From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering.

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But is it truly modular?

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.

The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs.

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.

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

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.

Weed killer, it's what's for breakfast! Glyphosate found in 43 of 45 conventional oat products tested by EWG.

They are still banned in Manhattan where they would be most useful. Why not ban parked cars instead?

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels

The New York Times devotes an entire issue of the magazine to food, and of course, Michael Pollan has a place on the menu. He takes our our beloved KFC double down sandwich, Froot Loops being a smart choice, and

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice

Now Michael Pollan's Food Rules wasn't my favorite book of his, but it was a best-seller and a new edition is being written--and Pollan is in general a fine writer. To help craft it Pollan is partnering with Slow Food USA for a user-generated portion

They are everywhere, the full page ads with smiling people proud of how much money they saved and how they qualified for all those government grants. But what did they really save? Perhaps a bit of energy, but how much?

Of course the balance between environmental impact and personal

Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and

If every home in the U.S. switched just one inefficient light for an Energy Star one, that would be equivalent to taking 800,000 vehicles off the road in term of greenhouse gas emissions

Drying clothes uses an incredible amount of energy, it's clearly a low-hanging fruit for conservation and energy efficiency efforts.

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...

The new rule is expected to save Americans $167 billion in energy costs.

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.

Fixing and making feels good, and everyone's doing it, so don't be shy. Experience the Joy of Fix.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

We have to slow down and smell the coffee, and it might actually be fun.

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

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

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

Jean-Philippe Pargade designs a school where the green roof IS the building, defining its whole look and feel

Diverging from the Sprinter van conversion trend, this man revamped an old life-saving vehicle into his own tiny home.

A fading fairytale village will become Switzerland's first 'scattered hotel' thanks to a foundation committed to saving it.

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment.

We used to say this stuff should be banned because it was always installed badly. Has anything changed?

A representative of the industry says I shouldn't be picking on fiber glass. He's right.

A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.

Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still.

On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

Our bet: no.

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle

It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle.

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.

It will start as a stand-alone course, but eventually be integrated into all subjects.