Celebrity ambassadors call for support for the UN’s World Environment Day.

The global production of wine isn't keeping up with demand.

Fruit flies play a role in all those fruity flavors we detect as we take whiff of wine fumes. Find out how.

Whether they are are autonomous, self-driving or "shared" like Uber and Lyft, they are still congestion.

Because the iron dumped in the ocean off British Columbia wasn't dumped as waste, it didn't violate international law.

But the United States has opted out.

Do you plan it where there is lots of room, or do you put it where there is good transit accessibility?

A new study shows that there is such thing as too many toys.

It is exhilarating to have a bike anywhere you want it. It is depressing to see the state of the bikes.

We have to start thinking about housing as a social good instead of a financial instrument.

Here are 4 common problems with tomatoes during the summer – and tips for how to fix them.

More than 8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles have been recalled worldwide (including the 2010 Prius), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has linked at least 52 deaths to unexpected acceleration in these vehicles. Although floormats

Work/life balance is over-rated anyway.

The rise of clean energy jobs is outpacing the loss of fossil fuel ones.

I could write this post in my sleep, it is such a tired playbook that happens so often in real estate development.

What is radon? Is your home in a high risk zone? How can you test for radon? What should you do if radon levels are high? We answer your questions for radon awareness month.

Severe flooding in Spain has led to shortages so bad in the UK that some supermarkets are flying produce in from the United States.

Photo: Gideon Tsang on Flickr We know that the concept of the "buy and sell handmade" blog Etsy has revolutionary implications for consumer culture and what it means to be part of a creative community. But does politics have a place in crafting

Value of Fossil Fuel Exports By Fuel, 1949-2010

We have lots of stuff, it's just unevenly distributed.

On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.

Cepezed Architects design a shelter that is elegant and self-sufficient.

Streetfilms shows how a road can in fact be many things, not just a place for cars.

Just throw yourself wherever you want to work; your office is where you are.

It actually seems to say that you can give someone an adjustable desk but you can't make them stand. That's a very different thing.

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

"Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment."

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.

Scientists are concerned about how airports are conducive to the spread of disease.

Why do we always think other animals are so simple?

They are cheaper and better than ever, and doing it can cut energy consumption for lighting by up to 90 percent.

Just because garment workers are desperate doesn't mean we should exploit them.

The longer we wait, the more expensive (and dangerous) it gets.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

When you try and go too fast it says, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.

Douglas Rushkoff explains that the real costs of a new phone are not measured in just money.

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

This is England, the parks and gardens and countryside are supposed to be filled with golden daffodils by now. This is why we live here. But where are they? With this year's never ending winter and the long cold spell just

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let's be real about it.

Population growth is in fact slowing down but everyone is using more of everything.

Apparently people are eating less of it.

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.