It has challenged designers since the invention of the bar code: What to do about those stupid little labels?

No one loves an apple more than a schoolteacher, but even they could learn a thing or two about the best way to eat it.

Don't just sit there, do something.

A design competition shows ideas that might soon be floating off French Polynesia

They really do live up to their billing this year.

Metsä Wood design competition produces very interesting entries, like this one from Sigurd Larsen.

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"

You'll be shocked to learn what goes on behind the scenes at grocery stores – and relieved to know there's a much better alternative.

The stubborn hero refused to leave his goats ... miraculously, they all survived the firestorm.

A feline clinic in Dublin has published a full-time job listing for cat cuddlers.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

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.

Eco-friendly sandals are nice, but they won't save the planet.

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.

Activists risk arrest in an effort to prevent slow oil drilling exploration in the Arctic.

This week, delegates are meeting to determine the fate of a proposal to protect part of the Arctic. This pianist's moving performance urges people to show their support.

The Gwich'in people have been fighting this battle for decades, and now they need broader public support. Learn how you can help.

Scientists discovered that plants in the Arctic are growing twice the height.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

I love it when a retail giant highlights eco-friendly products, so when I picked up Pottery Barn's Christmas 2008 catalogue, I was excited to see

This little boy looks like he might be blogging over spilled milk, in fact he's concerned about the future of his environment. The Global Warming Rug by Mexican design cooperative NEL, featuring Emiliano Godoy, has created quite a

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

David Masters lives in a yurt. But it isn't just a home, he preaches what he practices in an "alternative learning center that provides opportunities for people to develop and reflect on their values and to consider how they might take an active role

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

Current water treatment can't remove these wastes that are increasingly implicated in serious environmental effects

Last week news broke that microplastics are found in 93% of bottled water and the highest levels ever were found in an English river. Can we ever clean this up?

This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness

Two misfortunate advertising campaigns from Argentina use polar bears and tackiness to promote air conditioning.

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.

"'If you give people more places to hide, more naughty things will be done"

Heavy Eco sells bags, t-shirts and accessories, all made with recycled or organic materials and designed and produced by inmates in Estonian prisons.

Cotton is ubiquitous in modern life but the long trail between the fields in which the crop grows and the store at which a finished item is purchased is seldom considered.

In the "sleepy neighborhood" of Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles, a modern Proto Home sits among a mix of single-family dwellings from over the last few

The Indignados (or "Outraged") have been camping in over 60 Spanish cities for almost 10 days now. What started on the 15th of May (hence the tag #15-M) via social networks has become some of the biggest and most peaceful

Solar Sister showcased just some of the efforts taking place around the world. Here, the Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of Mauritania install solar panels in their villages. They received training in Rajasthan, India. Image: Barefoot Photographers of

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing.

After weekly ping pong sessions, participants in a pilot study had significant improvements in speech, handwriting, getting dressed, getting out of bed, and walking.

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.

The most prestigious prize in British architecture is given to the solidly green project rather than the flash in the pan.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

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

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical."

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.