RIBA has announced that all its prizes will now be sustainable. We are going to need a counterpoint.

Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly endemic and vulnerable to extinction.

Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

A process that recycles cigarette butts into bricks for construction could kick a nasty littering habit.

Forget everything you've heard about how to clean mushrooms.

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry.

A key industry association is working to keep warming to "well below" two degrees.

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

Companies and manufacturers are creating custom solutions for their difficult-to-recycle waste

Industry coalitions working with municipal recycling can work, but only in two circumstances

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

How many of these common items have you placed in your blue bin?

An item as ubiquitous as coffee has varying degrees of sustainability. Being aware of these can help us make better choices.

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

'Coral Garden' is a handcrafted installation that's inspired by the world's threatened coral reefs, and made with upcycled materials.

Using various vintage fabrics, many with a story behind them, this artist portrays ordinary people and historical figures with an artful eye.

Gorgeous, soft and looking like a living UFO, this enormous work of textile art is brightening up one Paris institution.

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

Do we have the political will to do what has to be done? Simon Kuper doesn't think so. I do.

"Give the future, not presents."

The top 10 percent consumes 20 times more energy than the bottom 10 percent.

Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes"

You probably already have most of the stuff you need.

Don't read this if you are in a bad mood. Or a good mood, really.

If you're going to go for it, you may as well REALLY go for it.

We blame ourselves for not recycling more plastics, and yet our efforts are like "hammering a nail to halt a falling skyscraper." It's time we got to the root of the problem.

The online-only financial institution will provide low cost loans for solar, electric cars and even electric-assist bicycles.

This is the first-known attempt of a commercial company to undertake a physical clean-up of trash from open waters.

All 400 vehicles will be emission-free by 2030.

With a renewed partnership between the fashion label and resale consigner The RealReal, McCartney is coaxing consumers into a circular economy.

The hotel company plans to recycle old soap into 1 million new bars for Global Handwashing Day.

It is reflective and glows in the dark, perfect for "enhanced safety in traffic" -- and the dance floor.

Appliances have labels for energy efficiency, so why not food?

The U.S.’s top nutritional panel has recommended that Americans eat less meat, both for their health and to help protect the planet.

Researchers studying fossil clams in Florida believe they found the souvenirs of an ancient meteorite.

There is a spectacular nature show happening above, all you have to do is look up.

We talk a lot about the devastation of a warming planet, but what if things went the other way? A new study confirms the worst.

The answer may surprise you.

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