They do this so well in Montreal.

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer.

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

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels

Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets.

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone. While Pollan talked about how eating local, organic food can cost

We usually start with "A Picture is Worth", but in this case the thousand words are much more powerful. Boingboing quotes designer Justin Perricone: "This is a poster I designed using all of the ingredients in a Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket. First in a

While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.

Images: Black & Decker Here in the southeast, my front lawn is already starting to perk up in response to intimations of spring. Those handsome green blades of fescue are yawning, stretching, and preparing to greet the season with exuberant,

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.

Quickly get connected via video chat to a home & garden expert to get help with your projects through Fountain. We've got beta invites for you to check it out yourself.

With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack.

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

Designboom shows another example of how green roofs are changing architecture.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti last month.

Now you can get your morning coffee fix celebrity-style, thanks to an alliance between Leonardo DiCaprio and LaColumbe coffee -- plus, all proceeds support sustainable initiatives.

She may not have caused the most property damage, but the superstorm extraordinaire holds some impressive records.

PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

A growing number of cities are getting serious about tackling the climate emergency.

The DIE Moto, the diesel-engined motorbike which we have covered before, has broken the land speed record for a diesel motorbike, with a speed of 130mph.

What happens when you give a futuristic cloth-like material designed for BMW coupes with a bevy of design students and funding from one of the world's leading

My word of the year is a little geeky this time around, but it crosses over -- and unites -- fields.

In what is said to be a first for automakers, Ford is developing foams and plastics using captured carbon dioxide, which could be integrated into the company's vehicles within five years.

Brad Plumer looks at the issue of "outsourced pollution."

Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.

Annual growth will soon be negative everywhere except Africa.

On National Book Lovers Day, we celebrate the ultimate slow hobby.

The Bay Area needs affordable housing. And it needs clean energy. A new campaign supports both.

There's symbolism here. Let's hope there's substance too.

After seeing the stunning Dymaxion car built by architect Norman Foster in Abitare and the Guardian, I wrote "I want one." Not that an eleven-seater is particularly useful, but it is just so gorgeous. Over at Metropolis,

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with

Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.

It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.

This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...

Dictionary.com picks the perfect word for our dystopian future!

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is on a 3-month Antarctic expedition, supporting an international proposal for the world’s largest protected area.

Award-winning photographer Sue Flood braved the extremes to bring us this marvelous new book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin.

A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.