We have a look at the eco-sheds

Not coming soon from a modular company near you.

It always amazes, how much work people do for this.

Lots of great ideas for green building in this year's crop.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."

Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.

A young Ecuador slender-legged tree frog considers a fern.

Whether urban, suburban, or rural, transportation systems dictate and define human interaction and community. Join BookHugger for a panel discussion of this phenomena.

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.

An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.

An ambitious couple set out to travel from Washington to the Alaskan Arctic, off the beaten track and under their own power.

All because people are too lazy to find a sink.

More than just a reflection of emotional states, a new study finds that dogs’ facial movement are potentially active attempts to communicate.

A feline clinic in Dublin has published a full-time job listing for cat cuddlers.

New research suggests that dogs' facial anatomy has changed over thousands of years specifically to allow better communication with us.

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

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

Are we about to have a "Minsky Moment"?

Scientists discovered that plants in the Arctic are growing twice the height.

As melting ice opens up new potential for exploitation in the Arctic, a new ban aims to protect much of the fragile ecosystem.

How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.

This week The Man with A Spear in His Chest, founder of Interface Ray Anderson, held a press conference to mark a milestone in his company's journey up "Mount Sustainability". They are making excellent progress towards their target of zero

We were at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto this weekend, but soon there might be a whole spinoff, "Compost Toilet Life Show" , there were so many new products in the alternative toilet world. One that surprised us was the Finnish Biolan- we are used to

As John Laumer noted earlier, there is a lot of useful stuff in pee, but we dilute it with gallons of water, send it down big pipes mixed with everything else, and suddenly we have monstrous networks of waste piping, sewage treatment plants and water

The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness

Low rise buildings, green common spaces, culture, and community living in a housing complex which has become the it living spot for Buenos Aires’ artistic types.

A new decree has opened the door to global waste exports – and rampant pollution.

The province hopes to reinforce child and family wellbeing by providing basic supplies up front, as well as long term mentoring.

Ethics and environmental consciousness drove this project by DIALOG at the University of Calgary.

Timeless responsible furniture design on show at Qubique Berlin this week

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.

Alabama is contemplating a pipeline to the Great Lakes. We've said it time and again: transient drought will not drive the US Federal government to pipe Great Lakes water to the drought stricken states. If it becomes severe enough, and the impacts come

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

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Cece Durden, a 17-year-old from Uniontown, Alabama, fights coal ash pollution in her hometown

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

We don't have a holiday Friday and Thanksgiving was weeks ago here. What's this all about?

Some of them are surprising and all of them will make a real difference.

Experts blame urban sprawl for the increased number of attacks.

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.

Owner of Timberland, Vans, and Dickies says it needs assurance that materials used in its products "don't contribute to environmental harm."

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe.