This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

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

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

Jacob's unpublished writings, essays and speeches from half a century ago seem just as vital and current as the day they were written.

Finance blogger Cait Flanders describes the ups and downs of a year-long shopping ban and the unexpected lessons she learned along the way.

These books get down to the bare-bones of home cooking.

Greenpeace wants you to vote on your favorite of its submissions, all inspired by local endangered species.

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

We live in his world of conspicuous waste.

Today, Shell announced it will abandon exploratory drilling off the coast of Alaska.

70% of this potent pollutant comes from fossil fuels, not biomass burning.

A couple, their parrot, plus one mother-in-law and her cat have their own private and communal spaces in this renovated apartment in Hong Kong.

Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this small apartment features a minimalist stair, sleeping loft, and a view out onto the city's Renaissance treasures.

A lot of our history is being lost so that people can get that popular look.

Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,

A Brooklyn-based design studio turns to digital animation to generate the patterns for these striking rugs made out of recycled carpet pieces.

They pay so much more attention to design in Europe, particularly when it comes to everyday things. For example, The Torqeedo electric outboard motor from Germany looks like fine industrial design. It has an integrated lithium-manganese battery that just

They say it has minerals and probiotics, but what else could be swimming around in it?

Distracted driving isn't just caused by cellphones.

Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly."

This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some big changes in the oil sands and pipeline debates.

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

Featuring a tall living room and a big kitchen, this tiny dwelling from Canada packs a big personality.

Great gift ideas from DesignMarketo, a platform diffusing up-and-coming designers’ small and limited productions. Our favourite: "Save Fish, Eat Chips" t-shirts!

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

Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.

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.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

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

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

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Adopting a waste-conscious and anti-consumerist lifestyle is not something that happens overnight. Sometimes it's nice to hear about other people who are just starting out, like this young family from southwestern Ontario, Canada.

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.

They deserve an award for putting on such a terrific award program.

But is it "the last flourish of a high-resource approach to design and construction"?

It helps to have such a stunning lakeside site.

This fascinating film reveals disturbing facts about malnutrition and infant mortality, and the role of insidious corporations in perpetuating these problems.

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

Experts blame urban sprawl for the increased number of attacks.

Chewy, salty, and impossible to stop eating, they're the next best thing to an actual trip to Brazil (especially when paired with a caipirinha).

It's nautical, since it overlooks the Thames River, it's architectural, and it's a winner.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

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.

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

Here's everything you need to know about roasting the iconic winter squash.

Even a full day later, a one-hour shift in the clock is hard to adjust to.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.