The new study shows that drones can handle longer aid delivery trips than previously thought.

Alarms, notifications, and digital lists can only go so far; instead, use these tricks and your own brain power to learn things by heart.

Previously titled "4 reasons why heat pumps are not going to save the planet" which was mean to heat pumps.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Our photo of the day illustrates why the word 'caterpillar' (literally, shaggy cat) makes perfect sense.

If this plan even halfway succeeds, oil companies will be in serious trouble.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

In today's weekly newsletter, we go on about why cold showers are good for you (not the reasons you think); show off some very fancy LED lights in a very old fixture design and whine about the designs of tiny houses.

The FDA has announced new (and stronger) warning requirements for certain prescription insomnia medications. Here's why.

And it reduces food waste!

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

It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go.

With disinfecting and sanitizing on everyone's mind, good old-fashioned bar soap has never been more necessary. It's still possible to go plastic-free, too. These are the best bar soaps for every body part.

A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded.

Artist Roland Roos finds broken things and fixes them—whether you've asked him to or not.

We can do lists too; here are some of the simple things you can do that do not involve spending money and buying stuff.

Yes, slavery is still legal.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods.

Finally, people are beginning to take this issue seriously.

You can see the opposition to the big pipe from the tar sands on every house and every stop sign.

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.

Actually, a bit more than 100%.

Paper or plastic bags: which is better? It's an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? It seems like it should be an easy choice, but there's an incredible number of details and inputs hidden

Resolve to make these simple changes month by month as a graceful way to ease into a more sustainable lifestyle.

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

What is vinyl? Let's explore how this ubiquitous and versatile plastic is made, what its uses are, and all of its safety concerns.

Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

It's why we have to reduce demand as well, with radical efficiency.

It's killing everything, including renewable energy.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

A Brooklyn dinner party turns "dumpster diving" into an informative meal.

The Lonna Sauna, designed by OOPEAA, warms my heart.

Chairs take up a lot of space, but not in this line of space-saving furniture.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.

Low rise buildings, green common spaces, culture, and community living in a housing complex which has become the it living spot for Buenos Aires’ artistic types.

Parks in North American cities could really take a lesson from this one in Recife, Brazil.

From how to cook butter beans to recipes and health benefits, here's the lowdown on the tastiest legume in the pantry.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

Average consumers of all incomes have the ability to meaningfully invest in organizations doing good work

World Oceans Day celebrates awareness and brings to attention the resources available to all of us in the battle against plastic pollution.

Cat lover? New plant parent? Fortune seeker? Traveler? We've got the perfect plant for all.