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JUPE health is an 'immediate response to hospital overcrowding'

These flat-packed rest-and-recovery units could take the load off hospitals in a hurry.




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Film Review: To Buy, To Throw Away, To Buy; the Secret History of Planned Obsolescence

Last month, Catalan TV3 just aired a new documentary called "comprar, llençar, comprar", meaning "to buy, to throw away, to buy" in Catalan, right on time for the christmas shopping and the winter sales which started this week. You can now watch the




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Upcycled Farm Steel and Wood Furniture That Thinks Cradle-to-Cradle

Using reclaimed wood and steel from old pig fences, this Dutch company makes exquisite tables, while recycling all byproducts into other useful goods -- cat litter, compost and alcohol..




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William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle, a Terrestrial Space Station, and What Went Wrong in China (Podcast)

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.




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Ask the Experts: Why Hasn't Cradle-to-Cradle Design Caught On Yet?

It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers.




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Cradle to Cradle products could be key to a healthy house

C2C products were featured in the Unity Home seen at Greenbuild.




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A bark shingle is very first Cradle to Cradle Platinum product

It is hard to imagine a greener product than natural tree bark.




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A critique of minimalism

Or why the trend toward simplicity is not all it's cracked up to be.




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Doctors are prescribing houseplants for anxiety, depression, and loneliness

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.




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Put a houseplant on your desk to decrease anxiety significantly

A new study reveals stress-reducing benefits for office workers when even just viewing a small plant on their desk.




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GreenCookingPots Offer Le Creuset Designer Style Without the Designer Price Tag

Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen




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Scrap Art Rocks: Bang a (Recycled) Gong, Get It On

With the price of scrap metal in the dumper, ScrapArtsMusic has turned piles from dumpsters into green music. The discarded metal, accordion parts, artillery shells, and other junked items salvaged




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Third Time Lucky, the NeoRomántico Bench Goes Cradle to Cradle (Photos)

Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench




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Micro Compact Home Dropped By Helicopter Onto Site in Switzerland

You can't call an aluminum guest house dropped by helicopter green, but you sure can call it cute.




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The mini-computer market just got a lot more crowded with this $15 64-bit entry

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.




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Microsoft sank a data center in the ocean. On purpose.

The underwater data center is an innovative attempt by the company to create more sustainable, energy efficient data centers.




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Computer program creates city tree inventories

Using satellite and Google maps images, the program can count and identify the city's trees.




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Supercomputer models show severe turbulence will increase with climate change

Aircraft will have to fly new routes to avoid major bumps.




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Microsoft's data centers in Ireland are getting an influx of wind power

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.




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Microsoft cutting emissions by 75% by 2030

The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.




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Microsoft submerges data center off Scotland's Orkney Islands

This is the second deployment of the tech company's underwater data center project.




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Ingenious micro-apartment renovation includes a 'disappearing kitchen' (Video)

Plenty of clever spatial overlaps and multifunctional pieces of transformer furniture in this renovation of a 376-square-foot apartment in Melbourne.




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312 sq. ft. micro-apartment is a 'hotel-home hybrid' (Video)

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.




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322 sq. ft. micro-apartment has a transforming 'function wall'

This apartment's built-in 'function wall' maximizes a small space by incorporating sleeping, sitting and storage.




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Nanopad is a 236 sq. ft. micro-apartment in historic building (Video)

This redesigned space in a 1920s Art Deco building features a new layout that better maximizes space and light.




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Yardstix delivers modern, compact "backyard architecture" made from cross-laminated timber

This company creates modern, energy-efficient versions of the backyard 'granny flat'.




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Have you gone screen-free yet? Get 7 Tips for Screen-Free Week

Screen-Free Week lasts until May 6, so it’s not too late to unplug and play. Born out of a concern that digital entertainment dominates the lives of too many kids, SFW is a call to spend less time online.




