The big light bulb manufacturers get what they want out of the DOE and the President. We should all stop buying anything from them.

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

Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots

Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.

Deforestation has revealed the large geometrical geoglyphs built over 2000 years ago – their discovery holds valuable lessons for today.

How small is too small?

A lack of space becomes something more roomy with some simple design strategies.

This new loft adds extra space and an extra bedroom in an urban apartment in Brazil.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

In 2009, architects Franck Deboute and Karine Montagnon decided to build their dream home and office. The site: the Pointe du Raz, hanging out over the Atlantic Ocean, in Brittany, France. The

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.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

A hopeful report by Greenpeace envisions a future where supermarkets have gotten rid of superfluous waste.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

Some question if it is even possible.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Concrete Week at the Guardian produces some hard truths.

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.

A new plug-in diagnostic tool could mean better healthcare around the world.

A fail-safe filter that delivers water easily with a sip or a squeeze could save lives in places where water-borne illnesses thrive, but look for it first as a trendy gym accessory.

The batteries could provide back-up power for small solar power systems.

No more shopping blindly. It's time to question your whole approach to holiday gifts.

This artist mixes and matches up jigsaw puzzle pieces from different vintage puzzles to create mind-bending collages.

If you happen upon some life-size willow creatures in the woods, you can thank Anna & The Willow.

These delicate works of art are made out of current and vintage newspaper broadsheets, and prompt us to look beyond the daily news cycle.

These fascinating works explore how folding might push the frontiers of flexible photovoltaics, self-assembling materials and nano-forms.

Atmospheric glazes of color and hand-shaped clay leaves and tree trunks adorn these beautiful ceramic pieces.

Influenced by realism and mythology, these impressive works impart a sense of wonder about the natural world.

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

Sometimes you just need a bit of solitude and nature to get a project done.

Austria's Wörthersee football stadium is now thriving with life in an installation that is as beautiful as it is chilling.

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.

They're using the Flashfood app to give customers steep discounts and divert food from landfill.

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

This stair does it all: it's a connector, a partition, a bench, a counter and a concealer of clutter.

Part treasure hunt, part real-life Pokémon Go, the hidden giants (which are made entirely of scrap wood) can be found by treasure map or riddle poems.

When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.

My search for the perfect water bottle is over thanks to the beautiful, drinker-friendly, ocean-loving, coral-planting NAECO Bottle.

The Amazon rainforest doesn't need prayers, it needs protectors.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

Last week, we revealed the winner for our Participate! contest, Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt Project. This week, we are profiling two more great entries, the Participate! runners-up. Yesterday, we showed you easy to assemble, 100 percent recycled plastic

With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the

Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not

In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border