A study suggests we should turn up the heat; it's not so simple.

Supported by the Amrita Bhoomi Agroecology Centre, young farmers are experimenting with natural farming methods, while saving money and lives in the process.

This new Canadian startup offers fabulous winter parkas and bombers that are entirely ethical and vegan.

And they are not alone...

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

It's like watching paint dry.

Think we are cutting back? They are just getting started, and we are going to be buried in the stuff.

Two new pieces in NRDC's Switchboard blog remind us that the debate over corn ethanol subsidies is alive and well; and illustrate, through two new reports, the benefits of ditching Federal support altogether. The first, from the

We often ask the question "Why buy when you can rent?" but we never thought of this.

We have seen many ups and downs in the prefab world, but they may be getting it right this time.

Energy Star is regarded by consumers as one of the most reliable raters of electronics and appliances in terms of knowing how much energy a device consumes. The organization continually raises the bar (little by little, but still raises) on energy

A new study shows that a quick look at a green roof perks you right up.

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

The big question is how well will it be enforced and what alternatives are currently readily available.

Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?

If you'd like a close-up view of the BMW i8 electric sports car manufacturing process, here are the goods.

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

Pollinator power, y'all.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

Although somewhat symbolic, the new legislation coincides with the 2040 end of gas and diesel vehicle sales.

Voting with your wallet has its time and place, but sometimes it's best just to leave the wallet at home.

This might be a model for how to live lightly in a circular economy.

A venue which showcases and sells 100% locally produced design and artisan items while educating about sustainability and fair trade in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

We have to use less of the stuff in our cars, our buildings, and our infrastructure.

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.

The Level Market wants to make the procurement of humanitarian aid and development products as easy as shopping on Amazon.

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.

Latest IPCC report calls for urgent action in the way land is used.

Just yesterday I joked seated at my neighborhood's dive-y, not-concerned-about-clean-food diner that the likely hormone-injected milk I stirred into my coffee might spur the growth of a third boob. It was a risk I was

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

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

I have complained about this building forever, but will admit that Norman Foster has designed a masterpiece.

Even as global demand for all-things-coconut increases, coconut production in Asia is stagnating because farmers aren't paid enough to make it worthwhile.

If you thought that by quitting meat or at least going weekday vegetarian you were doing your part to avoid factory farming,

These are the items I'd buy again because they're well made and make our world a better, cleaner place.

The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.

This super-plant has been misunderstood for too long.

A Florida craft brewery is now offering its six-packs with these biodegradable, compostable and edible packing rings that are made with wheat and barley.

When it comes to housecleaning, here's how to tackle the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Along with the iconic Hunter rainboot, the company has a huge collection of items that have no animal materials or animal by-products during the manufacturing process.

A new study shows it's even higher for black women and frequent hair-dyers.

We need a precautionary principle approach or a lot more of these studies, and soon, in order to protect our children.

I am beside myself with excitement over drywall and linoleum.