The small device is perfect for tiny homes or those wanting a convenient, yet electricity-free option.

Forget plugging in your phone to charge, soon the battery could stay topped off from swipes and typing.

Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.

A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.

Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.

Thousands of abandoned flipflops turn up on African shores--Ocean Sole recycles them into something good.

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.

It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. It plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop.

On Monday (Sunday locally), Japan switched off the last of its operating nuclear reactors and became 100% nuclear-free.

Most of us alive today owe a debt to those who avoided nuclear war in years past, and sadly, there were many occasions when that was necessary.

Tons of jellyfish clog a water intake pipe at the Oskarshamn power plant in Sweden, forcing operators to shut down the reactor.

In China, wind power is leaving nuclear behind. Electricity output from China’s wind farms exceeded that from its nuclear plants for the first time in 2012, by a narrow margin. Then in 2013, wind pulled away—outdoing nuclear by 22 percent.

Nuclear power is so controversial; an engineer working on the Bruce Nuclear plant gives his point of view.

MIT design cuts fusion reactor down to a size that would be more cost effective and could be built in five years

It's a job even too tough for robots.

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?

Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

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The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear.

He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.

The material could also one day charge our devices.

The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it.

As a result of half a century of planning, Copenhagen has achieved a fabulous cycling goal - during the morning rush hour more bikes and mopeds pound the inner city streets than personal cars and buses. Just a bit more than a third of inhabitants get

We've written about e-paper here and while the idea seems nifty, it's hard not to think that improving online readers might be the best option rather than adding another electronic gadget to the overladen waste stream. But in a new study from the

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The

Sarah and I have spent the better

Leaving Boras takes us past a

We are at the end of our LostGen2 quest for the world's best city

Can't we all stop fencing for political position and start talking about using the overwhelming amount of data to solve problems?

The SolPad Mobile device offers a scaled-up solar charging and battery solution for both home and off-grid applications.

These ultra-thin solar charging devices use amorphous silicon technology, which is said to be effective even in shady or lower-light conditions.

Do not mail them to the President.

Sunslice is a small folding solar charger that can fit into a pocket, while still producing enough electricity to compete with much larger offerings.

Report accuses wood burners of being naively careless when they should be worried

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.

Fiji, probably the least favorite in an already disliked industry, is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging the company has profited from greenwashing. Specifically, from greenwashing claims that its products are

Don't take your morning cup of coffee for granted. It may not be around in a few decades, according to a new report.

A group called Remake wants fast fashion to fall out of fashion, by revealing underprivileged garment workers to the world.

Knowing how many hours go into every shirt or pair of jeans should influence shoppers' opinion of the price tag.

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,

Fresh demonstrations have broken out in Iran, where protesters who took to the streets last weekend in the country's northwestern provinces to demand protection for a dying lake were harshly

In tribute to the region's salt lake, the architects of this unique restaurant used salt as an eco-friendly building material.