This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.

Made with simple materials, this extraordinary instrument creates experimental acoustic sounds that sound eerie yet beautiful.

Formidable Vegetable Sound System strikes again, this time with their 'ecological electroswing' celebration of soil.

The unusual concert was held in the depths of the Florida Reef to promote coral reef protection.

Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary.

Using a combination of LED lights, sunlight and environmental data, a disused oil silo has been transformed into Helsinki's newest art installation and urban destination.

This specially designed Finnish axe requires less force to split wood as it acts both as a wedge and as a lever.

The best ideas aren't always the most expensive ones.

From retiring dairy cows to asking whether

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

No half-done couch here; there's a big place to sit and socialize.

One more city joins the bike sharing club, providing its citizens with a great, healthy, and green way to get around.

Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.

A contemporary design for an earthquake-resistant, modular home.

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.

This innovative billboard does double duty: advertising for a university's engineering program while producing much-needed clean drinking water for local communities.

Created for adventurers by adventurers, this unique hotel in Peru features three sleeping pods that guests must climb up to.

Just like your pet, these big cats can't resist the lure of an open cardboard cube.

Wildlife Conservation Society is treating the purloined parrots at a specially built care facility; some 900 have been released back into the wild.

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.

See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.

Spend 90 minutes in the eyes of an astronaut.

It was shot from "sea to summit" in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth.

It's not quite as dramatic as it sounds. It's simply a good demonstration of the power of regenerative braking!

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

This example of programmable architecture uses lightweight materials and drones to help it adapt to environmental changes.

This family lives, works and travels in this modern tiny house, now located on a remote Scottish island.

From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.

Designed and built by architecture students, the proceeds of this lovely little home will go to help children's hospitals.

A new Human Rights Watch report shows the horrific conditions, both environmental and social, that 90% of Bangladesh's leather is produced in—and exported from, to the US, China, Italy and elsewhere.

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead.

These vertical towers, made of artificially diverted glacial meltwater, are a brilliant idea and possible solution to alleviate water shortages brought on by the fast-melting Himalayan glaciers.

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.

This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.

These transforming shoes can go from flat to a stylish stiletto within seconds.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.