There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

Photographer Joan Sullivan documents the drama of their construction.

It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.

The world is awash in LNG that's a lot closer to the ocean and a lot cheaper to move.

Our photo of the day comes from above the Pacific Ocean.

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

Using mouth-blown glass and energy-efficient LEDs, this stunning chandelier looks like a creature from the ocean's depths.

The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.

Facial recognition technology may delight parents wanting constant updates, but it's an invasion of children's privacy.

Our brains can't handle it.

A new entry to the eco-friendly furnishings market offers a collection of furniture and home accessories that comes with a bold set of standards.

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

This shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.

This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

And it's available now across the UK.

Those struck by Cupid's arrow are expected to spend $27.4 billion this year, up 32 percent from last year’s record $20.7 billion.

In the last few years ecotourism has grown from a buzzword to a trend, to full-blown industry. Whether travelers are looking for a rugged adventure or refined luxury, planet-conscious operators have sprung up to satisfy

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

This little unit has sleeping for four in not much space at all.

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.

Everyone is excited about plant-based meat substitutes, it seems.

We live in his world of conspicuous waste.

Researchers discover how Arctic foxes modify their dens to make the surrounding land more fertile.

They call it a "one-off" but it is the shape of things to come.

In 40 days over the summer, the coast had retreated by 14.5 meters, sometimes more than a meter a day.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

Was it the Uber car, the safety driver, the victim, or the traffic engineers who designed that road?

Break out the gold lamé, Grandma, and trip the light fantastic!

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

Is the oil industry starting to be worried about electric vehicles?

It's that seventies show all over again as a Trudeau gets blamed but it's not his fault; it's simple economics.

She gets around, little Miss Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. First she was the face of super trendy and super expensive Burberry. Then she launched her own line for People Tree.

Heavy Eco sells bags, t-shirts and accessories, all made with recycled or organic materials and designed and produced by inmates in Estonian prisons.

Corn mills, water pumps, blenders and more: the bicycle as a tool for self-empowerment.

From what food to buy to how to access your medical records, here are the practical matters to consider before a pandemic strikes.

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

The happiness you feel in a shopping spree may feel as good as the happiness from helping someone, but gene expression reveals a dangerous difference: could shopping cause disease?

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.

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