"Has the global food system been irrevocably hijacked?" One filmmaker asks and begins to answer this frightening question.

They look so cute on their polyurethane sofa, in front of the wall of vinyl windows and doors, in the stock shot from the Canadian vinyl industry. The Vinyl salesmen are also

Find out why one family found living on a renovated bus to be an appealing tiny-house-on-wheels alternative.

Ok, so this isn't a true green item. But, kudo's to my favorite eco-celeb, Leonardo DiCaprio for his consistent give-back spirit. Leo and Kate Winslet returned to their Titanic roots to help out the ship's one remaining

From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landf

This is a trend that should catch on everywhere -- just building what you need.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are being killed each day by poachers to meet the growing demand for ivory in Asia.

Jeff Bezos' purchase is just another step in the long march away from newsprint.

A new study finds altered neurological performance in children during peak pesticide spraying for the Mother's Day flower harvest.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

Sure, we'll be using oil for a while. But where, exactly, is demand growth going to come from?

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.

And a really nice solar decathlon winner.

There's more than one way to kill a duck curve.

It's good news... but we shouldn't be eating tuna at all.

Changes closer to home would be nice too.

But what will the handrail police say?

Lead? Aerobic bacteria? Misleading labels? Consumer Reports tested popular brands of the widely used supplements; here's what they found.

Removal of the 118-foot-high dam in France will free the Sélune River, bringing wildlife back to the waterway and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.

They want to build beacons into bikes. Will implants in pedestrians be next?

At Woodrise 2019, Katerra CEO Michael Marks wows the wood world.

The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal.

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.

It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go.

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.

The new rule is expected to save Americans $167 billion in energy costs.

That's right, in communities across the US, recycling bins are now being outfitted with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips. And if you don't recycle, they'll let you know that they know.Savannah, GA,

Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has

Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".

The harshest snowstorms along the Eastern Seaboard will remain as frequent in a warming world.

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.

Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels

Just a reminder to our UK-based readers that Transition City Bristol's Big Event, which we posted on last week, is coming up on Sunday. Billed by Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns concept, as "Possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate

Nicknaming plants. Now there's a good job to have. The invasive plant in this tale, called "cheatgrass," is being fought off by a native

Schoolchildren plant a forgotten apple tree in New York.

An Arctic explorer calls for 'party ships' to be kept out of this sensitive and remote part of the world.

It's a nice idea, but it needs a bit more rigor.

But what is the best criterion?

Paleontologists in Argentina have uncovered a supermassive dinosaur

Architectural rock star Bjarke Ingels lands in the Canadian oil capital

The US federal government announced a big bet on big data today. What is Big Data, what does the government have to do with it, and where could this lead?

Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

We just noted the rising popularity of e-books as Amazon announced sales of digital books have consistently surpassed sales of hardcover books. However, don't think libraries will turn to ancient ruins quite yet. Pop