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Go inside the Carbon Vault: why it’s critical to know what’s beneath the Boreal Forest

Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ...




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Forest sustainability by the acre: 300M+ certified to SFI

More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard.




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Secret food habits of caribou suggest habitat improvements

Woodland caribou are considered threatened throughout much of Canada’s vast boreal forest.




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Is the climate crisis coming for your wine?

In case you're thinking of numbing your way through our dystopian future with a good glass of pinot...




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The rise of Silicon Valley's screen abolitionists

Many parents who work in the tech industry are opting to go screen-free at home.




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Increasing demand for rubber is catastrophic for endangered species

A new study predicts that up to 21 million acres of rubber plantations will be required to meet our growing needs, spelling doom for biodiversity in parts of Southeast Asia.<




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Where do house cats go all day? GPS maps reveal their secret lives

Where does Fluffy go when you aren't looking, and just what does Snowball get up to when she leaves the yard? A new study looks at how housecats move around.




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Modern 226 sq. ft. micro-home is hidden in converted garage

A derelict garage is transformed into a compact, minimalist living space.




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Parisian micro-apartment incorporates space-dividing 'library wall'

This small apartment's 'library wall' functions as a way to keep the bed out of view, while also storing books and things.




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301 sq. ft. micro-apartment renovation 'condenses the world in one room'

Two 'active' walls enable this small living space to become flexible and adaptable throughout the day.




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118 sq. ft. micro-apartment has hidden table that slides out

This small, efficient renovation of a former maid's room in Paris hides a stealthy little table.




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Skylit micro-apartment renovation renews outdated 1970s residence (Video)

An old, cramped apartment in Tasmania is updated with skylights, plenty of clever space-saving concepts, and a touch of hidden glamor.




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Off-grid 'micro-refuge' re-interprets the classic A-frame cabin

Visitors to this regional park can rent this minimalist cabin in the woods.




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Off-grid solar in Africa is bankable. Crowdfunding initiative sets out to prove it.

Access to affordable capital is one of the biggest challenges for expanding a young industry. For solar in Africa, crowdfunding is helping to change that




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Collaborative Tiny House Project is creating a tiny house building program for schools

This tiny house project is developing a multidisciplinary curriculum and tutorial series for schools and for individuals, as well as giving away a "Dream Tiny House."




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CustomMade is an electronic matchmaker for customers with an idea and craftspeople with the skills

This is how the internet is supposed to work.




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British supermarket cracks down on glitter

It might be pretty, but it's just another toxic microplastic.




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Giant Alligator Playground Crocheted by Olek in Sao Paulo

The Brooklyn based artist participated in a local show covering a concrete playground in a mixture of knitted yarn and Brazilian ribbons.




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Works for 2016 Olympics Create 22 Acres Park at Degraded Area in Rio de Janeiro

The London Olympics are only beginning, but the next ones are already underway with Rio's ambitious urbanization plan. Its latest inauguration: the city's third largest green area.




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Multi-Purpose Folding Screen Doubles as Library, Rack, Mirror and Ironing Board

In an attempt to re-think the original function of the folding screen, Argentine designer Leonardo Fortunato created the Diecut Screen multi-purpose piece.




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Connecticut Teen Creates Fashion Statement in Fight Against Global Warming

When 16-year-old Sam Allen realized his devotion to fashion and the fight against global warming could potentially work wonders together he enlisted the help of a few friends and set out to create a line of clothing that would make a difference… Enter




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Where Wiffle Ball's a Crime There May Be No Child Left Outside

With kids across America suffering from a severe case of nature deficit disorder as technology creeps in and takes over their room for creative play it may come as a surprise that a group of kids putting together their very own field of dreams on which




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Jared Duval on Open Source Democracy (Podcast)

Can government be like a smartphone? An open platform, waiting for citizens to plug in their "apps" to its operating system? The rise of the millennial generation, along with the spread of the open source software movement, has opened up a whole new