An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

Could this be even more encouraging than a FitBit to get up and walk around?

Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.

Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

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

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.

A new, 50MW floating offshore wind farm just got approved. Why does this matter?

This technology might open up many new areas to offshore wind.

This Valentine's Day, shop local.

The ethical shopping label is facing new competition from companies opting to create their own certification programs.

A giant resin bee is drawn to purple loosestrife, can you guess the connection?

Finally, Net Zero done right.

Lazy New Yorkers who want to stay on the island and sunbathe will get this floating artificial beach on the Hudson River if this scheme gets crowdfunded and approved.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken to releasing massive amounts of the Colorado River from dams, here's why.

Recycled Mississippi is traveling the length of one of America's iconic rivers, which also happens to be one of the most polluted, and filming a documentary along the way.

This poetic, one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature.

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

Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden.

Darya Pino of Summer Tomato prepared this terrific flow chart to help navigate the supermarket.Marion Nestle of Food Politics liked it, noting:

Sewage overflow is a major problem in the Big Apple, but with a little more green on city rooftops, the overflow could be prevented.

Sometimes we should just let a bad idea die.

Are you buying for looks or for function? It can be a tough call.

These stunning underwater organisms offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land.

The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an

Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

This looks like lungs, sort of, but it's really made out of meadow flowers.

Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl.

How a floating pool could help filter this city's contaminated waters so residents can once again enjoy them.

The modular MoreFloor system lets you store things in your floor -- clothes, shoes, even a bed.

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

Currently moored in London's St. Katharine Docks, this lovely modern houseboat is on the market for £290,000.

This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.

Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this small apartment features a minimalist stair, sleeping loft, and a view out onto the city's Renaissance treasures.

We all walk on it every day, but don't often think of it. It's underfoot, and, for many of us, out of mind. But just because you trod on it doesn't mean you shouldn't pay close attention to the materials that make

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

A Brooklyn-based design studio turns to digital animation to generate the patterns for these striking rugs made out of recycled carpet pieces.

Weeki Wachee Springs – the first magnitude spring that is home to mermaids, manatees and magic – is being threatened with pollution and development.

The agency tried to suppress a major toxicology report on perfluoroalkyl chemicals, but now it's been quietly released online -- with alarming conclusions.

Nobody can say for certain. But that doesn't mean that the Conservative politicians have to deny it.

For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow.

Concerned citizens want Parks Canada to consider visitor quotas.

What could possibly go wrong?

The cauliflower parts that usually end up in the trash may be the tastiest part of all.

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline.

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.

Flow Loop introduces a new closed loop shower that will bring back one of life’s little pleasures: a long hot wet shower.

Pastoral life has long been emblematic of a harmonious relationship between man and nature -- but that was all shattered recently in a horrific accident that killed nearly an entire flock of sheep. The incident took place on a roadway