A good, if not very accurate, idea.

There's more than one way to go up in a small space, and this is one smart alternative.

Couldn't come up with a more succinct way of expressing this, so here it is direct from their website: "Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest

A piece of classic playground equipment gets a clean tech makeover.

An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.

Now in its sixth day, the forest fire threatens critical habitats and precious water sources.

Thousands of abandoned flipflops turn up on African shores--Ocean Sole recycles them into something good.

Decommissioned buses are getting a second useful life as mobile shelters for Honolulu's homeless.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

The number of wolves alone around Chernobyl is more than 7 times greater than can be found in other nature reserves.

Mushrooms and game meat in European regions where Chernobyl fallout was most intense still have excess radiation, but Burgundy truffles get the green light; foodies rejoice.

Earlier research found evidence of a wildlife wonderland at the disaster site, now the first camera study validates an abundance of wolves, boars, foxes and more.

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

And put away your phone if you are on vacation.

Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around.

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant

Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.

Mandatory solar panels are not the biggest deal here.

This truly is just what we needed.

In the 30+ years since the disaster zone was evacuated, rare and endangered animals are flourishing.

The light-filled interior of this well-insulated and cleverly designed tiny home imparts a sense of relaxation and well-being.

What a joy to stumble upon this 2009 gem by Cullinan Studio.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh didn't do a lot of buildings, and this was his biggest and best.

These devices help solar lighting move beyond the flatness of traditional photovoltaic cells.

The inventors of the innovative LuminAID solar lantern are Kickstarting another version of their device, this time with the added feature of a charging port for portable electronics.

The bin-sized device would turn household waste into fuel for heating hot water.

With water shortages and air pollution posing increasingly grave threats to the Middle East, artists in the region are working to make environmental issues more visible, both at home and in international

Dutch designer Benjamin Vermeulen solves the problem of the missing nut or screw.

There is a whole new line of furniture that you can build, just like the toy.

It's like flatpack without the fasteners; you just bang it together with the big mallet that's harder to lose than an Allen key.

It's all over the news: IKEA does recall of MALM dressers for toppling over and killing children.

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

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.

And it is all held together with sex bolts.

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

A number of states are edging out insurance companies. This could be huge for the environment.

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.

From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.

The dumpster full of glowing garbage out front of Switzerland's Gewerbemuseum sets the stage for what's inside -- an art exhibition of works both poignant and comical, all made from discarded plastic bags.

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.

I'm tired of every green initiative being hijacked by the negativism in this country. It's time to stand up and turn off.

Latino students are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. But the EPA and parents clash over what should be done.

Klein, author of 'This Changes Everything,' launched the Leap Manifesto at the Toronto International Film Festival. Read and sign it here to join the call for a more sustainable and equitable future.

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

As with many biodiversity hotspots, new discoveries are being made all the time.

The husband and wife have spent 25 years buying up wasteland farmers no longer wanted; now elephants, tigers and leopards roam free there.