Jewish teenager receives $36,000 for further public service work or education.

The Pollination Project offers small grants to social-change startups — with big results.

Cane toads have been introduced to many parts of the world with the intention of using them as natural pest control.

The marbled crayfish didn't exist until the 1990s thanks to a mutation. Now, it's basically a self-replicating invasive species.

The 27-mile long electrified fence in Australia creates a predator-free area of almost 23,200 acres.