The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.

This rapper nails it, imho.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

This digitally knitted canopy uses photo-luminescent yarns to create a semi-shaded summer pavilion for visitors to NYC's MoMA PS1 gallery.

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.

The teen has been building the DIY microwave, hoping to solve many cooking problems with one device.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff.

We've heard of transformer apartments, but what about a transformer garden. These movable green walls create flexible outdoor spaces.

The humble avocado pit has been rescued from the compost bin of obscurity and remade into these magical little sculptures.

Sylvia Earle won the 2009 TED prize for her presentation on oceans, and this year got her Mission Blue project up and rolling to create marine preserves. Earle's wish was that we all use all the means at our disposal to tell the story of oceans in

"Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it!

Margaret Wente trots out every 20-year-old trope spouted by tired old discredited climate change deniers.

We have lots of waste plastic and not much use for it, so why not use it instead of asphalt or concrete?

This small 118-square-foot apartment holds a few pleasant, space-saving surprises.

In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known

This tiny verdant island, called Vulcan Point or sometimes Vulcan Island, lies at the center of a strange-but-entirely-true natural wonder. It's known for being the world's largest volcanic island that's on a lake, on a

It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half

Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.

Toxins leached out of old coal mines in the American Rust Belt are converted into custom paints.

Swing-lovers will appreciate this massive art installation that combines art, architecture and play.

A new public space in Philadelphia helps make the city more human-scale and increase quality of life for people who work or pass through the area.

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.

Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.

From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.

Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.

With crickets in decline, some scientists say that the insects' summer crooning may become a thing of the past.

Belgian architects build a tower in a barn. But my, it uses a lot of lumber.

The official naming organization has approved the names to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission.

Scientists think there is a hidden, protected ocean inside of Pluto – and the implications are wild.

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.

Using the flow of water inside the pipes to power the water network's own monitoring devices could eliminate the need for batteries in those systems.

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.

A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile.

What to do when a church gets in the way of your water plans? Drown it.

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

Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets.

Sure, you can buy one or you could put your DIY skills to the test and make one with materials you have on hand.

The same inventor who brought us the body heat-powered flashlight is at it again.

The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years.

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

Many sunscreens contain chemicals that are devastating to sensitive coral and other marine life.

It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...

The material could also one day charge our devices.

Sunshine is wonderful, but you can have too much of a good thing. This device measures it.